Verifying Proxy Contracts

If you haven’t set up @tenderly/hardhat-tenderly plugin for your Hardhat project, follow this installation guide guide.

Proxy contract verification differs depending on the version of the Ethers.js library you’re using.

Proxy verification with Ethers 6

When using Hardhat that relies on Ethers 6, you’ll need to use @tenderly/hardhat-tenderly@^2.2.1 or higher.

This version of the library supports automatic and manual verification of three types of proxies:

TransparentUpgradeableProxy
UUPSUpgradeableProxy
BeaconProxy

Enable `TENDERLY_AUTOMATIC_POPULATE_HARDHAT_VERIFY_CONFIG` env variable

When verifying proxies, the Tenderly-Hardhat plugin uses @nomicfoundation/hardhat-verify with the @openzepellin/hardhat-upgrades extension beneath.

@nomicfoundation/hardhat-verify needs to be configured to include the verification URL.

By setting TENDERLY_AUTOMATIC_POPULATE_HARDHAT_VERIFY_CONFIG to true in your .env file, you’re allowing the Tenderly-Hardhat plugin to automatically populate the configuration for you.

Write the script

For a clearer view, you can check out this GitHub repo and go to scripts/proxy/ to see the full example.

Deploy the proxy as usual using deployProxy from the @openzeppelin/hardhat-upgrades extension.

⚠️

You must capture the object returned by the waitForDeployment function to interact with it further.

Under the hood, the automatic verification is implemented by wrapping the deployProxy, and waiting for completion of the deployment.

import { ethers, upgrades } from "hardhat";
 
async function main() {
    console.log(
        "🖖🏽[ethers] Deploying TransparentUpgradeableProxy with VotingLogic as implementation on Tenderly.",
    );
 
    const VotingLogic = await ethers.getContractFactory("VotingLogic");
    let proxyContract = await upgrades.deployProxy(VotingLogic);
    proxyContract = await proxyContract.waitForDeployment();
 
    const proxyAddress = await proxyContract.getAddress();
 
    console.log("VotingLogic proxy deployed to:", proxyAddress);
    console.log(
        "VotingLogic impl deployed to:",
        await getImplementationAddress(ethers.provider, proxyAddress),
    );
}
 
main().catch((error) => {
    console.error(error);
    process.exitCode = 1;
});

Run the script

TENDERLY_AUTOMATIC_VERIFICATION=true \
TENDERLY_AUTOMATIC_POPULATE_HARDHAT_VERIFY_CONFIG=true \
npx hardhat run scripts/deploy.ts

Proxy verification with Ethers 5

When using Hardhat that relies on Ethers 5, you’ll need to use @tenderly/hardhat-tenderly@1.8.0 or lower.

This version of the library involves more manual setup.

You need to verify the following:

The proxy contract (e.g. OpenZeppelin’s proxies)
Implementation behind the proxy
Any dependencies the implementation has
New implementation instances deployed with upgrades

The verification process varies depending on the proxy contract type and the implementation.

Tenderly Examples

Overview

In this guide, we’ll use an example Hardhat project and the @tenderly/tenderly-hardhat plugin to demonstrate the verification of OpenZeppelin’s UUPSUpgradeable, TransparentUpgradeableProxy, and BeaconProxy alternatives.

⚠️

Proxy contracts need to be verified manually. Turn off automatic verification like so:

example.ts

import * as tenderly from '@tenderly/hardhat-tenderly';
// use manual verification
tenderly.setup({ automaticVerifications: false });

To obtain the address of the deployed implementation, use the @openzeppelin/upgrades-core package and getImplementationAddress function.

Verifying the proxy implementation is usually straightforward; verify it just like any other contract.

example.ts

await tenderly.verify({
  // the new implementation contract
  name: 'VaultV2',
  // the address where implementation is deployed
  address: await getImplementationAddress(ethers.provider, await proxy.getAddress()),
});

To verify the proxy instance, you need to complete these two preliminary steps:

Load the exact smart contract of the proxy depending on the type of proxy you’re using, so it gets compiled. You’ll need to import the proxy contracts through the compiler by creating a dummy .sol file.
Modify hardhat.config.ts to specify the settings OpenZepplin contracts were compiled with.

Once these steps are completed, you can proceed to verify the proxy just as you would any other contract.

example.ts

await tenderly.verify({
  name: 'ERC1967Proxy', // or TransparentUpgradeableProxy or BeaconProxy
  address: await proxy.getAddress(),
});

This video shows how to verify proxy contracts with Hardhat and Tenderly:

Cloning the example repo

Clone the repo and install dependencies.

git clone git@github.com:Tenderly/tenderly-examples.git
cd contract-verifications
npm i

Setting up Tenderly CLI

Set up the Tenderly CLI.

brew tap tenderly/tenderly && brew install tenderly
tenderly login

Configuring hardhat

Modify your hardhat.config.ts file and update the tenderly.username and tenderly.project with your Tenderly username and project slugs.

