hardhat 2.13.0-dev.1 → 2.13.0-dev.3

package/src/internal/hardhat-network/stack-traces/error-inferrer.ts

@@ -1,7 +1,9 @@
+/* eslint "@typescript-eslint/no-non-null-assertion": "error" */
 import { ERROR } from "@nomicfoundation/ethereumjs-evm/dist/exceptions";
 import { defaultAbiCoder as abi } from "@ethersproject/abi";
 import semver from "semver";
 
+import { assertHardhatInvariant } from "../../core/errors";
 import { AbiHelpers } from "../../util/abi-helpers";
 import { ReturnData } from "../provider/return-data";
 
@@ -69,13 +71,16 @@ export class ErrorInferrer {
       trace.calldata.slice(0, 4)
     );
 
-    if (this._isFunctionNotPayableError(trace, calledFunction)) {
+    if (
+      calledFunction !== undefined &&
+      this._isFunctionNotPayableError(trace, calledFunction)
+    ) {
       return [
         {
           type: StackTraceEntryType.FUNCTION_NOT_PAYABLE_ERROR,
           sourceReference: this._getFunctionStartSourceReference(
             trace,
-            calledFunction!
+            calledFunction
           ),
           value: trace.value,
         },
@@ -197,8 +202,9 @@ export class ErrorInferrer {
         stacktrace[i + 2].type === StackTraceEntryType.RETURNDATA_SIZE_ERROR
       ) {
         // ! below for tsc. we confirmed existence in the enclosing conditional.
-        const thatSrcRef = stacktrace[i + 2].sourceReference!;
+        const thatSrcRef = stacktrace[i + 2].sourceReference;
         if (
+          thatSrcRef !== undefined &&
           frame.sourceReference.range[0] === thatSrcRef.range[0] &&
           frame.sourceReference.range[1] === thatSrcRef.range[1] &&
           frame.sourceReference.line === thatSrcRef.line
@@ -286,7 +292,11 @@ export class ErrorInferrer {
             lastSubmessageData.stepIndex
           )
         ) {
-          const lastFrame = inferredStacktrace.pop()!;
+          const lastFrame = inferredStacktrace.pop();
+          assertHardhatInvariant(
+            lastFrame !== undefined,
+            "Expected inferred stack trace to have at least one frame"
+          );
           inferredStacktrace.push({
             type: StackTraceEntryType.CONTRACT_CALL_RUN_OUT_OF_GAS_ERROR,
             sourceReference: lastFrame.sourceReference,
@@ -421,13 +431,23 @@ export class ErrorInferrer {
         );
       } else if (isDecodedCallTrace(trace)) {
         // This is here because of the optimizations
+        const functionSelector =
+          trace.bytecode.contract.getFunctionFromSelector(
+            trace.calldata.slice(0, 4)
+          );
+
+        // in general this shouldn't happen, but it does when viaIR is enabled,
+        // "optimizerSteps": "u" is used, and the called function is fallback or
+        // receive
+        if (functionSelector === undefined) {
+          return;
+        }
+
         inferredStacktrace.push({
           type: StackTraceEntryType.REVERT_ERROR,
           sourceReference: this._getFunctionStartSourceReference(
             trace,
-            trace.bytecode.contract.getFunctionFromSelector(
-              trace.calldata.slice(0, 4)
-            )!
+            functionSelector
           ),
           message: new ReturnData(trace.returnData),
           isInvalidOpcodeError: lastInstruction.opcode === Opcode.INVALID,
@@ -519,12 +539,8 @@ export class ErrorInferrer {
       return;
     }
 
