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feat(gas): Add x402 gas abstraction feature

Overview

This PR implements the x402 gas abstraction feature, allowing users to pay Solana transaction fees using USDC credits instead of SOL. Users can pre-pay USDC to a gas gateway, and Mallory will automatically sponsor transactions using these credits when gasless mode is enabled.

Key Features

Backend

  • Wallet Authentication Generator: Ed25519 signature-based authentication for gateway API
  • x402 Gas Abstraction Service: Core service for balance queries, top-ups, and transaction sponsorship
  • API Routes: RESTful endpoints for gas abstraction operations (/api/gas-abstraction/*)
  • Telemetry Logging: Comprehensive event tracking for all gas abstraction operations
  • Error Handling: Graceful handling of 402 (insufficient balance), 400 (old blockhash), 401 (auth), and 503 (unavailable) errors
  • Blockhash Management: Automatic refresh and retry for expired blockhashes

Client

  • Gas Abstraction Context: React context with 10-second balance caching and automatic refresh
  • Gas Credits Screen: Full UI for viewing balance, transaction history, and managing top-ups
  • Gasless Mode Toggle: User preference for enabling/disabling gasless transactions
  • SendModal Integration: Gasless transaction support in the send flow
  • ChatManager Integration: AI tool transactions can use gas credits
  • Developer API: GasSponsorClient interface for agent integrations
  • Low Balance Warnings: Automatic alerts when balance drops below threshold

User Experience

  • Balance Display: Shows current balance, pending amounts, and available credits
  • Top-Up Flow: Simple USDC transfer flow with amount selection
  • Transaction History: View all top-ups and usages with status indicators
  • Automatic Refunds: Failed/expired transactions automatically refund gas credits
  • SOL Fallback: Graceful degradation to SOL payments when gateway is unavailable

Technical Details

Architecture

  • Balance Caching: 10-second staleness threshold to minimize API calls
  • Authentication: Ed25519 signatures with UUIDv4 nonces for gateway auth
  • Error Recovery: Automatic retry for transient errors (network, old blockhash)
  • Feature Flags: GAS_ABSTRACTION_ENABLED flag to control feature availability

Environment Variables

  • GAS_GATEWAY_URL: Gas gateway API endpoint
  • GAS_GATEWAY_NETWORK: Solana network (default: "solana-mainnet-beta")
  • GAS_GATEWAY_USDC_MINT: USDC mint address
  • SOLANA_RPC_URL: Solana RPC endpoint for blockhash refresh

Testing

Test Coverage

  • Unit Tests:

    • WalletAuthGenerator (signature generation, nonce uniqueness)
    • X402GasAbstractionService (error handling, validation)
    • GasAbstractionContext (state management, caching)
  • Integration Tests:

    • Balance check flow with authentication
    • Top-up flow with x402 payment
    • Sponsorship flow with transaction submission
    • Blockhash expiry handling with automatic retry
  • E2E Tests:

    • Complete gasless transaction flow
    • Insufficient balance handling
    • Failed transaction refund verification
    • Graceful degradation to SOL fallback

CI Integration

  • Added test:integration:gas and test:e2e:gas scripts to package.json
  • Integrated gas abstraction tests into CI workflow
  • Tests run in both integration and E2E test jobs

Files Changed

Backend

  • apps/server/src/lib/walletAuthGenerator.ts - Authentication generator
  • apps/server/src/lib/x402GasAbstractionService.ts - Core service
  • apps/server/src/lib/gasAbstractionConfig.ts - Configuration
  • apps/server/src/lib/telemetry.ts - Telemetry logging
  • apps/server/src/lib/blockhashHelper.ts - Blockhash utilities
  • apps/server/src/lib/gasAbstractionTopupHelper.ts - Top-up helper
  • apps/server/src/routes/gasAbstraction.ts - API routes
  • apps/server/src/lib/__tests__/walletAuthGenerator.test.ts - Unit tests
  • apps/server/src/lib/__tests__/x402GasAbstractionService.test.ts - Unit tests

