client: revert where unnecessary

packages/client/bin/cli.ts

@@ -554,10 +554,7 @@ async function executeBlocks(client: EthereumClient) {
     if ((blockRange[0][1] as string[]).length > 0 && blockRange.length === 2) {
       throw new Error('wrong input')
     }
-  } catch (e) {
-    if (!(e instanceof Error)) {
-      e = new Error(e)
-    }
+  } catch {
     client.config.logger.error(
       'Wrong input format for block execution, allowed format types: 5, 5-10, 5[0xba4b5fd92a26badad3cad22eb6f7c7e745053739b5f5d1e8a3afb00f8fb2a280,[TX_HASH_2],...], 5[*] (all txs in verbose mode)',
     )

packages/client/src/execution/level.ts

@@ -68,9 +68,6 @@ export class LevelDB<
       value = await this._leveldb.get(key, encodings)
       if (value === null) return undefined
     } catch (error) {
-      if (!(error instanceof Error)) {
-        error = new Error(error)
-      }
       // https://github.com/Level/abstract-level/blob/915ad1317694d0ce8c580b5ab85d81e1e78a3137/abstract-level.js#L309
       // This should be `true` if the error came from LevelDB
       // so we can check for `NOT true` to identify any non-404 errors

packages/client/src/miner/pendingBlock.ts

@@ -359,7 +359,7 @@ export class PendingBlock {
         } else {
           addTxResult = AddTxResult.SkippedByGasLimit
         }
-      } else if ((error as Error).message.includes('blobs missing')) {
+      } else if (error.message.includes('blobs missing') === true) {
         // Remove the blob tx which doesn't has blobs bundled
         this.txPool.removeByHash(bytesToHex(tx.hash()), tx)
         this.config.logger.error(

packages/client/src/net/peer/rlpxpeer.ts

@@ -126,9 +126,6 @@ export class RlpxPeer extends Peer {
         await this.bindProtocols(rlpxPeer)
         this.config.events.emit(Event.PEER_CONNECTED, this)
       } catch (error) {
-        if (!(error instanceof Error)) {
-          error = new Error(error)
-        }
         this.config.events.emit(Event.PEER_ERROR, error, this)
       }
     }

packages/client/src/net/protocol/boundprotocol.ts

@@ -80,9 +80,6 @@ export class BoundProtocol {
           }
         }
       } catch (error) {
-        if (!(error instanceof Error)) {
-          error = new Error(error)
-        }
         this.config.events.emit(Event.PROTOCOL_ERROR, error, this.peer)
       }
     })
@@ -121,9 +118,6 @@ export class BoundProtocol {
     try {
       data = this.protocol.decode(message, incoming.payload)
     } catch (e) {
-      if (!(e instanceof Error)) {
-        e = new Error(e)
-      }
       error = new Error(`Could not decode message ${message.name}: ${e}`)
     }
     const resolver = this.resolvers.get(incoming.code)

packages/client/src/net/protocol/rlpxsender.ts

@@ -35,9 +35,6 @@ export class RlpxSender extends Sender {
     try {
       this.sender.sendStatus(status)
     } catch (err) {
-      if (!(err instanceof Error)) {
-        err = new Error(err)
-      }
       this.emit('error', err)
     }
   }
@@ -52,9 +49,6 @@ export class RlpxSender extends Sender {
       //@ts-ignore "type number is not assignable to type never"
       this.sender.sendMessage(code, data)
     } catch (err) {
-      if (!(err instanceof Error)) {
-        err = new Error(err)
-      }
       this.emit('error', err)
     }
   }

packages/client/src/rpc/modules/debug.ts

@@ -349,10 +349,7 @@ export class Debug {
     try {
       // Validator already verified that `blockHash` is properly formatted.
       block = await this.chain.getBlock(hexToBytes(blockHash))
-    } catch (err) {
-      if (!(err instanceof Error)) {
-        err = new Error(err)
-      }
+    } catch {
       throw {
         code: INTERNAL_ERROR,
         message: 'Could not get requested block hash.',

packages/client/src/rpc/modules/engine/engine.ts

@@ -447,10 +447,7 @@ export class Engine {
       if (headBlock.common.isActivatedEIP(4844)) {
         try {
           headBlock.validateBlobTransactions(parent.header)
-        } catch (error) {
-          if (!(error instanceof Error)) {
-            error = new Error(error)
-          }
+        } catch {
           const validationError = `Invalid 4844 transactions: ${error}`
           const latestValidHash = await validHash(
             hexToBytes(parentHash as PrefixedHexString),
@@ -473,10 +470,7 @@ export class Engine {
       if (!executedParentExists) {
         throw new Error(`Parent block not yet executed number=${parent.header.number}`)
       }
-    } catch (error) {
-      if (!(error instanceof Error)) {
-        error = new Error(error)
-      }
+    } catch {
       // Stash the block for a potential forced forkchoice update to it later.
       this.remoteBlocks.set(bytesToUnprefixedHex(headBlock.hash()), headBlock)
 
@@ -1387,9 +1381,6 @@ export class Engine {
       )
       return executionPayload
     } catch (error) {
-      if (!(error instanceof Error)) {
-        error = new Error(error)
-      }
       if (validEngineCodes.includes(error.code)) throw error
       throw {
         code: INTERNAL_ERROR,

packages/client/src/rpc/modules/engine/util/generic.ts

@@ -65,10 +65,7 @@ export const validExecutedChainBlock = async (
 
     // if the block was canonical and executed we would have returned by now
     return null
-  } catch (error) {
-    if (!(error instanceof Error)) {
-      error = new Error(error)
-    }
+  } catch {
     return null
   }
 }

packages/client/src/rpc/modules/eth.ts

@@ -1076,10 +1076,7 @@ export class Eth {
     if (blockHash !== undefined) {
       try {
         from = to = await this._chain.getBlock(hexToBytes(blockHash))
-      } catch (error) {
-        if (!(error instanceof Error)) {
-          error = new Error(error)
-        }
+      } catch {
         throw {
           code: INVALID_PARAMS,
           message: 'unknown blockHash',

packages/client/src/service/skeleton.ts

@@ -1401,10 +1401,7 @@ export class Skeleton extends MetaDBManager {
         throw Error(`SkeletonBlock rlp lookup failed for ${number} onlyCanonical=${onlyCanonical}`)
       }
       return this.skeletonBlockRlpToBlock(skeletonBlockRlp)
-    } catch (error) {
-      if (!(error instanceof Error)) {
-        error = new Error(error)
-      }
+    } catch {
       // If skeleton is linked, it probably has deleted the block and put it into the chain
       if (onlyCanonical && !this.status.linked) return undefined
       // As a fallback, try to get the block from the canonical chain in case it is available there
@@ -1477,10 +1474,7 @@ export class Skeleton extends MetaDBManager {
       await this.delete(DBKey.SkeletonBlockHashToNumber, block.hash())
       await this.delete(DBKey.SkeletonUnfinalizedBlockByHash, block.hash())
       return true
-    } catch (error) {
-      if (!(error instanceof Error)) {
-        error = new Error(error)
-      }
+    } catch {
       return false
     }
   }