Truffle: Truffle Migration Failing Although Transaction Succeeds

[apbendi]

• [x] I've asked for help in the Truffle Gitter before filing this issue.

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Issue

I'm trying to deploy a contract to mainnet. I have deployed it to Ropsten without issue. When I attempt to deploy to mainnet with truffle, I get the following error:

Starting migrations...

======================

> Network name: 'mainnet'

> Network id: 1

> Block gas limit: 0x7a121d

2_deploy_contracts.js

=====================

Deploying 'Bankshot'

--------------------

> transaction hash: 0x2d6284efba19ce96740d471eb25fc8a2e87ae1ec3d4b6e77876ab90fae584ef9

Error: Error: Error: *** Deployment Failed ***

"Bankshot" -- The contract code couldn't be stored, please check your gas limit..

at Object.run (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/truffle/build/webpack:/packages/truffle-migrate/index.js:92:1)

at process._tickCallback (internal/process/next_tick.js:68:7)

Truffle v5.0.25 (core: 5.0.25)

Node v10.16.0

However, on etherscan, it seems the transaction has succeeded:

https://etherscan.io/tx/0x2d6284efba19ce96740d471eb25fc8a2e87ae1ec3d4b6e77876ab90fae584ef9

Steps to Reproduce

• Clone and configure the project here: https://github.com/apbendi/forehash
• Add mainnet-mneumonic.js file with appropriate exports.
• Run truffle migrate --network mainnet

Expected Behavior

Truffle to recognize the deployment succeeded and update the migration contract

Actual Results

Contract deployed successfully, but Truffle reported it failed and errors out.

Environment

• Operating System: macOS 10.13.6
• Ethereum client: Infura 🙃
• Truffle version (truffle version): v5.0.25
• node version (node --version): 10.16.0
• npm version (npm --version): 6.9.0

[cgewecke]

@apbendi Out of curiosity, did you get a tx failure msg immediately or were you in pending state for a long time first? Is it possible that the tx timed out after 50 blocks per your config?

[apbendi]

Hey @cgewecke, it did not fail immediately and was pending for some time, but it was definitely not the ~10 minutes needed for 50 blocks. I'd guess it failed within 3-4 minutes, and that the transaction itself was mined within 5-6.

[Vasiliy-Bondarenko]

Same issue here. Sometimes it happens, sometimes - not (with absolutely no changes, just rerun the same command). Very unstable.

lr-eth-deployment |
lr-eth-deployment | Starting migrations...
lr-eth-deployment | ======================
lr-eth-deployment | > Network name:    'goerli'
lr-eth-deployment | > Network id:      5
lr-eth-deployment | > Block gas limit: 0x7a1200
lr-eth-deployment |
lr-eth-deployment |
lr-eth-deployment | 1_initial_migration.js
lr-eth-deployment | ======================
lr-eth-deployment |
lr-eth-deployment |    Deploying 'Migrations'
lr-eth-deployment |    ----------------------
lr-eth-deployment |    > transaction hash:    0xf42b864701208f1ae10608ca750288198f87867723793b6173e2ab8934ee9d25
lr-eth-deployment | - Blocks: 0            Seconds: 0
lr-eth-deployment | Error: Error: Error:  *** Deployment Failed ***
lr-eth-deployment |
lr-eth-deployment | "Migrations" -- The contract code couldn't be stored, please check your gas limit..
lr-eth-deployment |
lr-eth-deployment |     at Object.run (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/truffle/build/webpack:/packages/truffle-migrate/index.js:92:1)
lr-eth-deployment |     at processTicksAndRejections (internal/process/task_queues.js:85:5)
lr-eth-deployment | Truffle v5.0.26 (core: 5.0.26)
lr-eth-deployment | Node v12.8.1
lr-eth-deployment | npm ERR! code ELIFECYCLE
lr-eth-deployment | npm ERR! errno 1
lr-eth-deployment | npm ERR! lr-eth

i've got this error quite fast, without any long wait.
transaction was a success: https://goerli.etherscan.io/tx/0xf42b864701208f1ae10608ca750288198f87867723793b6173e2ab8934ee9d25

on the next run a minute later...