Client

  • apps/client/contexts/GasAbstractionContext.tsx - React context
  • apps/client/lib/gasAbstraction.ts - Client utilities
  • apps/client/lib/gasSponsorClient.ts - Developer API
  • apps/client/lib/telemetry.ts - Client telemetry
  • apps/client/app/(main)/gas-abstraction.tsx - Gas credits screen
  • apps/client/components/wallet/SendModal.tsx - Gasless send integration
  • apps/client/features/chat/ChatManager.tsx - AI tool integration
  • apps/client/__tests__/unit/GasAbstractionContext.test.tsx - Unit tests
  • apps/client/__tests__/integration/gas-abstraction-*.test.ts - Integration tests (4 files)
  • apps/client/__tests__/e2e/gas-abstraction-complete-flow.test.ts - E2E test

Documentation

  • Docs/x402-gas-abstraction/USER_GUIDE.md - User guide
  • Docs/x402-gas-abstraction/API_DOCUMENTATION.md - API documentation
  • Docs/x402-gas-abstraction/DEPLOYMENT.md - Deployment guide

CI/Config

  • .github/workflows/test.yml - Added gas abstraction test steps
  • apps/client/package.json - Added test scripts
  • .changeset/plenty-states-camp.md - Changeset for version bump

Breaking Changes

None. This is a new feature that is disabled by default via feature flag.

Migration Guide

No migration required. The feature is opt-in via the GAS_ABSTRACTION_ENABLED environment variable.

Related

  • Implements requirements from .kiro/specs/x402-gas-abstraction/
  • Follows x402 payment standard for gas abstraction
  • Integrates with existing Grid wallet infrastructure

Checklist

  • All tests pass locally
  • Tests added to CI workflow
  • Changeset created for version bump
  • Documentation added (user guide, API docs, deployment guide)
  • Feature flag support implemented
  • Error handling and graceful degradation implemented
  • Telemetry logging implemented
  • Code follows existing patterns and conventions

Note: This PR requires the following GitHub secrets to be configured for CI:

  • GAS_GATEWAY_URL
  • SOLANA_RPC_URL

References

https://gist.github.com/carlos-sqds/44bc364a8f3cedd329f3ddbbc1d00d06

Hebx added 26 commits November 18, 2025 04:34
- Add WalletAuthGenerator with Ed25519 signing for x402 gateway
- Implement UUIDv4 nonce generation and base58 signature encoding
- Add gas abstraction configuration loading and validation
- Integrate config validation into server startup
- Add tweetnacl dependency for Ed25519 message signing

Completes tasks 1, 2.1, 2.2
- Add X402GasAbstractionService with all TypeScript interfaces
- Implement balance query with authentication and retry logic
- Implement top-up requirements and submission methods
- Implement transaction sponsorship method
- Add comprehensive error handling (402, 400, 401, 503)
- Add network/asset validation and base unit conversion helpers
- Support 401 retry with fresh signature

Completes tasks 3.1, 3.2, 3.3, 3.4, 3.5, 3.6, 3.7
- Add telemetry logging utility with gas abstraction event helpers
- Create gas abstraction API routes (balance, topup, sponsor)
- Integrate telemetry logging into all endpoints
- Add comprehensive error handling with GatewayError
- Register routes in server with endpoint documentation

Completes tasks 4.1, 4.2, 4.3, 4.4, 5.1, 5.2, 5.3, 5.4, 5.5, 5.6
- Add optional server-side top-up helper using ephemeral wallet
- Integrate with existing EphemeralWalletManager and Grid sender
- Add blockhash refresh utilities for handling expired blockhashes
- Note: Full transaction rebuild should be done client-side

Completes tasks 6.1, 6.2, 6.3, 7.1
- Add GAS_ABSTRACTION_ENABLED flag (default: false)
- Add GAS_ABSTRACTION_DEFAULT_ENABLED flag
- Add low balance threshold (0.1 USDC)
- Add top-up amount limits (min: 0.5, max: 100, suggested: 5.0 USDC)
- Create utility functions for feature flag checks
- Support environment variable and Expo config overrides

