Bump hardhat from 3.17.0 to 3.18.1

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Bumps hardhat from 3.17.0 to 3.18.1.

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Hardhat v3.18.1

This is a small bugfix release with fixes for simulated network predeploys and Solidity test error formatting.

Changes

• #8631 d014d43 Thanks @​Kropiunig! - Fixed edr-simulated networks with forking.enabled: false starting without the chain's predeploys (e.g. OP's GasPriceOracle and L1Block, or the L1 beacon roots and history storage contracts).

• #8636 8b24451 Thanks @​schaable! - Fixed the formatting of errors reported while running Solidity tests.

• Updated dependencies:

  • @​nomicfoundation/hardhat-utils@​4.4.0

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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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Changelog

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3.18.1

Patch Changes

• #8631 d014d43 Thanks @​Kropiunig! - Fixed edr-simulated networks with forking.enabled: false starting without the chain's predeploys (e.g. OP's GasPriceOracle and L1Block, or the L1 beacon roots and history storage contracts).

• #8636 8b24451 Thanks @​schaable! - Fixed the formatting of errors reported while running Solidity tests.

• Updated dependencies:

  • @​nomicfoundation/hardhat-utils@​4.4.0

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

Commits

• 72ad1cd Version Packages
• c5e2a26 test(solidity-test): derive the expected error code from its descriptor
• 8b24451 fix(solidity-test): print test run errors with the CLI error formatter
• 5b2999d refactor(hardhat-utils): move the Solidity integer type helpers out of hhu
• 83f7cf3 fix(deps): update npm minor/patch
• 943b38b Merge branch 'main' of github.com:NomicFoundation/hardhat into fix/disabled-f...
• 6e603be minor improvement
• c3bcf0a Version Packages
• 1e3938a Merge pull request #8590 from NomicFoundation/solidity-test-profiles
• bdcf4fe Merge pull request #8624 from NomicFoundation/update-mocha
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