eth getTransactionReceipt returns null

Question

We are setting up something akin to a blockchain explorer, but our Eth fullnode seems to be missing transaction info for certain blocks.

For instance, I can query eth.getTransaction but eth.getTransactionReceipt returns null

> eth.getTransaction('0x03a05ea076149ae8cff6b0fbc9b1f29c6bf6b7ab04ded92080c54084688456dd') { blockHash: "0xfd3b78d9b56e9a911beda3ff488c28c9dd83a9ae4961ba676f852e316cffde89", blockNumber: 5035686, from: "0x0ce287cc90601a891e65efda7037f5682cb1ade6", gas: 210000, gasPrice: 40000000000, hash: "0x03a05ea076149ae8cff6b0fbc9b1f29c6bf6b7ab04ded92080c54084688456dd", input: "0x", nonce: 21, r: "0x464f05819d48288db06cac5ff21b49d02a1250df6c4ba1e20ecdb38c558e5b44", s: "0x1f48c4531a3807b987857b99639b51f54e3718b9f1d808d66ad765ee0f71aba0", to: "0xe4bad5a72c04d5473e932f54036376772378b83d", transactionIndex: 72, v: "0x26", value: 98082570000000016 }

eth.getTransactionReceipt('0x03a05ea076149ae8cff6b0fbc9b1f29c6bf6b7ab04ded92080c54084688456dd') null

Is there a reason why this would happen?

Answer 1

It looks like there's an issue with your node. The receipt is returned from Infura. I'd recommend resync without --fast.

truffle(liveI)> web3.eth.getTransactionReceipt('0x03a05ea076149ae8cff6b0fbc9b1f29c6bf6b7ab04ded92080c54084688456dd', (e, r) => console.log(r));
undefined
truffle(liveI)> { blockHash: '0xfd3b78d9b56e9a911beda3ff488c28c9dd83a9ae4961ba676f852e316cffde89',
  blockNumber: 5035686,
  contractAddress: null,
  cumulativeGasUsed: 2154783,
  from: '0x0ce287cc90601a891e65efda7037f5682cb1ade6',
  gasUsed: 21000,
  logs: [],
  logsBloom: '0x00000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000',
  status: '0x1',
  to: '0xe4bad5a72c04d5473e932f54036376772378b83d',
  transactionHash: '0x03a05ea076149ae8cff6b0fbc9b1f29c6bf6b7ab04ded92080c54084688456dd',
  transactionIndex: 72 }