-    let errorMessage = "reverted with an unrecognized custom error";
-
-    const selector = returnData.getSelector();
-    if (selector !== undefined) {
-      errorMessage += ` with selector ${selector}`;
-    }
+    const rawReturnData = returnData.value.toString("hex");
+    let errorMessage = `reverted with an unrecognized custom error (return data: 0x${rawReturnData})`;
 
     for (const customError of trace.bytecode.contract.customErrors) {
       if (returnData.matchesSelector(customError.selector)) {
@@ -621,15 +637,21 @@ export class ErrorInferrer {
       );
 
       if (calledFunction !== undefined) {
-        return [
-          {
-            type: StackTraceEntryType.INVALID_PARAMS_ERROR,
-            sourceReference: this._getFunctionStartSourceReference(
-              trace,
-              calledFunction
-            ),
-          },
-        ];
+        const isValidCalldata = calledFunction.isValidCalldata(
+          trace.calldata.slice(4)
+        );
+
+        if (!isValidCalldata) {
+          return [
+            {
+              type: StackTraceEntryType.INVALID_PARAMS_ERROR,
+              sourceReference: this._getFunctionStartSourceReference(
+                trace,
+                calledFunction
+              ),
+            },
+          ];
+        }
       }
 
       if (this._solidity063MaybeUnmappedRevert(trace)) {
@@ -650,10 +672,17 @@ export class ErrorInferrer {
     stacktrace: SolidityStackTrace
   ): SolidityStackTrace | undefined {
     if (this._isCalledNonContractAccountError(trace)) {
+      const sourceReference = this._getLastSourceReference(trace);
+
+      // We are sure this is not undefined because there was at least a call instruction
+      assertHardhatInvariant(
+        sourceReference !== undefined,
+        "Expected source reference to be defined"
+      );
+
       const nonContractCalledFrame: SolidityStackTraceEntry = {
         type: StackTraceEntryType.NONCONTRACT_ACCOUNT_CALLED_ERROR,
-        // We are sure this is not undefined because there was at least a call instruction
-        sourceReference: this._getLastSourceReference(trace)!,
+        sourceReference,
       };
 
       return [...stacktrace, nonContractCalledFrame];
@@ -753,12 +782,8 @@ export class ErrorInferrer {
 
   private _isFunctionNotPayableError(
     trace: DecodedCallMessageTrace,
-    calledFunction: ContractFunction | undefined
+    calledFunction: ContractFunction
   ): boolean {
-    if (calledFunction === undefined) {
-      return false;
-    }
-
     // This error doesn't return data
     if (trace.returnData.length > 0) {
       return false;
@@ -1061,7 +1086,14 @@ export class ErrorInferrer {
         continue;
       }
 
-      return sourceLocationToSourceReference(trace.bytecode, inst.location);
+      const sourceReference = sourceLocationToSourceReference(
+        trace.bytecode,
+        inst.location
+      );
+
+      if (sourceReference !== undefined) {
+        return sourceReference;
+      }
     }
 
     return undefined;
@@ -1109,27 +1141,49 @@ export class ErrorInferrer {
     trace: DecodedEvmMessageTrace,
     inst: Instruction
   ): RevertErrorStackTraceEntry {
+    const sourceReference = sourceLocationToSourceReference(
+      trace.bytecode,
+      inst.location
+    );
+    assertHardhatInvariant(
+      sourceReference !== undefined,
+      "Expected source reference to be defined"
+    );
+
     return {
       type: StackTraceEntryType.REVERT_ERROR,
-      sourceReference: sourceLocationToSourceReference(
-        trace.bytecode,
-        inst.location
-      )!,
+      sourceReference,
       message: new ReturnData(trace.returnData),
       isInvalidOpcodeError: inst.opcode === Opcode.INVALID,
     };
   }
 
