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3 changes: 1 addition & 2 deletions src/commands/config/getSetReset.ts
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Expand Up@@ -44,8 +44,7 @@ export class ConfigActions extends BaseAction {
return;
}

delete config[key];
this.writeConfig(key, undefined);
this.removeConfig(key);
this.succeedSpinner(`Configuration successfully reset`);
}
}
10 changes: 10 additions & 0 deletions src/lib/actions/BaseAction.ts
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Expand Up@@ -91,8 +91,14 @@ export class BaseAction extends ConfigFileManager {

return wallet.privateKey;
} catch (error) {
const message = error instanceof Error ? error.message : String(error);
const isPasswordError = /password|decrypt/i.test(message);
if (!isPasswordError) {
throw error;
}
if (attempt >= BaseAction.MAX_PASSWORD_ATTEMPTS) {
this.failSpinner(`Maximum password attempts exceeded (${BaseAction.MAX_PASSWORD_ATTEMPTS}/${BaseAction.MAX_PASSWORD_ATTEMPTS}).`);
throw new Error("Maximum password attempts exceeded");
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🩺 Stability & Availability | 🟠 Major | ⚡ Quick win

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ethers v6.13.4 Wallet.fromEncryptedJson wrong password error code message source

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Match ethers’ wrong-password error fields before retrying.

The lockfile resolves ethers 6.15.0. Retry only errors with code === "INVALID_ARGUMENT", argument === "password", and shortMessage === "incorrect password". Re-throw all other errors unchanged. Add tests for wrong passwords, malformed JSON, corrupted ciphertext, and prompt failures. A corrupted ciphertext with an unchanged MAC produces the same ethers error as a wrong password and is not distinguishable here.

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In `@src/lib/actions/BaseAction.ts` around lines 94 - 101, Update the
password-error handling in BaseAction’s retry flow to retry only when the ethers
error fields are code "INVALID_ARGUMENT", argument "password", and shortMessage
"incorrect password"; re-throw every other error unchanged. Replace the broad
message-based check, preserve the maximum-attempt behavior, and add coverage for
wrong passwords, malformed JSON, corrupted ciphertext, and prompt failures.

}
return await this.decryptKeystore(keystoreJson, attempt + 1);
}
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if (!existsSync(keystorePath)) {
await this.confirmPrompt(`Account '${accountName}' not found. Would you like to create it?`);
decryptedPrivateKey = await this.createKeypairByName(accountName, false);
if (!existsSync(keystorePath)) {
this.failSpinner(`Failed to create keystore file for account '${accountName}'.`, undefined, false);
throw new Error(`Failed to create keystore file for account '${accountName}'.`);
}
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🩺 Stability & Availability | 🟠 Major | ⚡ Quick win

Apply the keystore existence check to the recreation path.

This check only covers the initial createKeypairByName(accountName, false) call. The invalid-format recovery at Lines 169-172 calls createKeypairByName(accountName, true) and immediately reads keystorePath. If recreation fails, getAccount still throws an unhandled ENOENT. Use one shared create-and-verify helper before both readFileSync calls.

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In `@src/lib/actions/BaseAction.ts` around lines 158 - 161, Add a shared
create-and-verify helper in getAccount for createKeypairByName that checks
keystorePath with existsSync and reports failure through failSpinner before
throwing; use it for both the initial creation and invalid-format recreation
paths before their respective readFileSync calls.

}

keystoreJson = readFileSync(keystorePath, "utf-8");
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