Bump hardhat from 2.26.2 to 3.18.0

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Bumps hardhat from 2.26.2 to 3.18.0.

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Hardhat v3.18.0

This release includes two enhancements along with performance improvements and bug fixes: test profiles can now be used in Solidity tests, see our test profiles guide, and hardhat-mocha has been updated to mocha@12.

Changes

• #8590 e2ebf54 Thanks @​schaable! - Added Solidity test profiles, allowing test settings to vary across environments such as local development and CI.

• #8595 562cc0b Thanks @​ChristopherDedominici! - Made ethers derive secp256k1 public keys with EDR's native implementation instead of its pure-JS one, speeding up new Wallet(secretKey), Wallet.createRandom(), HD wallet derivation and computeAddress.

• #8624 1377eb0 Thanks @​ChristopherDedominici! - Updated mocha to ^12.0.0 in the hardhat --init mocha-ethers template project.

• #8574 e28e4f5 Thanks @​anaPerezGhiglia! - Removed the pre-Byzantium hardforks (chainstart, homestead, dao, tangerineWhistle, spuriousDragon) from the accepted hardfork and hardforkHistory values, as EDR cannot execute them.

• #8635 ad92657 Thanks @​popescuoctavian! - Upgraded EDR to v0.22.0.

• #8601 34087dd Thanks @​cdesch! - Improved HTTP proxy support.

• #8616 8b73917 Thanks @​rome-xi! - Fixed invalid HTTPS_PROXY/HTTP_PROXY values being reported as unexpected errors instead of a Hardhat error.

• Updated dependencies:

  • @​nomicfoundation/hardhat-errors@​3.1.0
  • @​nomicfoundation/hardhat-utils@​4.3.0

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Hardhat v3.17.0

This release includes a new default gas estimation mode for eth_estimateGas to prevent misleading results when internal calls run out of gas, as well as improved performance for test suites using ethers.

Changes

• #8501 5faee42 Thanks @​ChristopherDedominici! - Add gasEstimationMode config option to EDR networks, defaulting to a new "noInternalOutOfGas" mode to prevent misleading eth_estimateGas results when internal calls run out of gas.

• #8580 8583e24 Thanks @​ChristopherDedominici! - Improved performance of Ethers test suites by using EDR's native Keccak-256 instead of Ethers' pure-JS version.

• #8210 024b422 Thanks @​kanej! - Update the cryptography dependencies to their latest major versions: @noble/hashes and @noble/ciphers to 2, ethereum-cryptography to 3, and micro-eth-signer to 0.19.

• #8596 0acd737 Thanks @​schaable! - Fixed configuration variables to stop printing of values in error messages.

• #8596 78f613c Thanks @​schaable! - Fixed error shown when an HD key cannot be derived, to only include the derivation path.

• #8594 0fc2dca Thanks @​ChristopherDedominici! - Upgrade to EDR v0.20.0.

• Updated dependencies:

  • @​nomicfoundation/hardhat-utils@​4.2.0

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Changelog

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3.18.0

Minor Changes

• #8574 e28e4f5 Thanks @​anaPerezGhiglia! - Removed the pre-Byzantium hardforks (chainstart, homestead, dao, tangerineWhistle, spuriousDragon) from the accepted hardfork and hardforkHistory values, as EDR cannot execute them.

• #8595 562cc0b Thanks @​ChristopherDedominici! - Made ethers derive secp256k1 public keys with EDR's native implementation instead of its pure-JS one, speeding up new Wallet(secretKey), Wallet.createRandom(), HD wallet derivation and computeAddress.

• #8590 e2ebf54 Thanks @​schaable! - Added Solidity test profiles, allowing test settings to vary across environments such as local development and CI.

Patch Changes

• #8635 ad92657 Thanks @​popescuoctavian! - Upgraded EDR to v0.22.0.

• #8601 34087dd Thanks @​cdesch! - Improved HTTP proxy support.

• #8616 8b73917 Thanks @​rome-xi! - Fixed invalid HTTPS_PROXY/HTTP_PROXY values being reported as unexpected errors instead of a Hardhat error.

• #8624 1377eb0 Thanks @​ChristopherDedominici! - Updated mocha to ^12.0.0 in the hardhat --init mocha-ethers template project.

• Updated dependencies:

  • @​nomicfoundation/hardhat-errors@​3.1.0
  • @​nomicfoundation/hardhat-utils@​4.3.0

3.17.0

Minor Changes

• #8501 5faee42 Thanks @​ChristopherDedominici! - Add gasEstimationMode config option to EDR networks, featuring a "noInternalOutOfGas" mode to prevent misleading eth_estimateGas results when internal calls run out of gas.

• #8580 8583e24 Thanks @​ChristopherDedominici! - Made ethers use EDR's native Keccak-256 instead of its pure-JS one.

• #8210 024b422 Thanks @​renovate! - Update the cryptography dependencies to their latest major versions: @noble/hashes and @noble/ciphers to 2, ethereum-cryptography to 3, and micro-eth-signer to 0.19.

Patch Changes

• #8596 0acd737 Thanks @​schaable! - Fixed configuration variables to stop printing of values in error messages.

• #8596 78f613c Thanks @​schaable! - Fixed error shown when an HD key cannot be derived, to only include the derivation path.

• #8594 0fc2dca Thanks @​ChristopherDedominici! - Upgrade to EDR v0.20.0.

• Updated dependencies:

  • @​nomicfoundation/hardhat-utils@​4.2.0

3.16.0

Minor Changes

• #8597 6684224 Thanks @​kanej! - Added slang-solx compiler support as a Hardhat plugin.

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Commits

• c3bcf0a Version Packages
• 1e3938a Merge pull request #8590 from NomicFoundation/solidity-test-profiles
• bdcf4fe Merge pull request #8624 from NomicFoundation/update-mocha
• 6210a1a chore: align wording with build profiles
• 8a81980 feat(solidity-test): validate the selected test profile before building
• f47d7d6 test(solidity-test): shield the test profile env var with the shared env helper
• bcf9f7b fix(solidity-test): require test profile names to start with a letter or number
• 089e261 feat(solidity-test): forward the selected test profile to EDR
• 38b7de0 feat(solidity-test): add the --test-profile option
• 1d8bc4c feat(solidity-test): resolve every declared Solidity test profile
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