...
lr-eth-deployment | 1_initial_migration.js
lr-eth-deployment | ======================
lr-eth-deployment |
lr-eth-deployment |    Deploying 'Migrations'
lr-eth-deployment |    ----------------------
lr-eth-deployment |    > transaction hash:    0x9bdc4e3712708d7cf659c47c1044aa135ecaf6d79ef1774b3939499d301cbe05
lr-eth-deployment | - Blocks: 0            Seconds: 0
lr-eth-deployment |    > Blocks: 1            Seconds: 13
lr-eth-deployment |    > contract address:    0x58817C3089AE7943B548f0B3a0dB28DC56E7341f
lr-eth-deployment |    > block number:        1514196
lr-eth-deployment |    > block timestamp:     1571731733
lr-eth-deployment |    > account:             0xb99840f8572189153C3c3F23c586Ee2a962D7163
lr-eth-deployment |    > balance:             9.26040288
lr-eth-deployment |    > gas used:            261393
lr-eth-deployment |    > gas price:           10 gwei
lr-eth-deployment |    > value sent:          0 ETH
lr-eth-deployment |    > total cost:          0.00261393 ETH
lr-eth-deployment |
lr-eth-deployment |
lr-eth-deployment | - Saving migration to chain.
lr-eth-deployment |    > Saving migration to chain.
lr-eth-deployment |    > Saving artifacts
lr-eth-deployment |    -------------------------------------
lr-eth-deployment |    > Total cost:          0.00261393 ETH
...

[Vasiliy-Bondarenko]

Also i get the same issue with other contracts deployment. Not only Migrations. So it's not specific to the contract.

[eggplantzzz]

Can anyone reliably reproduce this error? This would be a great help if anyone can provide repro steps.

[Vasiliy-Bondarenko]

@eggplantzzz this IS the problem itself! it is not reliable and that's why it is a problem :) so i guess - it's impossible to reliable reproduce it.

[kartojal]

Happened same bug with v5.0.30, Infura, mnemonic and node 10, migrations are not very stable right now. Will try to see if i have any logs.

edit: dont have the error log, but is the same as the top

[Vasiliy-Bondarenko]

@eggplantzzz
how to reproduce the issue:

• git clone https://github.com/atato/eth-deployment-error.git
• cd eth-deployment-error/
• cp .env.example .env
• update .env with infura api key

• docker-compose up

• it will build Migration smart contract and try to deploy it 500 times in a row. it is expected to fail pretty fast. i am not sure what can speed up this process. some particular time of day, infura or internet slowness or some other random stuff.

My latest run log:

