1.7.5-rc.0

[jdevcs]

1.7.5-rc.0

Changed

• Replace xhr2-cookies deps to cross-fetch for web3-providers-http (web3-providers-http: Migrate from xhr2-cookies to cross-fetch #5085)

Added

• Documentation details about maxFeePerGas and maxPriorityFeePerGas (Fixed documentation for web3.eth.accounts.signTransaction #5121)
• Added createAccessList types in web3.eth (Add createAccessList type #5146)

Fixed

• Improving AbstractProvider interface (AbstractProvider interface has incorrect signature(s) #5150)
• Fix typos in web3-eth-accounts.rst & TESTING.md (Small spelling errors in web3-eth-accounts.rst & TESTING.md #5047)
• Fix remove wallet using an index when an account address and address lowercase are equal (Problem deleting account when checksummed address is equal to lowercase address #5049)
• Improve README.md & Fix typos (Fix build command #4848)
• Add optional hex formatting parameter for getTransactionrReceipt (getTransactionReceipt: Number can only safely store up to 53 bits #5153)
• Fix transactionRoot -> transactionsRoot in BlockHeader (Fix transactionRoot -> transactionsRoot in BlockHeader #5083)
• Fix Promise in Accounts.signTransaction() throwing errors that cannot be caught (Some exceptions thrown by web3-eth-account cannot be caught #4724)

Security

• Updated got lib version and fixed other libs using npm audit fix (Update got dependency for web3-bzz package #5178) (1.x Libs Update including parse-url #5254)

New Contributors

• @cyborgRen made their first contribution in Fix typo in web3-eth-accounts #5145
• @sangwon0001 made their first contribution in Typo found #5142
• @superMDguy made their first contribution in Fix typo #5116
• @Neurone made their first contribution in Fixed documentation for web3.eth.accounts.signTransaction #5121
• @mujeebullahkalwar made their first contribution in Updates on README.md Format #5115

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This discussion was created from the release 1.7.5-rc.0.

[jdevcs]

Released another RC 1.7.5-rc.1 to include fix for (#5235) and (#5236) Issues via #5228

https://github.com/ChainSafe/web3.js/releases/tag/v1.7.5-rc.1
https://www.npmjs.com/package/web3/v/1.7.5-rc.1