Return Height on Query Errors + Update Account Endpoint

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -67,6 +67,10 @@ longer panics if the store to load contains substores that we didn't explicitly
 * (simulation) [\#4893](https://github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/issues/4893) Change SimApp keepers to be public and add getter functions for keys and codec
 * (simulation) [\#4906](https://github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/issues/4906) Add simulation `Config` struct that wraps simulation flags
 * (store) [\#4792](https://github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/issues/4792) panic on non-registered store
+* (rest) [\#4924](https://github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/pull/4924) Return response
+height even upon error as it may be useful for the downstream caller and have
+`/auth/accounts/{address}` return a 200 with an empty account upon error when
+that error is that the account doesn't exist.
 * (types) [\#4821](https://github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/issues/4821) types/errors package added with support for stacktraces. It is meant as a more feature-rich replacement for sdk.Errors in the mid-term.
 
 ### Bug Fixes

client/context/query.go

@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ func (ctx CLIContext) query(path string, key cmn.HexBytes) (res []byte, height i
 
 	resp := result.Response
 	if !resp.IsOK() {
-		return res, height, errors.New(resp.Log)
+		return res, resp.Height, errors.New(resp.Log)
 	}
 
 	// data from trusted node or subspace query doesn't need verification
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ func (ctx CLIContext) query(path string, key cmn.HexBytes) (res []byte, height i
 
 	err = ctx.verifyProof(path, resp)
 	if err != nil {
-		return res, height, err
+		return res, resp.Height, err
 	}
 
 	return resp.Value, resp.Height, nil

x/auth/client/rest/query.go

@@ -34,14 +34,17 @@ func QueryAccountRequestHandlerFn(storeName string, cliCtx context.CLIContext) h
 		}
 
 		accGetter := types.NewAccountRetriever(cliCtx)
-		// the query will return empty account if there is no data
-		if err := accGetter.EnsureExists(addr); err != nil {
-			rest.PostProcessResponse(w, cliCtx, types.BaseAccount{})
-			return
-		}
 
 		account, height, err := accGetter.GetAccountWithHeight(addr)
 		if err != nil {
+			// TODO: Handle more appropriately based on the error type.
+			// Ref: https://github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/issues/4923
+			if err := accGetter.EnsureExists(addr); err != nil {
+				cliCtx = cliCtx.WithHeight(height)
+				rest.PostProcessResponse(w, cliCtx, types.BaseAccount{})
+				return
+			}
+
 			rest.WriteErrorResponse(w, http.StatusInternalServerError, err.Error())
 			return
 		}

x/auth/types/account_retriever.go

@@ -44,12 +44,12 @@ func (ar AccountRetriever) GetAccountWithHeight(addr sdk.AccAddress) (exported.A
 
 	res, height, err := ar.querier.QueryWithData(fmt.Sprintf("custom/%s/%s", QuerierRoute, QueryAccount), bs)
 	if err != nil {
-		return nil, 0, err
+		return nil, height, err
 	}
 
 	var account exported.Account
 	if err := ModuleCdc.UnmarshalJSON(res, &account); err != nil {
-		return nil, 0, err
+		return nil, height, err
 	}
 
 	return account, height, nil