$ docker-compose up
Starting truffle-issue-repro ... done
Attaching to truffle-issue-repro
truffle-issue-repro | /usr/local/bin/truffle -> /usr/local/lib/node_modules/truffle/build/cli.bundled.js
truffle-issue-repro |
truffle-issue-repro | > [email protected] postinstall /usr/local/lib/node_modules/truffle
truffle-issue-repro | > node ./scripts/postinstall.js
truffle-issue-repro |
truffle-issue-repro | - Fetching solc version list from solc-bin. Attempt #1
truffle-issue-repro | + [email protected]
truffle-issue-repro | updated 1 package in 8.214s
truffle-issue-repro | npm WARN [email protected] No description
truffle-issue-repro | npm WARN [email protected] No repository field.
truffle-issue-repro | npm WARN [email protected] No license field.
truffle-issue-repro |
truffle-issue-repro | audited 20673 packages in 3.642s
truffle-issue-repro | found 1 low severity vulnerability
truffle-issue-repro |   run `npm audit fix` to fix them, or `npm audit` for details
truffle-issue-repro |
truffle-issue-repro | > [email protected] migrate-goerli /usr/src/app
truffle-issue-repro | > truffle migrate --network goerli --reset
truffle-issue-repro |
truffle-issue-repro |
truffle-issue-repro | Compiling your contracts...
truffle-issue-repro | ===========================
truffle-issue-repro | > Compiling ./contracts/Migrations.sol
truffle-issue-repro | > Artifacts written to /usr/src/app/build/contracts
truffle-issue-repro | > Compiled successfully using:
truffle-issue-repro |    - solc: 0.5.6+commit.b259423e.Emscripten.clang
truffle-issue-repro |
truffle-issue-repro |
truffle-issue-repro | Starting migrations...
truffle-issue-repro | ======================
truffle-issue-repro | > Network name:    'goerli'
truffle-issue-repro | > Network id:      5
truffle-issue-repro | > Block gas limit: 0x7a1200
truffle-issue-repro |
truffle-issue-repro |
truffle-issue-repro | 1_initial_migration.js
truffle-issue-repro | ======================
truffle-issue-repro |
truffle-issue-repro |    Deploying 'Migrations'
truffle-issue-repro |    ----------------------
truffle-issue-repro |    > transaction hash:    0xb10be99812428882881e0b59afc72134831bb21bac55ec2908edc79e1666e200
truffle-issue-repro | - Blocks: 0            Seconds: 0
truffle-issue-repro |    > Blocks: 1            Seconds: 17
truffle-issue-repro |    > contract address:    0x6FDD222B1E4ce85F258f2988113F3ABE4ff84d02
truffle-issue-repro |    > block number:        1720521
truffle-issue-repro |    > block timestamp:     1574827581
truffle-issue-repro |    > account:             0x46777C79238bddbbD417E585ed2CC99b554d0934
truffle-issue-repro |    > balance:             1.06831367
truffle-issue-repro |    > gas used:            223305
truffle-issue-repro |    > gas price:           10 gwei
truffle-issue-repro |    > value sent:          0 ETH
truffle-issue-repro |    > total cost:          0.00223305 ETH
truffle-issue-repro |
truffle-issue-repro | Migrations contract deployed
truffle-issue-repro |
truffle-issue-repro |    Replacing 'Migrations'
truffle-issue-repro |    ----------------------
truffle-issue-repro | - Blocks: 0            Seconds: 0
truffle-issue-repro |    > transaction hash:    0x60a235d91c1778dcc16066ad20a1013ed6988e8e872bef7744e468ad6c6eba3d
truffle-issue-repro |    > Blocks: 2            Seconds: 25
truffle-issue-repro |    > contract address:    0x3a003334a998Bb6fa683884b6CbDe970D4679Cbd
truffle-issue-repro |    > block number:        1720523
truffle-issue-repro |    > block timestamp:     1574827611
truffle-issue-repro |    > account:             0x46777C79238bddbbD417E585ed2CC99b554d0934
truffle-issue-repro |    > balance:             1.06608062
truffle-issue-repro |    > gas used:            223305
truffle-issue-repro |    > gas price:           10 gwei
truffle-issue-repro |    > value sent:          0 ETH
truffle-issue-repro |    > total cost:          0.00223305 ETH
truffle-issue-repro |
truffle-issue-repro | Migrations contract deployed
truffle-issue-repro |
truffle-issue-repro |    Replacing 'Migrations'
truffle-issue-repro |    ----------------------
truffle-issue-repro |    > transaction hash:    0xb4660e356dede0bf0c2b0115326ad812690bf7ab291097ca79e0df7e1b22f7f1
truffle-issue-repro | - Blocks: 0            Seconds: 0
truffle-issue-repro |    > Blocks: 0            Seconds: 5
truffle-issue-repro |    > contract address:    0xF5B2253B50F9171e319188466e48ABCbEc6a7241
truffle-issue-repro |    > block number:        1720524
truffle-issue-repro |    > block timestamp:     1574827626
truffle-issue-repro |    > account:             0x46777C79238bddbbD417E585ed2CC99b554d0934
truffle-issue-repro |    > balance:             1.06384757
truffle-issue-repro |    > gas used:            223305
truffle-issue-repro |    > gas price:           10 gwei
