feat: EVM internal transfer indexing via debug_traceTransaction

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Closes #71

Summary

Add debug_traceTransaction support to detect all internal native transfers (contract-to-contract ETH, router hops, CREATE with value, etc.). Falls back to existing Safe heuristic when disabled.

TODO Checklist

Phase 1: Config + Types + RPC

• 1.1 Add DebugTrace + TraceThrottle to ChainConfig, DebugTrace to NodeConfig
• 1.2 Add CallTrace struct to types.go
• 1.3 Add DebugTraceTransaction to EthereumAPI interface
• 1.4 Implement DebugTraceTransaction in client.go
• 1.5 Update config.example.yaml with per-node debug_trace, trace_throttle (rps/burst/concurrency), and cost documentation
• 1.6 Build trace failover with separate Provider instances + dedicated rate limiter in factory.go
• 1.7 Add traceFailover field + traceModeActive() method to EVMIndexer

Phase 2: Trace Extraction

• 2.1 Create trace.go — ExtractInternalTransfers + walkCallTrace (CALL + CREATE/CREATE2, use native_transfer type)

Phase 3: Indexer Integration

• 3.1 Export CalcFee, update call sites in tx.go and safe.go
• 3.2 Bypass NeedReceipt gate (using traceModeActive) + handle pubkeyStore==nil contract-call filter + skip ERC20 prequery + fetch contract call receipts + dedup tx hashes
• 3.3 Add fetchTraces + traceWithProviderAwareness (single-attempt, AnalyzeAndHandleError, exhaust all providers)
• 3.3a Add AnalyzeAndHandleError + RecordSuccess + HandleCapabilityError to Failover
• 3.4 Add traces param to buildBlockResults + convertBlock
• 3.5 Add trace lookup + fallback + cross-source DedupTransfers in convertBlock

Phase 4: Deduplication

• 4.0 Verify dedup (new DedupTransfers call in convertBlock, no change to DedupTransfers itself)

Phase 5: Fallback + Provider Safety

• 5.0 Verify fallback + provider safety (traceFailover isolated, single-attempt, AnalyzeAndHandleError, dedicated rate limiter)

Verification — Unit Tests (22 tests, all pass)

• ExtractInternalTransfers — 12 tests: CALL/CREATE/CREATE2/DELEGATECALL/STATICCALL/reverted/nil/dedup/type
• Regression: debug_trace: false — Safe heuristic unchanged
• Trace overrides Safe heuristic, dedup removes overlap
• Receipt gate backward compatible when traceActive=false
• Contract calls included when traceActive=true
• No duplicate tx hashes (appendHash dedup)
• Full-chain mode (pubkeyStore==nil) filters to contract calls only
• traceModeActive() false when traceFailover nil or debug_trace disabled
• Nil traces map passes through without panic

Verification — Integration Tests (10 tests, all pass)

• DebugTraceTransaction returns valid CallTrace from Tenderly Sepolia (skip in -short)
• Real Safe tx internal transfer extraction with correct from/to/amount (skip in -short)
• Capability detection: public node rejects debug_traceTransaction (skip in -short)
• Provider isolation: trace blacklist doesn't affect main failover pool
• Rate limiter isolation: verified by scoped key design
• End-to-end: block → receipt → trace → convertBlock → verify transfers (skip in -short)
• ERC20 prequery skip logic
• Runtime trace pool exhaustion: traceModeActive() collapses, receipts return to normal
• Transient error resilience: first provider fails, second succeeds (mock HTTP)
• Capability error -32601 triggers 24h blacklist (mock HTTP)

Implementation Plan

See implementation plan comment on the issue.

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Integration Test Results — All Pass

go test ./internal/rpc/evm/ ./internal/indexer/ -v -run "Integration" -count=1

RPC-level tests (trace_integration_test.go)

Test	Result	Details
TestDebugTraceTransaction_Integration	PASS	Valid CallTrace returned from mainnet Safe tx
TestExtractInternalTransfers_RealSafeTx_Integration	PASS	1 internal transfer: 0.1 ETH from Safe → recipient
TestExtractInternalTransfers_BatchSendNative_Integration	PASS	12 internal transfers extracted from batch tx (issue #71 sample)
TestCapabilityDetection_Integration	PASS	Public node returns -32601: method does not exist
TestProviderIsolation_Integration	PASS	Trace blacklist doesn't affect main pool
TestRateLimiterIsolation_Integration	PASS	Scoped key verified

Indexer-level tests (evm_trace_integration_test.go)

Test	Result	Details
TestEndToEnd_TraceInConvertBlock_Integration	PASS	Full pipeline: receipt + trace → convertBlock → 1 native_transfer (Safe tx)
TestEndToEnd_BatchSendNative_Integration	PASS	With trace: 12 native transfers, Without trace: 0 — proves trace catches what Safe heuristic misses

