fix: hardhat-chai-matchers - add check byte32 string to reverted matcher

.changeset/ninety-trainers-rush.md

@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+"@nomicfoundation/hardhat-chai-matchers": patch
+---
+
+Enhanced byte32 string in `reverted` matcher check

packages/hardhat-chai-matchers/src/internal/reverted/reverted.ts

@@ -3,7 +3,11 @@ import type EthersT from "ethers";
 import { buildAssert } from "../../utils";
 import { REVERTED_MATCHER } from "../constants";
 import { assertIsNotNull, preventAsyncMatcherChaining } from "../utils";
-import { decodeReturnData, getReturnDataFromError } from "./utils";
+import {
+  decodeReturnData,
+  getReturnDataFromError,
+  parseBytes32String,
+} from "./utils";
 
 export function supportReverted(
   Assertion: Chai.AssertionStatic,
@@ -36,6 +40,14 @@ export function supportReverted(
 
         const receipt = await getTransactionReceipt(hash);
 
+        if (receipt === null) {
+          // If the receipt is null, maybe the string is a bytes32 string
+          if (isByte32String(hash)) {
+            assert(false, "Expected transaction to be reverted");
+            return;
+          }
+        }
+
         assertIsNotNull(receipt, "receipt");
         assert(
           receipt.status === 0,
@@ -134,3 +146,12 @@ function isTransactionReceipt(x: unknown): x is { status: number } {
 function isValidTransactionHash(x: string): boolean {
   return /0x[0-9a-fA-F]{64}/.test(x);
 }
+
+function isByte32String(v: string): boolean {
+  try {
+    parseBytes32String(v);
+    return true;
+  } catch {
+    return false;
+  }
+}

packages/hardhat-chai-matchers/src/internal/reverted/utils.ts

@@ -125,3 +125,8 @@ export function resultToArray(result: EthersT.Result): any[] {
         : x
     );
 }
+
+export function parseBytes32String(v: string): string {
+  const ethers = require("ethers") as typeof EthersT;
+  return ethers.decodeBytes32String(v);
+}

packages/hardhat-chai-matchers/test/reverted/reverted.ts

@@ -112,6 +112,14 @@ describe("INTEGRATION: Reverted", function () {
           "Expected a valid transaction hash, but got '0x123'"
         );
       });
+
+      it("promise of an byte32 string", async function () {
+        await expect(
+          Promise.resolve(
+            "0x3230323400000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000"
+          )
+        ).not.to.be.reverted;
+      });
     });
 
     describe("with a TxResponse as its subject", function () {