truffle-issue-repro |    > value sent:          0 ETH
truffle-issue-repro |    > total cost:          0.00223305 ETH
truffle-issue-repro |
truffle-issue-repro | Migrations contract deployed
truffle-issue-repro |
truffle-issue-repro |    Replacing 'Migrations'
truffle-issue-repro |    ----------------------
truffle-issue-repro | - Blocks: 0            Seconds: 0
truffle-issue-repro |    > transaction hash:    0xf796c76d506472b53b5da9bb35b035392f5f5e016b7bc1f90eccf3bdea6dadb4
truffle-issue-repro |    > Blocks: 1            Seconds: 10
truffle-issue-repro |    > contract address:    0x55983E4BDcA7957b41fb73Eb34a01B045f4223fD
truffle-issue-repro |    > block number:        1720525
truffle-issue-repro |    > block timestamp:     1574827641
truffle-issue-repro |    > account:             0x46777C79238bddbbD417E585ed2CC99b554d0934
truffle-issue-repro |    > balance:             1.06384757
truffle-issue-repro |    > gas used:            223305
truffle-issue-repro |    > gas price:           10 gwei
truffle-issue-repro |    > value sent:          0 ETH
truffle-issue-repro |    > total cost:          0.00223305 ETH
truffle-issue-repro |
truffle-issue-repro | Migrations contract deployed
truffle-issue-repro |
truffle-issue-repro |    Replacing 'Migrations'
truffle-issue-repro |    ----------------------
truffle-issue-repro |    > transaction hash:    0x1d94429cd8914d483105cf5ae6b469d97d3c75acc70aaa9df05742a3d0ffe1d9
truffle-issue-repro | - Blocks: 0            Seconds: 0
truffle-issue-repro |    > Blocks: 2            Seconds: 22
truffle-issue-repro |    > contract address:    0x5f9De34FA225817D3A9B285f1431F667b492715b
truffle-issue-repro |    > block number:        1720527
truffle-issue-repro |    > block timestamp:     1574827671
truffle-issue-repro |    > account:             0x46777C79238bddbbD417E585ed2CC99b554d0934
truffle-issue-repro |    > balance:             1.05938147
truffle-issue-repro |    > gas used:            223305
truffle-issue-repro |    > gas price:           10 gwei
truffle-issue-repro |    > value sent:          0 ETH
truffle-issue-repro |    > total cost:          0.00223305 ETH
truffle-issue-repro |
truffle-issue-repro | Migrations contract deployed
truffle-issue-repro |
truffle-issue-repro |    Replacing 'Migrations'
truffle-issue-repro |    ----------------------
truffle-issue-repro |    > transaction hash:    0x41272e29876ef9e24fc2cfa0b93571dfffcad2b204d477a6705697585e0e000b
truffle-issue-repro | - Blocks: 0            Seconds: 0
truffle-issue-repro |    > Blocks: 1            Seconds: 9
truffle-issue-repro |    > contract address:    0x37f6C293e672d32DDb4EC04E62E17D3C9db81521
truffle-issue-repro |    > block number:        1720528
truffle-issue-repro |    > block timestamp:     1574827686
truffle-issue-repro |    > account:             0x46777C79238bddbbD417E585ed2CC99b554d0934
truffle-issue-repro |    > balance:             1.05938147
truffle-issue-repro |    > gas used:            223305
truffle-issue-repro |    > gas price:           10 gwei
truffle-issue-repro |    > value sent:          0 ETH
truffle-issue-repro |    > total cost:          0.00223305 ETH
truffle-issue-repro |
truffle-issue-repro | Migrations contract deployed
truffle-issue-repro |
truffle-issue-repro |    Replacing 'Migrations'
truffle-issue-repro |    ----------------------
truffle-issue-repro |    > transaction hash:    0x56c860a99434223ea4963c688544cda6009ae6e8e074c9c72a7eee029383e121
truffle-issue-repro | - Blocks: 0            Seconds: 0
truffle-issue-repro | Migrations contract deployed
truffle-issue-repro | Error: Error: Error:  *** Deployment Failed ***
truffle-issue-repro |
truffle-issue-repro | "Migrations" -- The contract code couldn't be stored, please check your gas limit..
truffle-issue-repro |
truffle-issue-repro |     at Object.run (/usr/src/app/node_modules/truffle/build/webpack:/packages/truffle-migrate/index.js:92:1)
truffle-issue-repro |     at processTicksAndRejections (internal/process/task_queues.js:86:5)
truffle-issue-repro | Truffle v5.0.26 (core: 5.0.26)
truffle-issue-repro | Node v11.15.0
truffle-issue-repro | npm ERR! code ELIFECYCLE
truffle-issue-repro | npm ERR! errno 1
truffle-issue-repro | npm ERR! [email protected] migrate-goerli: `truffle migrate --network goerli --reset`
truffle-issue-repro | npm ERR! Exit status 1
truffle-issue-repro | npm ERR!
truffle-issue-repro | npm ERR! Failed at the [email protected] migrate-goerli script.
truffle-issue-repro | npm ERR! This is probably not a problem with npm. There is likely additional logging output above.
truffle-issue-repro |
truffle-issue-repro | npm ERR! A complete log of this run can be found in:
truffle-issue-repro | npm ERR!     /root/.npm/_logs/2019-11-27T04_08_25_425Z-debug.log
truffle-issue-repro exited with code 1