Use DevNets

The fastest way to deploy and verify contracts is to use Tenderly DevNets.

Log into the Tenderly Dashboard and create a new DevNet template.

Spawn a DevNet

Spawn a DevNet from the template you created and use the generated RPC URL. You can spawn a DevNet and obtain the RPC in three ways:

Click “Spawn DevNet” from the Dashboard and add the RPC link to networks.tenderly.url in the hardhat.config.ts file.
Run the DevNet spawning command you copied from the Dashboard and paste the RPC link to networks.tenderly.url in hardhat.config.ts file.
Run the spawn-devnet-to-hardhat script from the example project, which will spin up a fresh DevNet and update your Hardhat project automatically. Replace TENDERLY_PROJECT_SLUG and DEVNET_TEMPLATE_SLUG with appropriate values. (see the screenshot)

example

npm run spawn-devnet-to-hardhat <TENDERLY_PROJECT_SLUG> <DEVNET_TEMPLATE_SLUG>

Run the tests

Finally, run the tests.

When you need to redeploy contracts, you have to remove the .openzeppelin folder, that caches information about proxies and their implementations.

rm -rf .openzeppelin &&  npx hardhat test --network tenderly

Load the proxy contracts

To verify the proxy contract, create a DummyProxy.sol file and import the OpenZepplin proxy contracts you’re working with. In doing so, these contracts are loaded and have passed through the compiler, enabling you to reference the exact contract source of the proxy during verification.

// SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT
pragma solidity ^0.8.17;

import "@openzeppelin/contracts/proxy/ERC1967/ERC1967Proxy.sol";
import "@openzeppelin/contracts/proxy/beacon/UpgradeableBeacon.sol";
import "@openzeppelin/contracts/proxy/beacon/BeaconProxy.sol";
import "@openzeppelin/contracts/proxy/transparent/TransparentUpgradeableProxy.sol";

abstract contract ERC1967ProxyAccess is ERC1967Proxy {}
abstract contract UpgradableBeaconAccess is UpgradeableBeacon {}
abstract contract BeaconProxyAccess is BeaconProxy {}
abstract contract TransparentUpgradeableProxyAccess is TransparentUpgradeableProxy {}

Configure Solidity compiler overrides

The following overrides map was derived for @openzeppelin/contracts-upgradeable version 4.9.1. They may differ for other versions of the package.

After compiling Openzepplin’s proxy contracts, you also need to specify the following:

Version of the Solidity compiler that was used to compile the contracts
Optimization settings used by Openzepplin’s upgrades plugin when performing proxy deployment/upgrades

⚠️

The hardhat-tenderly plugin uses both the source code of smart contracts and compiler settings for verification. If either of these settings is incorrect, the verification will fail.

Add the following overrides map to the config.solidity section of your Hardhat User config object.

example.ts

const config: HardhatUserConfig = {
  solidity: {
    compilers: [{ version: '0.8.18' } /* OTHER COMPILER VERSIONS*/],
    overrides: {
      '@openzeppelin/contracts/proxy/ERC1967/ERC1967Proxy.sol': {
        version: '0.8.9',
        settings: {
          optimizer: {
            enabled: true,
            runs: 200,
          },
        },
      },
      '@openzeppelin/contracts/proxy/transparent/TransparentUpgradeableProxy.sol': {
        version: '0.8.9',
        settings: {
          optimizer: {
            enabled: true,
            runs: 200,
          },
        },
      },
 
      '@openzeppelin/contracts/proxy/beacon/UpgradeableBeacon.sol': {
        version: '0.8.9',
        settings: {
          optimizer: {
            enabled: true,
            runs: 200,
          },
        },
      },
      '@openzeppelin/contracts/proxy/beacon/BeaconProxy.sol': {
        version: '0.8.9',
        settings: {
          optimizer: {
            enabled: true,
            runs: 200,
          },
        },
      },
      'contracts/proxy.sol': {
        version: '0.8.9',
        settings: {
          optimizer: {
            enabled: true,
            runs: 200,
          },
        },
      },
    },
  },
  /* OTHER CONFIG */
};

Example: Proxied Vault

Below are code samples showing the verification of a proxied Vault contract. The Vault references an ERC-20 token (TToken). We’ll demonstrate how to verify both the implementation and the proxy using OpenZeppelin’s UUPS, Transparent, and Beacon proxying methods.

Verify a UUPS proxy

To verify the UUPS proxy and the underlying information, call the hardhat-tenderly plugin twice:

To verify the implementation, you need to provide the following:

name of your proxied contract (in our case Vault)
Address where the contract was deployed using the getImplementationAddress method from @openzeppelin/upgrades-core.