Key result: Batch sendNative (issue #71 sample tx)

Tx 0x3659bdb7... — Revolut batch ETH distribution with 11 recipients:

Extracted 12 internal transfers from batch tx:
  [0]  from=0x2b3FeD49...  to=0x09c30cdC...  amount=1341896910000000000  (1.34 ETH root call)
  [1]  from=0x09c30cdC...  to=0xc12b101c...  amount=746840000000000
  [2]  from=0x09c30cdC...  to=0x52A7f38D...  amount=109680810000000000
  [3]  from=0x09c30cdC...  to=0x076CcBBc...  amount=470000000000000000
  [4]  from=0x09c30cdC...  to=0x493B7539...  amount=63356640000000000
  [5]  from=0x493B7539...  to=0xa0327E8a...  amount=63356640000000000  (hop through intermediate contract)
  [6]  from=0x09c30cdC...  to=0xE3736168...  amount=15000000000000000
  [7]  from=0x09c30cdC...  to=0xdC2AEe58...  amount=34007800000000000
  [8]  from=0x09c30cdC...  to=0x119021dE...  amount=9866910000000000
  [9]  from=0x09c30cdC...  to=0xB65190e2...  amount=500000000000000000
  [10] from=0x09c30cdC...  to=0x97cCC563...  amount=25649430000000000
  [11] from=0x09c30cdC...  to=0x2E1358a9...  amount=113588480000000000

ExtractTransfers found 0 top-level transfers. Safe heuristic found 0. Only debug_traceTransaction detects these.

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Test Coverage for Changed Code

File	Function	Coverage	Notes
trace.go	ExtractInternalTransfers	100%	Fully covered
trace.go	walkCallTrace	92.9%	Near-complete (uncovered: nil call guard)
evm.go	traceModeActive	100%	Fully covered
evm.go	extractReceiptTxHashes	82.7%	All branches tested
evm.go	traceWithProviderAwareness	92.3%	Near-complete (uncovered: type assertion fail)
evm.go	convertBlock	87.5%	Trace/fallback/dedup paths tested
evm.go	fetchTraces	0%	Orchestrator — requires full failover setup
evm.go	processBlocksAndReceipts	0%	Orchestrator — requires full indexer setup
failover.go	AnalyzeAndHandleError	0%	Called via mock tests but failover package has no test file
failover.go	RecordSuccess	0%	Same
failover.go	HandleCapabilityError	0%	Same
factory.go	newEVMProvider / buildEVMIndexer	0%	Factory — requires full infra
client.go	DebugTraceTransaction	0%	RPC call — integration tests only
safe.go	ExtractSafeTransfers	100%	Existing + new tests
tx.go	CalcFee	90.9%	Good

Summary

Core business logic (83–100% coverage):

• Trace extraction (trace.go): 100% / 92.9%
• Receipt gating + dedup (extractReceiptTxHashes): 82.7%
• Provider handling (traceWithProviderAwareness): 92.3%
• Block conversion with trace/fallback/dedup (convertBlock): 87.5%

Uncovered (infrastructure wiring):

• fetchTraces, processBlocksAndReceipts, factory, failover wrappers — orchestrators that wire the well-tested functions together. Require full indexer setup with real failover pools.
• DebugTraceTransaction RPC call — covered by integration tests when run with TRACE_RPC_URL.

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Plan: Tests for Uncovered Code

Failover wrappers (internal/rpc/failover_test.go)

Test	What it verifies
TestAnalyzeAndHandleError_Timeout	Error with "timeout" → provider blacklisted 3min, metrics: Total=1, Failure=1, ErrorType="timeout"
TestAnalyzeAndHandleError_RateLimit	Error with "429" → blacklisted 5min, ErrorType="rate_limit"
TestAnalyzeAndHandleError_ConnectionError	Error with "connection refused" → blacklisted 2min, ErrorType="connection_error"
TestAnalyzeAndHandleError_GenericError	No pattern match → Fail() (degraded/unhealthy), NOT blacklisted
TestRecordSuccess	Provider state → Healthy, ConsecutiveErrors=0, metrics: Total=1, Success=1
TestHandleCapabilityError	Provider blacklisted for 24h, IsAvailable()==false, metrics: Total=1, Failure=1, ErrorType="capability_error", Blacklist=1

Factory (internal/worker/factory_test.go)

Test	What it verifies
TestNewEVMProvider	Correct Name, URL, Network, State=Healthy, Client is *evm.Client
TestBuildEVMIndexer_NoDebugTrace	DebugTrace: false → traceFailover==nil, traceModeActive()==false
TestBuildEVMIndexer_WithDebugTrace	3 nodes, 1 debug → main failover has 3 providers, trace failover has 1
TestBuildEVMIndexer_DebugTraceNoNodes	DebugTrace: true but no debug nodes → traceFailover==nil
TestBuildEVMIndexer_TraceThrottleDefaults	Zero config → defaults to half main pool (RPS=4, Burst=8 from main 8/16)

DebugTraceTransaction (internal/rpc/evm/client_test.go)

Mock HTTP server — no real RPC needed.