[Vasiliy-Bondarenko]

repeated deployment with latest truffle 5.1.2 - same error.

[CruzMolina]

763 appears to be related.

[CruzMolina]

I was going to suggest that we add some configurable polling logic possibly in here, but it looks like we may already have this as either a poorly documented or mostly undocumented feature (see the bullet point about websockets & confirmations in a truffle config).

According to those above docs, something like the below should work and might resolve this issue 🤞 :

module.exports = {
  ropsten: {
    network_id: "3",
    gas: 4000000,
    websockets: true, // (default: false)
    confirmations: 2, // (default: 0)
    provider: () => {
      return new HDWalletProvider(
        testnet.mneumonic,
        "https://ropsten.infura.io/v3/" + testnet.infura_id
      );
    }
  }
};

Side note: I've found evidence that websockets: true does not need to be specified.

There is also possibly another solution that might be something we could add to @truffle/hdwallet-provider (assuming this solution is actually related to this issue).

Please let us know if any of the above helps resolve this!

[Vasiliy-Bondarenko]

@CruzMolina, thanks for ideas... let's try...
some time passes by...
hm... not really helps :(

demo repo updated: git clone https://github.com/atato/eth-deployment-error.git
also i tried to use nonce tracker locally to avoid relying on infura nonces.
plus log level increased.

this time failed after 21 contracts deployed - i added counter.

log tail here: https://github.com/atato/eth-deployment-error/blob/master/latest.log

[CruzMolina]

Thanks for giving those suggestions a shot @Vasiliy-Bondarenko ! It looks like the possible solution will be to add some polling logic to the getCode call on Migrations. I don't have the bandwidth to work on this in the short-term, but PRs are definitely welcome!

[Vasiliy-Bondarenko]

@CruzMolina well... i have tried to dig the code...
i have found where we error originates (sorry, in compiled bundle only)
in my truffle/build/cli.bundled.js it's line 76779, screenshot:

i collapsed some blocks to have a bigger picture on screen.
also i added throw new Error("HERE"); on the same line to get stack trace
here is what i got:

truffle-issue-repro |  <   {
truffle-issue-repro |  <     "id": 1190,
truffle-issue-repro |  <     "jsonrpc": "2.0",
truffle-issue-repro |  <     "result": "0x"
truffle-issue-repro |  <   }
truffle-issue-repro |
truffle-issue-repro | /usr/src/app/node_modules/truffle/build/webpack:/~/web3-eth/~/web3-core-method/src/index.js:333
truffle-issue-repro |                             utils._fireError(new Error('The contract code couldn\'t be stored, please check your gas limit.'), defer.eventEmitter,
 defer.reject);
truffle-issue-repro | ^
truffle-issue-repro | Error: HERE
truffle-issue-repro |     at Object.callback (/usr/src/app/node_modules/truffle/build/webpack:/~/web3-eth/~/web3-core-method/src/index.js:333:1)
truffle-issue-repro |     at sendTxCallback (/usr/src/app/node_modules/truffle/build/webpack:/~/web3-eth/~/web3-core-method/src/index.js:484:1)
truffle-issue-repro |     at /usr/src/app/node_modules/truffle/build/webpack:/~/web3-core-requestmanager/src/index.js:167:1
truffle-issue-repro |     at /usr/src/app/node_modules/truffle/build/webpack:/packages/truffle-migrate/index.js:164:1
truffle-issue-repro |     at /usr/src/app/node_modules/truffle/build/webpack:/packages/truffle-resolver/~/async/internal/slice.js:9:1
truffle-issue-repro |     at finished (/usr/src/app/node_modules/truffle-hdwallet-provider/dist/webpack:/truffle-hdwallet-provider/Users/gnidan/src/work/truffle/node_mo
dules/web3-provider-engine/index.js:159:1)
truffle-issue-repro |     at default (/usr/src/app/node_modules/truffle-hdwallet-provider/dist/webpack:/truffle-hdwallet-provider/Users/gnidan/src/work/truffle/node_mod
ules/async/internal/once.js:6:1)
truffle-issue-repro |     at d (/usr/src/app/node_modules/truffle-hdwallet-provider/dist/webpack:/truffle-hdwallet-provider/Users/gnidan/src/work/truffle/node_modules/a
sync/internal/eachOfLimit.js:56:1)
truffle-issue-repro |     at /usr/src/app/node_modules/truffle-hdwallet-provider/dist/webpack:/truffle-hdwallet-provider/Users/gnidan/src/work/truffle/node_modules/asyn
c/internal/eachOfLimit.js:59:1
truffle-issue-repro |     at t.default (/usr/src/app/node_modules/truffle-hdwallet-provider/dist/webpack:/truffle-hdwallet-provider/Users/gnidan/src/work/truffle/node_m
odules/async/eachLimit.js:43:1)
truffle-issue-repro |     at value (/usr/src/app/node_modules/truffle-hdwallet-provider/dist/webpack:/truffle-hdwallet-provider/Users/gnidan/src/work/truffle/node_modul
es/async/internal/doLimit.js:4:1)
truffle-issue-repro |     at eachSeries (/usr/src/app/node_modules/truffle-hdwallet-provider/dist/webpack:/truffle-hdwallet-provider/Users/gnidan/src/work/truffle/node_
modules/web3-provider-engine/index.js:134:1)
truffle-issue-repro |     at end (/usr/src/app/node_modules/truffle-hdwallet-provider/dist/webpack:/truffle-hdwallet-provider/Users/gnidan/src/work/truffle/node_modules
/web3-provider-engine/subproviders/provider.js:19:1)
truffle-issue-repro |     at t.callback [as onreadystatechange] (/usr/src/app/node_modules/truffle-hdwallet-provider/dist/webpack:/truffle-hdwallet-provider/Users/gnida
n/src/work/truffle/node_modules/web3/node_modules/web3-providers-http/src/index.js:96:1)
truffle-issue-repro |     at t._a [as dispatchEvent] (/usr/src/app/node_modules/truffle-hdwallet-provider/dist/webpack:/truffle-hdwallet-provider/Users/gnidan/src/work/
truffle/node_modules/xhr2-cookies/dist/xml-http-request-event-target.js:27:61)
truffle-issue-repro |     at t.dispatchEvent [as _setReadyState] (/usr/src/app/node_modules/truffle-hdwallet-provider/dist/webpack:/truffle-hdwallet-provider/Users/gnid
an/src/work/truffle/node_modules/xhr2-cookies/dist/xml-http-request.js:208:1)
truffle-issue-repro |     at t._setReadyState [as _onHttpResponseEnd] (/usr/src/app/node_modules/truffle-hdwallet-provider/dist/webpack:/truffle-hdwallet-provider/Users
/gnidan/src/work/truffle/node_modules/xhr2-cookies/dist/xml-http-request.js:318:1)
truffle-issue-repro |     at IncomingMessage._onHttpResponseEnd (/usr/src/app/node_modules/truffle-hdwallet-provider/dist/webpack:/truffle-hdwallet-provider/Users/gnida
n/src/work/truffle/node_modules/xhr2-cookies/dist/xml-http-request.js:289:47)
truffle-issue-repro |     at IncomingMessage.emit (events.js:198:15)
truffle-issue-repro |     at endReadableNT (_stream_readable.js:1139:12)
truffle-issue-repro |     at processTicksAndRejections (internal/process/task_queues.js:81:17)
truffle-issue-repro | npm ERR! code ELIFECYCLE
truffle-issue-repro | npm ERR! errno 1
truffle-issue-repro | npm ERR! [email protected] migrate-goerli: `truffle migrate --network goerli --reset --verbose-rpc`
truffle-issue-repro | npm ERR! Exit status 1
truffle-issue-repro | npm ERR!
truffle-issue-repro | npm ERR! Failed at the [email protected] migrate-goerli script.
truffle-issue-repro | npm ERR! This is probably not a problem with npm. There is likely additional logging output above.
truffle-issue-repro |
truffle-issue-repro | npm ERR! A complete log of this run can be found in:
truffle-issue-repro | npm ERR!     /root/.npm/_logs/2019-12-14T15_04_16_303Z-debug.log