To verify the proxy, provide the following:

ERC1967Proxy as the proxy contract name
Address of the proxy proxy.address

example.ts

await tenderly.verify(
  {
    name: 'Vault',
    address: await getImplementationAddress(ethers.provider, await proxy.getAddress()),
  },
  {
    name: 'ERC1967Proxy',
    address: await proxy.getAddress(),
  },
);

Complete Code Sample

Here’s a complete Hardhat test that does the following:

Deploys the TToken (needed for the vault)
Deploys Vault as a proxy, initialized with the TToken contract
Verifies the proxy (ERC1967Proxy) instance deployed at await proxy.getAddress()
Verifies the implementation instance Vault, deployed at getImplementationAddress(ethers.provider, await proxy.getAddress())
Upgrades the proxy to VaultV2

example.ts

import { getImplementationAddress } from '@openzeppelin/upgrades-core';
import { ethers, tenderly, upgrades } from 'hardhat';
import { Vault } from '../typechain-types';
 
describe('Vault', () => {
  it('uups proxy deployment and verification', async () => {
    const VaultFactory = await ethers.getContractFactory('Vault');
    const TokenFactory = await ethers.getContractFactory('TToken');
 
    let token = await ethers.deployContract('TToken');
    token = await token.waitForDeployment();
    const tokenAddress = await token.getAddress();
 
    await tenderly.verify({
      name: 'TToken',
      address: tokenAddress,
    });
 
    let proxy = await upgrades.deployProxy(VaultFactory, [tokenAddress], {
      kind: 'uups',
    });
    await proxy.waitForDeployment();
    const proxyAddress = await proxy.getAddress();
 
    console.log('Deployed UUPS ', {
      proxy: proxyAddress,
      implementation: await getImplementationAddress(ethers.provider, proxyAddress),
    });
 
    await tenderly.verify(
      {
        name: 'Vault',
        address: await getImplementationAddress(ethers.provider, proxyAddress),
      },
      {
        name: 'ERC1967Proxy',
        address: proxyAddress,
      },
    );
 
    // upgrade
    const vaultV2Factory = await ethers.getContractFactory('VaultV2');
    proxy = (await upgrades.upgradeProxy(proxy, vaultV2Factory, {
      kind: 'uups',
    })) as Vault;
 
    await proxy.waitForDeployment();
 
    console.log('Upgraded UUPS ', {
      proxy: proxyAddress,
      implementation: await getImplementationAddress(ethers.provider, proxyAddress),
    });
 
    await tenderly.verify({
      name: 'VaultV2',
      address: await getImplementationAddress(ethers.provider, proxyAddress),
    });
  });
});

Verifying a TransparentUpgradable Proxy

To verify the UUPS proxy and the underlying information, call hardhat-tenderly while passing two contracts: Vault for the implementation, and TransparentUpgradeableProxy for the proxy itself.

example.ts

await tenderly.verify(
  {
    name: 'Vault',
    address: await getImplementationAddress(ethers.provider, await proxy.getAddress()),
  },
  {
    name: 'TransparentUpgradeableProxy',
    address: await proxy.getAddress(),
  },
);

To verify the implementation, provide the following:

name of your proxied contract (in our case Vault)
Address where the contract was deployed, using the getImplementationAddress method from @openzeppelin/upgrades-core.

To verify the proxy, provide the following:

TransparentUpgradeableProxy as the proxy contract name
Address of the proxy await proxy.getAddress()

Complete Code Sample

example.ts

import { getImplementationAddress } from '@openzeppelin/upgrades-core';
import { ethers, tenderly, upgrades } from 'hardhat';
import { Vault } from '../typechain-types';
 
describe('Vault', () => {
  it('transparent upgradable proxy deployment and verification', async () => {
    const VaultFactory = await ethers.getContractFactory('Vault');
    const TokenFactory = await ethers.getContractFactory('TToken');
 
    let token = await ethers.deployContract('TToken');
    token = await token.waitForDeployment();
    const tokenAddress = await token.getAddress();
 
    await tenderly.verify({
      name: 'TToken',
      address: tokenAddress,
    });
 
    let proxy = await upgrades.deployProxy(VaultFactory, [tokenAddress], {
      kind: 'transparent',
    });
    await proxy.waitForDeployment();
    const proxyAddress = await proxy.getAddress();
 
    console.log('Deployed transparent', {
      proxy: proxyAddress,
      implementation: await getImplementationAddress(ethers.provider, proxyAddress),
    });
 
    await tenderly.verify(
      {
        name: 'Vault',
        address: await getImplementationAddress(ethers.provider, proxyAddress),
      },
      {
        name: 'TransparentUpgradeableProxy',
        address: proxyAddress,
      },
    );
 
