Web: Transaction Underpriced when you try to receive a tip

[owocki]

When someone is going through the tip receive flow, they are not able to submit their receive transaction because the ethereum mainnet gas profile has changed so much.

They get the following error in theri console:

tracker.js:13 Error: transaction underpriced
    at Object.InvalidResponse (inpage.js:14335)
    at inpage.js:14335
    at inpage.js:9909
    at completeRequest (inpage.js:9960)
    at inpage.js:683
    at replenish (inpage.js:1203)
    at iterateeCallback (inpage.js:1193)
    at inpage.js:1168
    at inpage.js:9837
    at inpage.js:9933

This is caused by the network conditions of the ethereum mainnet (and the popularity of cryptokitties).

Proposed Fix

• Send some extra ETH to each ephemeral address associated with Tips
• Allow users to send tx's with higher gas prices through the receive flow

[owocki]

im about to head to dinner so i wonder be able to tackle etonight… but if you are affected rest assured your funds are safe and ill get the tip to you.

[owocki]

letting ppl know that this is a known issue on the receive flow rn

[owocki]

kudos @ethikz for the report

[owocki]

i am working on a fix now @ethikz @thelostone-mc @tra38

[owocki]

9f277343f6027de90937589f2c87eabe5593eded should be the root cause fix on a go-forward basis. let me go through and make sure each of you can redeem your tips @ethikz @thelostone-mc @tra38

[owocki]

@ethikz @thelostone-mc @tra38

ok yall,

i've put in a fix. what this fix does is selects a dynamic gas price, when the tip is created. and puts enough gas in the contract such that the receipient can avoid a transaction underpriced issue.

here's how to redeem your tips:

1. go to the link that is in your tip email that you received
2. append &gasPrice=10 to the end of the link and go to that URL
3. hard refresh the page to make sure you have the new javascript.
4. continue receiving your tip as per normal.

any questions, hit me back on slack or on this GH issue. ill keep the GH issue open until you've confirmed your tips have been received.

[ernaneluis]

@owocki I believe still not working properly.
I've followed all the steps above even using the hard reload still got an error but this time different from the one you post it.

[ernaneluis]

I fixed by not using gasPrice=10 but gasPrice=2. I made several attempts on the gasPrice until finding the number that works.