so the error comes from web3: web3-core-method/src/index.js:333
which means to me that you this code is called from https://github.com/trufflesuite/truffle/blob/develop/packages/migrate/index.js#L187-L191
there is an error here... you can't check the success by comparing to "0x". it will never be returned - it will be error thrown instead.
probably it's not how it really works. as i said, this code is a bit too much for me. :) but may be it gives you a bit more information about the issue.

[hrishikeshio]

Having same issues. This is slowing down us a lot. We have to try around 12 times to finally complete the migration succesfully.

`% truffle migrate --reset --network goerli

Compiling your contracts...

Everything is up to date, there is nothing to compile.

Starting migrations...

Network name: 'goerli'
Network id: 5
Block gas limit: 0x7a1200

1_initial_migration.js

Replacing 'Migrations'

---

transaction hash: 0x63d532a010cfcde8e8b86fdb82ddcb0141c2c1a0b23c615239a3116fde0209bc
Blocks: 2 Seconds: 33
contract address: 0xD82fDD2d8dC4AfFE7608c852350D427962ECfc25
block number: 1829861
block timestamp: 1576467994
account: 0xe092b1fa25DF5786D151246E492Eed3d15EA4dAA
balance: 20.485095783
gas used: 225237
gas price: 20 gwei
value sent: 0 ETH
total cost: 0.00450474 ETH

Saving migration to chain.
Saving artifacts

---

Total cost: 0.00450474 ETH

2_deploy.js

Replacing 'SchellingCoin'

---

transaction hash: 0xf308d2083bd80dd7a7a11130505035d0257210ca9a793ef0b6ec5943a35074a0

Error: * Deployment Failed *

"SchellingCoin" -- The contract code couldn't be stored, please check your gas limit..

at /Users/hrishi/.nvm/versions/node/v11.15.0/lib/node_modules/truffle/build/webpack:/packages/deployer/src/deployment.js:362:1
at processTicksAndRejections (internal/process/task_queues.js:86:5)

Truffle v5.1.2 (core: 5.1.2)
Node v11.15.0

Update: changing confirmation blocks to 1 worked. Deployed in a single try. Might have got lucky.

[Vasiliy-Bondarenko]

@hrishikeshio, which Ethereum node are you using? private node or infura or something else?

[hrishikeshio]

@Vasiliy-Bondarenko private geth node for görli

[Vasiliy-Bondarenko]

thanks, @hrishikeshio.
this means the issue IS NOT specific to infura and load balancing. it should be only related to truffle/web3.

[jbunce]

We're experiencing similar behaviour on mainnet. The migration fails with

   Deploying 'PaymentStartInFlightExit'
   ------------------------------------
   > transaction hash:    0x5f3fa29a35623e7f8e1e3a8724acc1856d2248eb1eb9cd441d6114af8d22c0a7

Error: Error: Error:  *** Deployment Failed ***

"PaymentStartInFlightExit" -- The contract code couldn't be stored, please check your gas limit..

And the transaction is successful: https://etherscan.io/tx/0x5f3fa29a35623e7f8e1e3a8724acc1856d2248eb1eb9cd441d6114af8d22c0a7

Interestingly I've not experienced failure with these contracts on Rinkeby or Ropsten, only Mainnet.

No joy with implementing the work around from @CruzMolina with:

    websockets: true, // (default: false)
    confirmations: 2, // (default: 0)

Deployment is via Infura.