    // upgrade
    const vaultV2Factory = await ethers.getContractFactory('VaultV2');
 
    proxy = (await upgrades.upgradeProxy(proxy, vaultV2Factory, {
      kind: 'transparent',
    })) as Vault;
 
    await proxy.waitForDeployment();
 
    console.log('Upgraded transparent ', {
      proxy: proxyAddress,
      implementation: await getImplementationAddress(ethers.provider, proxyAddress),
    });
 
    await tenderly.verify({
      name: 'VaultV2',
      address: await getImplementationAddress(ethers.provider, proxyAddress),
    });
  });
});

Verifying a Beacon Proxy

To verify the Beacon proxy and the underlying information, you have to verify two contracts: the Vault (implementation) and OpenZepplin’s UpgradableBeacon:

example.ts

await tenderly.verify(
  {
    name: 'Vault',
    address: await getImplementationAddressFromBeacon(ethers.provider, await beacon.getAddress()),
  },
  {
    name: 'UpgradeableBeacon',
    address: await beacon.getAddress(),
  },
);

Complete Code Sample

example.ts

import { getImplementationAddressFromBeacon } from '@openzeppelin/upgrades-core';
import { ethers, tenderly, upgrades } from 'hardhat';
import { BeaconProxy, UpgradeableBeacon } from '../typechain-types';
 
describe('Vault', () => {
  it('beacon proxy deployment and verification', async () => {
    const VaultFactory = await ethers.getContractFactory('Vault');
    const TokenFactory = await ethers.getContractFactory('TToken');
 
    let token = await ethers.deployContract('TToken');
    token = await token.waitForDeployment();
    const tokenAddress = await token.getAddress();
 
    await tenderly.verify({
      name: 'TToken',
      address: tokenAddress,
    });
 
    let beacon = (await upgrades.deployBeacon(VaultFactory)) as UpgradeableBeacon;
 
    await beacon.waitForDeployment();
    const beaconAddress = await beacon.getAddress();
 
    let vault = await upgrades.deployBeaconProxy(beacon, VaultFactory, [tokenAddress], {
      initializer: 'initialize',
    });
    await vault.waitForDeployment();
 
    console.log('Deployed beacon ', {
      proxy: beaconAddress,
      implementation: await getImplementationAddressFromBeacon(ethers.provider, beaconAddress),
      beacon: beaconAddress,
    });
 
    await tenderly.verify(
      {
        name: 'Vault',
        address: await getImplementationAddressFromBeacon(ethers.provider, beaconAddress),
      },
      {
        name: 'UpgradeableBeacon',
        address: beaconAddress,
      },
    );
 
    const vaultV2Factory = await ethers.getContractFactory('VaultV2');
 
    // upgrade
    vault = await upgrades.deployBeaconProxy(beacon, vaultV2Factory, [tokenAddress]);
 
    await upgrades.upgradeBeacon(beaconAddress, vaultV2Factory, {});
 
    console.log('Upgraded beacon ', {
      proxy: beaconAddress,
      implementation: await getImplementationAddressFromBeacon(ethers.provider, beaconAddress),
      beacon: beaconAddress,
    });
 
    await tenderly.verify({
      name: 'VaultV2',
      address: await getImplementationAddressFromBeacon(ethers.provider, beaconAddress),
    });
  });
});

Hardhat Verification Verification on Forks with Hardhat

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Verifying Proxy Contracts

Proxy verification with Ethers 6

Enable `TENDERLY_AUTOMATIC_POPULATE_HARDHAT_VERIFY_CONFIG` env variable

Write the script

Run the script

Proxy verification with Ethers 5

Overview

Cloning the example repo

Setting up Tenderly CLI

Configuring hardhat

Use DevNets

Spawn a DevNet

Run the tests

Load the proxy contracts

Configure Solidity compiler overrides

Example: Proxied Vault

Verify a UUPS proxy

Complete Code Sample

Verifying a TransparentUpgradable Proxy

Complete Code Sample

Verifying a Beacon Proxy

Complete Code Sample

Worldwide Locations

Product

Company

Resources

Contact

Tenderly Node

Simulation API

Development & Testing

Smart Explorer

Monitoring

Platform

All Products

Verifying Proxy Contracts

Proxy verification with Ethers 6

Enable TENDERLY_AUTOMATIC_POPULATE_HARDHAT_VERIFY_CONFIG env variable

Write the script

Run the script

Proxy verification with Ethers 5

Overview

Cloning the example repo

Setting up Tenderly CLI

Configuring hardhat

Use DevNets

Spawn a DevNet

Run the tests

Load the proxy contracts

Configure Solidity compiler overrides

Example: Proxied Vault

Verify a UUPS proxy

Complete Code Sample

Verifying a TransparentUpgradable Proxy

Complete Code Sample

Verifying a Beacon Proxy

Complete Code Sample

Enable `TENDERLY_AUTOMATIC_POPULATE_HARDHAT_VERIFY_CONFIG` env variable