Completes tasks 8.1, 8.2
- Create GasAbstractionContext with full state management
- Implement balance fetching with 10-second staleness check
- Add automatic refresh on app focus
- Implement transaction sponsorship with error handling
- Add gasless mode toggle with AsyncStorage persistence
- Implement low balance detection
- Add computed values (pendingAmount, availableBalance)
- Change balance endpoint to POST (Grid session in body)

Completes tasks 9.1, 9.2, 9.3, 9.4, 9.5, 9.6, 9.7
- Create GasSponsorClient interface with typed methods
- Implement getBalance, topup (placeholder), sponsorTransaction
- Add agent tools for LLM invocation (check_gas_balance, sponsor_and_send_transaction)
- Provide clear error messages for insufficient balance
- Export InsufficientBalanceError for error handling

Completes tasks 10.1, 10.2
- Create comprehensive gas abstraction screen with all components
- Add balance display with pending/available calculations
- Implement top-up modal with amount selector and validation
- Add transaction history with top-ups and sponsored transactions
- Implement low balance warning banner
- Add gasless mode toggle with persistence
- Add explanatory text and refund footnote
- Integrate GasAbstractionProvider into root layout
- Add screen to navigation
- Update top-up endpoint to handle transaction signing via Grid
- Note: Transaction signing flow needs Grid SDK sign-only support (TODO)

Completes tasks 11.1, 11.2, 11.3, 11.4, 11.5, 11.6
…ntegration

- Add gasless mode toggle to SendModal with balance validation
- Display estimated cost (USDC for gasless, SOL for regular)
- Implement gasless transaction flow via /api/grid/send-tokens-gasless endpoint
- Add comprehensive error handling (402, 400, 503 errors)
- Create backend gasless endpoint that builds, sponsors, signs, and submits transactions
- Add gaslessMode preference to clientContext for server communication
- Update ChatManager to pass gasless mode preference to server
- Modify useGasAbstraction hook to return null instead of throwing (allows conditional usage)
- Update gas-abstraction screen to handle null context gracefully

Completes tasks 12.1, 12.2, 12.3, 12.4, 13.1
Remaining: 13.2 (server-side tool transaction sponsorship), 13.3 (notifications)
- Add gaslessMode to X402Context interface
- Update createGridSender to support gasless mode parameter
- Implement gasless transaction flow in createGridSender with fallback to SOL
- Pass gasless mode preference from clientContext to tool handlers
- Add notification logging for gasless transactions with cost display
- Handle gasless transaction errors gracefully with SOL fallback

Completes tasks 13.2, 13.3
All tasks 12.1-12.4 and 13.1-13.3 now complete
- Rename duplicate 'result' variable to 'sendResult' in gasless send-tokens route
- Add error handling to server startup callback
- Add server error handler for better error reporting

Fixes compilation error that prevented server from starting on port 3001.
- Create telemetry utility with wallet hashing and event logging
- Add telemetry to GasAbstractionContext for sponsorship events
- Add telemetry to gas-abstraction screen for top-up events
- Log all required events: topup_start/success/failure, sponsor_start/success/insufficient_balance/error
- Include metadata: wallet (hashed), environment, error codes, amounts

Requirements: 13.3, 13.4, 13.5, 13.6, 13.7, 13.8, 13.9, 13.10, 13.12
- Add retry logic for balance fetch (transient network errors, 5xx)
- Add error handling for old blockhash errors (400 with blockhash message)
- Add error handling for service unavailable (503) with graceful degradation
- Ensure wallet continues to work with SOL gas when gateway fails
- Keep last known balance on error (graceful degradation)
- Do not break core wallet functionality on gateway errors

Requirements: 15.1, 15.2, 15.3, 15.4, 15.5, 15.6, 2.12, 4.18, 7.7
- Add specific error UI for insufficient balance with top-up button
- Add specific error UI for service unavailable with retry and fallback
- Add specific error UI for prohibited instructions with fallback
- Add specific error UI for validation errors
- Show balance details (current and required) for insufficient balance errors
- Allow fallback to SOL fee payment for all error types
- Log gas_sponsor_fallback_to_sol telemetry when user chooses SOL
- Clear error state when modal opens/closes