Test	What it verifies
TestDebugTraceTransaction_Success	Mock returns valid JSON → parsed into CallTrace with correct fields
TestDebugTraceTransaction_RPCError	Mock returns {"error":{"code":-32601,...}} → returns error containing the message
TestDebugTraceTransaction_MalformedJSON	Mock returns garbage → returns unmarshal error

fetchTraces (internal/indexer/evm.go)

Mock HTTP server for trace RPC, constructed blocks/receipts.

Test	What it verifies
TestFetchTraces_NilTraceFailover	traceFailover==nil → returns nil immediately
TestFetchTraces_NoCandidates	Block with only plain transfers (no contract calls) → returns nil
TestFetchTraces_SkipsFailedReceipts	Tx with nil receipt or status=0x0 → skipped, not traced
TestFetchTraces_CollectsTracesFromMockRPC	2 contract calls with mock RPC → returns map with 2 entries
TestFetchTraces_PartialFailure	3 txs, mock fails on 1 → returns map with 2 entries, no error
TestFetchTraces_RespectsConfigConcurrency	TraceThrottle.Concurrency=2 → verify via timing that max 2 run in parallel

processBlocksAndReceipts (internal/indexer/evm.go)

Full mock RPC setup — mock main pool (blocks + receipts) + mock trace pool.

Test	What it verifies
TestProcessBlocksAndReceipts_TraceActive	Mock main + trace RPC → traces passed to convertBlock, internal transfers in output
TestProcessBlocksAndReceipts_TraceInactive	No trace failover → Safe heuristic used, no trace fetching
TestProcessBlocksAndReceipts_ERC20PrequerySkipped	traceActive=true + pubkeyStore → verify eth_getLogs NOT called (count requests)

All use mock HTTP servers or constructed objects — no real RPC or infra needed.

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Updated Test Coverage — After Failover/Factory/Client/FetchTraces Tests

File	Function	Before	After
trace.go	ExtractInternalTransfers	100%	100%
trace.go	walkCallTrace	92.9%	92.9%
evm.go	traceModeActive	100%	100%
evm.go	extractReceiptTxHashes	82.7%	82.7%
evm.go	fetchTraces	0%	97.1%
evm.go	traceWithProviderAwareness	92.3%	92.3%
evm.go	convertBlock	87.5%	87.5%
failover.go	AnalyzeAndHandleError	0%	100%
failover.go	RecordSuccess	0%	100%
failover.go	HandleCapabilityError	0%	100%
failover.go	analyzeError	0%	80.0%
failover.go	logProviderMetrics	0%	87.5%
client.go	DebugTraceTransaction	0%	87.5%
factory.go	newEVMProvider	0%	100%
factory.go	buildEVMIndexer	0%	100%

20 new tests added (6 failover + 3 client + 6 fetchTraces + 5 factory). All previously 0% functions now have 80-100% coverage.

[anhthii]

Summary

Adds debug_traceTransaction support to detect internal native ETH transfers (contract-to-contract, router hops, CREATE with value) that the existing Safe heuristic cannot catch. Introduces a dedicated trace failover pool with isolated rate limiting and provider health, so trace failures don't affect main indexing. Falls back to the Safe heuristic when tracing is disabled or all trace providers are blacklisted. Comprehensive test coverage with 22 unit tests and 10 integration tests.

Review Checklist

• Code correctness — no logic errors or bugs
• Error handling — fail-fast where appropriate, graceful degradation for trace failures
• Security — no secrets, injection, or SSRF risks
• Database — N/A (no schema changes)
• Concurrency — provider fields read under RLock, mutex on trace result map, errgroup with concurrency limit
• API contract — CallTrace type matches callTracer output, EthereumAPI interface extended cleanly
• Code reusability — newEVMProvider helper eliminates duplication in factory
• Tests — excellent coverage across unit, integration, and edge cases

Findings

Priority	File	Issue
📘	internal/worker/factory.go:187	Trace rate limiter allocated unconditionally
📘	internal/indexer/evm_trace_integration_test.go:128	Non-atomic counter in test handler

Verdict

correct — clean architecture, thorough test coverage, solid fallback design.

[anhthii]

See inline comments.