+  private _instructionWithinFunctionToUnmappedSolc063RevertErrorStackTraceEntry(
+    trace: DecodedEvmMessageTrace,
+    inst: Instruction
+  ): UnmappedSolc063RevertErrorStackTraceEntry {
+    const sourceReference = sourceLocationToSourceReference(
+      trace.bytecode,
+      inst.location
+    );
+
+    return {
+      type: StackTraceEntryType.UNMAPPED_SOLC_0_6_3_REVERT_ERROR,
+      sourceReference,
+    };
+  }
+
   private _instructionWithinFunctionToPanicStackTraceEntry(
     trace: DecodedEvmMessageTrace,
     inst: Instruction,
     errorCode: bigint
   ): PanicErrorStackTraceEntry {
+    const lastSourceReference = this._getLastSourceReference(trace);
     return {
       type: StackTraceEntryType.PANIC_ERROR,
       sourceReference:
         sourceLocationToSourceReference(trace.bytecode, inst.location) ??
-        this._getLastSourceReference(trace)!,
+        lastSourceReference,
       errorCode,
     };
   }
@@ -1139,11 +1193,18 @@ export class ErrorInferrer {
     inst: Instruction,
     message: string
   ): CustomErrorStackTraceEntry {
+    const lastSourceReference = this._getLastSourceReference(trace);
+
+    assertHardhatInvariant(
+      lastSourceReference !== undefined,
+      "Expected last source reference to be defined"
+    );
+
     return {
       type: StackTraceEntryType.CUSTOM_ERROR,
       sourceReference:
         sourceLocationToSourceReference(trace.bytecode, inst.location) ??
-        this._getLastSourceReference(trace)!,
+        lastSourceReference,
       message,
     };
   }
@@ -1255,16 +1316,16 @@ export class ErrorInferrer {
   ): UnmappedSolc063RevertErrorStackTraceEntry | undefined {
     // If we are within a function there's a last valid location. It may
     // be the entire contract.
-    const prevInst = this._getLastInstructionWithValidLocation(trace)!;
+    const prevInst = this._getLastInstructionWithValidLocation(trace);
     const lastStep = trace.steps[trace.steps.length - 1] as EvmStep;
     const nextInstPc = lastStep.pc + 1;
     const hasNextInst = trace.bytecode.hasInstruction(nextInstPc);
 
     if (hasNextInst) {
       const nextInst = trace.bytecode.getInstruction(nextInstPc);
-      const prevLoc = prevInst.location!;
+      const prevLoc = prevInst?.location;
       const nextLoc = nextInst.location;
-      const prevFunc = prevLoc.getContainingFunction();
+      const prevFunc = prevLoc?.getContainingFunction();
       const nextFunc = nextLoc?.getContainingFunction();
 
       // This is probably a require. This means that we have the exact
@@ -1274,37 +1335,31 @@ export class ErrorInferrer {
       if (
         prevFunc !== undefined &&
         nextLoc !== undefined &&
+        prevLoc !== undefined &&
         prevLoc.equals(nextLoc)
       ) {
-        return {
-          ...this._instructionWithinFunctionToRevertStackTraceEntry(
-            trace,
-            nextInst
-          ),
-          type: StackTraceEntryType.UNMAPPED_SOLC_0_6_3_REVERT_ERROR,
-        };
+        return this._instructionWithinFunctionToUnmappedSolc063RevertErrorStackTraceEntry(
+          trace,
+          nextInst
+        );
       }
 
       let revertFrame: UnmappedSolc063RevertErrorStackTraceEntry | undefined;
 
       // If the previous and next location don't match, we try to use the
       // previous one if it's inside a function, otherwise we use the next one
-      if (prevFunc !== undefined) {
-        revertFrame = {
-          ...this._instructionWithinFunctionToRevertStackTraceEntry(
+      if (prevFunc !== undefined && prevInst !== undefined) {
+        revertFrame =
+          this._instructionWithinFunctionToUnmappedSolc063RevertErrorStackTraceEntry(
             trace,
             prevInst
-          ),
-          type: StackTraceEntryType.UNMAPPED_SOLC_0_6_3_REVERT_ERROR,
-        };
+          );
       } else if (nextFunc !== undefined) {
-        revertFrame = {
-          ...this._instructionWithinFunctionToRevertStackTraceEntry(
+        revertFrame =
+          this._instructionWithinFunctionToUnmappedSolc063RevertErrorStackTraceEntry(
             trace,
             nextInst
-          ),
-          type: StackTraceEntryType.UNMAPPED_SOLC_0_6_3_REVERT_ERROR,
-        };
+          );
       }
 
       if (revertFrame !== undefined) {
@@ -1314,18 +1369,15 @@ export class ErrorInferrer {
       return revertFrame;
     }
 
