Transactions

Methods for sending, simulating, and managing transactions.

sendTransaction

sendTransaction(tx: Transaction): TransactionMetadata | FailedTransactionMetadata

Execute a transaction. Returns metadata on success or failure details on error.

const result = client.svm.sendTransaction(signedTx);

// Check for errors
if ('err' in result && result.err()) {
    console.error('Transaction failed:', result.err());
    return;
}

// Access result properties (note: these are getter functions)
console.log('Signature:', result.signature());
console.log('Compute units:', result.computeUnitsConsumed());
console.log('Logs:', result.logs());

Transaction result properties like err(), computeUnitsConsumed(), logs(), and signature() are getter functions, not properties. Always call them with parentheses.

TransactionMetadata Methods

Method	Returns	Description
`signature()`	`Uint8Array`	Transaction signature bytes
`computeUnitsConsumed()`	`bigint`	Compute units used
`logs()`	`string[]`	Program logs
`innerInstructions()`	`InnerInstruction[]`	Inner (CPI) instructions
`returnData()`	`TransactionReturnData`	Return data from programs
`prettyLogs()`	`string`	Formatted logs with colors

simulateTransaction

simulateTransaction(tx: Transaction): SimulatedTransactionInfo | FailedTransactionMetadata

Simulate a transaction without modifying state.

const simResult = client.svm.simulateTransaction(signedTx);

if ('err' in simResult && simResult.err()) {
    console.error('Simulation failed:', simResult.err());
    return;
}

// Use .meta() to get TransactionMetadata
const meta = simResult.meta();
console.log('Would use', meta.computeUnitsConsumed(), 'compute units');
console.log('Logs:', meta.logs());

// Get post-execution account states
const postAccounts = simResult.postAccounts();
console.log('Post-state accounts:', postAccounts);

Simulation doesn't change state. Use it to check transactions before sending.

Blockhash Management

latestBlockhash

latestBlockhash(): Blockhash

Get the current blockhash.

const blockhash = client.svm.latestBlockhash();
console.log('Blockhash:', blockhash);

getLatestBlockhash (via client.rpc)

Get the blockhash with lifetime information for building transactions manually. Use the RPC helper since it returns both blockhash and lastValidBlockHeight.

import {
    createTransactionMessage,
    setTransactionMessageLifetimeUsingBlockhash,
} from '@solana/kit';

const { value: blockhashLifetime } = await client.rpc.getLatestBlockhash().send();

const tx = setTransactionMessageLifetimeUsingBlockhash(
    blockhashLifetime,
    createTransactionMessage({ version: 0 })
);

When using program plugins like systemProgram() or tokenProgram(), you never need to fetch the blockhash yourself — client.sendTransaction() (and the .sendTransaction() helper on instruction chains) handle it for you.

expireBlockhash

expireBlockhash(): LiteSVM

Advance to a new blockhash. Useful for testing blockhash expiration scenarios.

const oldBlockhash = client.svm.latestBlockhash();
client.svm.expireBlockhash();
const newBlockhash = client.svm.latestBlockhash();

console.log('Old:', oldBlockhash);
console.log('New:', newBlockhash);
// Blockhashes will be different

Transaction History

Enable transaction history to retrieve transactions after sending:

// Enable history storage (stores last N transactions)
client.svm.withTransactionHistory(100n);

// Send a transaction
const result = client.svm.sendTransaction(signedTx);

// Later, retrieve it by signature (base58 string)
// Note: getTransaction expects a base58-encoded signature string

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