Call Function "Error: Returned values aren't valid, did it run Out of Gas?"

[safakoks]

First of all, there are some issues with this error like #3134 and #3466. I could not solve the error by inspecting these issues. And my case is a little bit different.

Here's my contract structure as two different files.

pragma solidity ^0.6.8;

import "./Inheritance.sol";

contract BasicInheritance is Inheritance {
    function add(uint256 _amount) public {
        total += _amount;
        
    }

}

pragma solidity ^0.6.8;

contract Inheritance {
    
    uint public total;
    
    function remove(uint256 _amount) public {
        total -= _amount;   
    }
}

Here's the metadata from the compiled result

{"compiler":{"version":"0.6.11+commit.5ef660b1"},"language":"Solidity","output":{"abi":[{"inputs":[{"internalType":"uint256","name":"_amount","type":"uint256"}],"name":"add","outputs":[],"stateMutability":"nonpayable","type":"function"},{"inputs":[{"internalType":"uint256","name":"_amount","type":"uint256"}],"name":"remove","outputs":[],"stateMutability":"nonpayable","type":"function"},{"inputs":[],"name":"total","outputs":[{"internalType":"uint256","name":"","type":"uint256"}],"stateMutability":"view","type":"function"}],"devdoc":{"kind":"dev","methods":{},"version":1},"userdoc":{"kind":"user","methods":{},"version":1}},"settings":{"compilationTarget":{"BasicInheritance.sol":"Base"},"evmVersion":"istanbul","libraries":{},"metadata":{"bytecodeHash":"ipfs"},"optimizer":{"enabled":false,"runs":200},"remappings":[]},"sources":{"BasicInheritance.sol":{"keccak256":"0x23acb1c662f2aa99f4ae8dff2184a47d20326bdae59ff2bc922b6645815d6f8e","urls":["bzz-raw://bd93d3038120de90ef664532545930a0f92426dbde934b87c4ad75862b263396","dweb:/ipfs/QmctQJZnhfsmqWBd6GkdGo28GiEPDVtLXkhx84U6NNphPf"]},"Inheritance.sol":{"keccak256":"0x3a19b79efdc4eaa6cdadd2418c0784705a493eee78eabd38a0d88731770a113c","urls":["bzz-raw://81bc63c1396ab2a8c4bfb0b5b9928884cf1860c9f9f6afa8b90dbb7cb47a757c","dweb:/ipfs/Qmbsv8amyeJtWvBq6zDjmNXERj5TwEQ7zoW6V6WuGTDxku"]}},"version":1}

If it is needed, here's the bytecode

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

Expected behavior

call function must return the total result.

const currentMethod = web3Contract.methods.total().call({
  from: address,
});

Actual behavior

It returns an error as seen on the log.

As I understand, there are a problem during sending eth_call which returns 0x as result. The same function was worked on remix. And also, conractAddress is exactly correct, other send functions were worked correctly, for example:

const currentMethod = web3Contract.methods.add(123).send({
  from: address,
  gas: 80000000,
}).then(console.log);

Steps to reproduce the behavior

const Web3 = require('web3');

const web3 = new Web3(
  new Web3.providers.WebsocketProvider('ws://35.xxx.xxx.xxx:85xx'),
);

const abi = [{
  inputs: [{ internalType: 'uint256', name: '_amount', type: 'uint256' }], name: 'add', outputs: [], stateMutability: 'nonpayable', type: 'function',
}, {
  inputs: [{ internalType: 'uint256', name: '_amount', type: 'uint256' }], name: 'remove', outputs: [], stateMutability: 'nonpayable', type: 'function',
}, {
  inputs: [], name: 'total', outputs: [{ internalType: 'uint256', name: '', type: 'uint256' }], stateMutability: 'view', type: 'function',
}];

const address = '0x378fD9415E9a688139E91ff95C09A571b2AE41Bd';
const privateKey = '0x23c6ae4a8ba382ddd42d29e808fb82dae881db5b3d51803b5b31638a2ebb26cb';
const contractAddress = '0x0D5E83AF211DF7545C059B79C8f654F3d612DAC2';

web3.eth.accounts.wallet.add(privateKey);

const web3Contract = new web3.eth.Contract(
  abi,
  contractAddress,
);

const currentMethod = web3Contract.methods.total().call({
  from: address,
});

currentMethod.then((result) => {
  console.log('result', result);
}).catch((err) => {
  console.error('error', err);
});

Logs

error Error: Returned values aren't valid, did it run Out of Gas? You might also see this error if you are not using the correct ABI for the contract you are retrieving data from, requesting data from a block number that does not exist, or querying a node which is not fully synced.

Environment

nodejs: v12.16.2
web3: v1.2.11
geth: Geth/v1.8.18-stable(quorum-v2.3.0)/linux-amd64/go1.11.8

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[safakoks]

I found the reason. It occurs because of a no-deployed contract address. Sending raw tx with bytecode returns contract address, so I used the fake contract address which does not refer to a correct deployed contract. I think the error message creates a misunderstanding about the situation.

By the way, It runs correctly on Ganache. But on Quorum it returns the error.

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