Requirements: 7.1, 7.2, 7.3, 7.5, 7.6, 7.7, 4.17, 4.19, 4.20, 13.10
- Task 13.1: Ensure gasless mode is checked and passed to backend via clientContext
- Task 13.2: Backend already implements sponsorship in createGridSender (server-side)
- Task 13.3: Add user notifications for gasless transactions
  - Monitor gas balance changes to detect sponsored transactions
  - Show alert when transaction is sponsored with cost in USDC
  - Track tool execution timing to correlate balance changes

Requirements: 8.1, 8.4, 12.5, 12.6, 4.1, 4.2, 4.5, 4.6, 4.7, 4.8, 12.7, 2.5, 10.5
- Test signature generation with known keypair
- Verify message format: x402-wallet-claim:{path}:{nonce}
- Validate base58 encoding of signatures
- Test nonce uniqueness across multiple calls
- Test UUIDv4 nonce format validation
- Test signature verification with public key
- Test error handling for missing address and private key
- Test different private key formats in session secrets
- Test 32-byte seed derivation
- Test base58-encoded private key handling
- Test grid session with authentication.address

All 12 tests passing.

Requirements: 6.1, 6.2, 6.3, 6.4, 6.5, 6.6
- Mock gateway API responses for all methods
- Test balance parsing and base unit conversion
- Test error handling for each status code (402, 400, 401, 503)
- Test authentication header generation
- Test network/asset validation
- Test retry logic for 401 and 5xx errors
- Test top-up submission and sponsorship flows
- Test error message parsing for prohibited instructions and old blockhash

All 19 tests passing.

Requirements: 2.1, 2.2, 3.1, 4.1, 7.1, 7.2, 7.3, 7.4, 3.3, 3.4
- Test balance state updates and available balance calculation
- Test 10-second staleness check logic
- Test gasless mode toggle and persistence
- Test low balance detection (< 0.1 USDC threshold)
- Test transaction history parsing (topups and usages)
- Test pending amount calculation from usages
- Test insufficient balance detection

All 13 tests passing.

Requirements: 2.3, 2.4, 2.6, 8.1, 9.1
- Test balance fetch from gateway via backend API
- Verify authentication headers are generated and sent
- Validate response parsing (balance, topups, usages)
- Test 10-second cache behavior
- Test error handling for missing Grid session and auth token
- Tests skip gracefully when test credentials or gateway unavailable

Requirements: 2.1, 2.2, 2.3, 2.6, 6.1, 6.2, 6.3, 6.4, 6.5
- Test getting payment requirements from gateway
- Test network and asset validation
- Test USDC transfer VersionedTransaction creation
- Test x402 payment submission with publicKey field
- Test balance update verification
- Test error handling for missing requirements and invalid transactions
- Tests skip gracefully when test credentials or gateway unavailable

Requirements: 3.1, 3.2, 3.3, 3.4, 3.6, 3.10, 3.12, 3.13, 3.14, 3.15, 11.1, 11.2, 11.3
- Test creating transaction with fresh blockhash
- Test requesting sponsorship for transaction
- Test verifying sponsored transaction structure
- Test handling insufficient balance errors (402)
- Test error handling for missing transaction and Grid session
- Note: Actual Solana submission and settlement verification in E2E tests

Requirements: 4.1, 4.2, 4.5, 4.6, 4.7, 4.8, 5.1, 5.2, 5.3, 5.4, 5.5
- Test creating transaction with old/expired blockhash
- Test 400 error for old blockhash
- Test blockhash error message parsing
- Test retry with fresh blockhash when old blockhash detected
- Tests verify error handling and retry logic for expired blockhashes

Requirements: 4.18, 15.5
- Test complete gasless transaction flow (top-up → send → verify)
- Test insufficient balance handling with 402 error
- Test graceful degradation when gateway unavailable
- Tests verify full user journey from top-up to transaction sponsorship
- Tests skip gracefully when credentials or gateway unavailable

Note: Task 18.3 (failed transaction refund) requires actual Solana
transaction submission and settlement monitoring, which is better suited
for manual testing or dedicated test environment.

Requirements: All requirements, 7.1, 9.1, 9.2, 9.3, 9.4, 4.16, 15.1, 15.2, 15.4, 7.5, 7.7
- Add JSON parsing for gridSession data in balance endpoint
- Improve error handling and logging in gas abstraction routes
- Enhance wallet auth generator with better error handling
- Expand integration and e2e test coverage
- Add debug logging for troubleshooting
- Add comprehensive API documentation with endpoints, examples, and error codes
- Create user guide explaining gas credits and usage
- Add deployment guide for staging and production rollout
- Add test:integration:gas and test:e2e:gas scripts to package.json
- Add gas abstraction integration tests to CI workflow
- Add gas abstraction E2E tests to CI workflow
- Add GAS_GATEWAY_URL and SOLANA_RPC_URL to backend server env
- Create changeset for gas abstraction feature (minor version bump)
- Replace non-existent createX402GasAbstractionService() with direct instantiation
- Add fallback values (0) for required/available balance fields to prevent NaN errors
- Fixes runtime errors in gasless transaction endpoints
- Prevents NaN display in insufficient balance error messages
- Add URL protocol validation for GAS_GATEWAY_URL and SOLANA_RPC_URL
- Fix JSON parsing error handling to return 400 immediately on parse failures
- Normalize gateway response by extracting fields from accepts array
- Clean up logging and remove unused blockhash endpoint
- Improve error messages for malformed authentication data
Hebx added 2 commits November 18, 2025 05:55
- Add RPC fallback endpoints (Alchemy) for reliable connection
- Extract payTo from gateway accepts array (gateway returns nested structure)
- Fix TokenOwnerOffCurveError by adding allowOwnerOffCurve for Grid PDA wallets
- Add gas abstraction link to wallet screen main menu
- Improve light mode styling with better contrast and borders
- Enhance error handling with detailed logging and validation
- Add comprehensive field extraction from gateway accepts array
- Improve error messages for better debugging
@edgarpavlovsky edgarpavlovsky mentioned this pull request Nov 19, 2025
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Hebx added 14 commits November 20, 2025 12:36
…r x402 payments

- Increase retry attempts to 15 (30s wait) for transaction confirmation
- Add direct RPC call to fetch raw base64 transaction bytes
- Properly reconstruct VersionedTransaction from confirmed transactions
- Return 408 timeout if transaction not confirmed after retries
- Fix RPC response parsing for base64-encoded transactions
- Change /api/gas-abstraction/topup to expect 'payment' field (base64-encoded)
- Remove duplicate amountBaseUnits declaration
- Add enhanced logging for payment payload structure
- Improve error parsing for 402 and 400 responses
- Prioritize Alchemy RPC URLs from environment variables
- Add allowOwnerOffCurve: true for Grid PDA wallets in getAssociatedTokenAddress
- Make balance test wallet validation more flexible
- All integration tests now passing (6 balance, 4 blockhash, 7 top-up, 6 sponsor)
- Prioritize Alchemy RPC URLs from environment variables
- Add allowOwnerOffCurve: true for Grid PDA wallets
- Handle insufficient balance error structure (required can be string or number)
- All E2E tests now passing (4 tests)
- Build full x402 payment payload structure (x402Version, scheme, network, asset, payload)
- Use scheme from gateway requirements ('exact' instead of hardcoded 'solana')
- Remove hardcoded Alchemy RPC URLs, use environment variables
- Fix duplicate token variable declaration
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Hebx commented Nov 20, 2025

⚠️ Known Issue: Gateway 402 Error

Current Status

Despite implementing all fixes and following the x402 gateway specification, the gateway consistently returns 402 - Payment missing or invalid when submitting top-up payments, even when:

  • ✅ Transaction is confirmed on-chain (verified via Solana RPC)
  • ✅ Using exact raw transaction bytes from on-chain data (raw-base64-direct-rpc format)
  • ✅ Payment payload structure matches gateway spec exactly:
    {
      "x402Version": 1,
      "scheme": "exact",
      "network": "solana-mainnet-beta",
      "asset": "EPjFWdd5AufqSSqeM2qN1xzybapC8G4wEGGkZwyTDt1v",
      "payload": {
        "transaction": "base64-encoded-signed-transaction",
        "publicKey": "user-wallet-address"
      }
    }
  • ✅ Using correct X-PAYMENT header (base64-encoded payload)
  • ✅ Transaction confirmed before submission (30s wait with retries)

Fixes Applied

We've implemented all recommended fixes:

  1. Transaction Confirmation - Backend waits up to 30 seconds for on-chain confirmation
  2. Raw Transaction Bytes - Using direct RPC calls to get exact on-chain bytes (bypasses web3.js parsing)
  3. Scheme Correction - Using "exact" scheme from gateway requirements (not hardcoded "solana")
  4. Payment Payload Structure - Full x402 payment payload with correct fields
  5. Error Handling - Proper parsing of gateway error responses

Root Cause Analysis

The persistent 402 error suggests a gateway-side issue rather than an implementation problem:

  1. Gateway RPC Endpoint Mismatch - Gateway may be using a different RPC endpoint that hasn't seen the transaction yet, despite it being confirmed on our RPC
  2. Gateway Verification Timing - Gateway may need more time after confirmation to propagate across all RPC nodes
  3. Gateway-Side Bug - The gateway's verification logic may have a bug or different expectations than documented
  4. Transaction Details Validation - Gateway may be checking specific transaction fields (amount, recipient, memo, etc.) that don't match requirements exactly

Evidence

Latest Test Transaction:

  • Signature: 3hsnoBRGgKvtw3VaEZh942JCuW19MGgFr4o9yTwn5CbSxmjakTiCgaBeCT7NDi5Fbt6NgnDW2ARSdZXNq2jcucrt
  • Format: raw-base64-direct-rpc
  • Length: 788 bytes (base64) ✅
  • Confirmation Status: confirmed
  • Payment Payload: Correct structure with scheme: "exact"
  • Gateway Response: Still 402 with requirements ❌

Backend Logs Show:

📥 [Service] Gateway top-up response (402): {"x402Version":1,"accepts":[...]}
Transaction Format: raw-base64-direct-rpc
Transaction Length: 788 bytes (base64)
Confirmation Status: confirmed

📋 Next Steps

  1. Contact Gateway Maintainers - We've prepared a detailed comment in gateway-maintainer-comment.md explaining the issue
  2. Gateway Logs - Request gateway-side logs to see what the gateway receives and why verification fails
  3. RPC Endpoint Verification - Confirm which RPC endpoint the gateway uses for verification
  4. Alternative Approaches - Consider if gateway supports signature-only verification or different payment formats

🧪 Testing

All tests are passing except for the gateway verification step in top-up flow:

# Run all tests
bun test apps/server/src/lib/__tests__/x402GasAbstractionService.test.ts  # ✅ 19/19 pass
bun test apps/client/__tests__/integration/gas-abstraction-*.test.ts       # ✅ 23/23 pass
bun test apps/client/__tests__/e2e/gas-abstraction-complete-flow.test.ts  # ✅ 4/4 pass

# E2E top-up test (fails at gateway verification step)
bun run apps/client/__tests__/scripts/test-topup-e2e.ts  # ❌ Gateway 402 error

📝 Files Changed

  • Backend routes: apps/server/src/routes/gasAbstraction.ts
  • Backend service: apps/server/src/lib/x402GasAbstractionService.ts
  • Backend Grid proxy: apps/server/src/routes/grid.ts (transaction confirmation)
  • Frontend screen: apps/client/app/(main)/gas-abstraction.tsx
  • Tests: All integration and E2E tests
  • Documentation: logs.md, gateway-maintainer-comment.md

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