-    if (isCreateTrace(trace)) {
+    if (isCreateTrace(trace) && prevInst !== undefined) {
       // Solidity is smart enough to stop emitting extra instructions after
       // an unconditional revert happens in a constructor. If this is the case
       // we just return a special error.
       const constructorRevertFrame: UnmappedSolc063RevertErrorStackTraceEntry =
-        {
-          ...this._instructionWithinFunctionToRevertStackTraceEntry(
-            trace,
-            prevInst
-          ),
-          type: StackTraceEntryType.UNMAPPED_SOLC_0_6_3_REVERT_ERROR,
-        };
+        this._instructionWithinFunctionToUnmappedSolc063RevertErrorStackTraceEntry(
+          trace,
+          prevInst
+        );
 
       // When the latest instruction is not within a function we need
       // some default sourceReference to show to the user
@@ -1353,24 +1405,22 @@ export class ErrorInferrer {
       return constructorRevertFrame;
     }
 
-    // We may as well just be in a function or modifier and just happen
-    // to be at the last instruction of the runtime bytecode.
-    // In this case we just return whatever the last mapped intruction
-    // points to.
-    const latestInstructionRevertFrame: UnmappedSolc063RevertErrorStackTraceEntry =
-      {
-        ...this._instructionWithinFunctionToRevertStackTraceEntry(
+    if (prevInst !== undefined) {
+      // We may as well just be in a function or modifier and just happen
+      // to be at the last instruction of the runtime bytecode.
+      // In this case we just return whatever the last mapped intruction
+      // points to.
+      const latestInstructionRevertFrame: UnmappedSolc063RevertErrorStackTraceEntry =
+        this._instructionWithinFunctionToUnmappedSolc063RevertErrorStackTraceEntry(
           trace,
           prevInst
-        ),
-        type: StackTraceEntryType.UNMAPPED_SOLC_0_6_3_REVERT_ERROR,
-      };
+        );
 
-    if (latestInstructionRevertFrame.sourceReference !== undefined) {
-      this._solidity063CorrectLineNumber(latestInstructionRevertFrame);
+      if (latestInstructionRevertFrame.sourceReference !== undefined) {
+        this._solidity063CorrectLineNumber(latestInstructionRevertFrame);
+      }
+      return latestInstructionRevertFrame;
     }
-
-    return latestInstructionRevertFrame;
   }
 
   private _isContractTooLargeError(trace: DecodedCreateMessageTrace) {
@@ -1380,6 +1430,10 @@ export class ErrorInferrer {
   private _solidity063CorrectLineNumber(
     revertFrame: UnmappedSolc063RevertErrorStackTraceEntry
   ) {
+    if (revertFrame.sourceReference === undefined) {
+      return;
+    }
+
     const lines = revertFrame.sourceReference.sourceContent.split("\n");
 
     const currentLine = lines[revertFrame.sourceReference.line - 1];
@@ -1447,13 +1501,19 @@ export class ErrorInferrer {
     bytecode: Bytecode,
     callInst: Instruction
   ): CallFailedErrorStackTraceEntry {
+    const sourceReference = sourceLocationToSourceReference(
+      bytecode,
+      callInst.location
+    );
+    assertHardhatInvariant(
+      sourceReference !== undefined,
+      "Expected source reference to be defined"
+    );
+
     // Calls only happen within functions
     return {
       type: StackTraceEntryType.CALL_FAILED_ERROR,
-      sourceReference: sourceLocationToSourceReference(
-        bytecode,
-        callInst.location
-      )!,
+      sourceReference,
     };
   }
 
@@ -1502,10 +1562,16 @@ export class ErrorInferrer {
     const callOpcodeStep = trace.steps[callSubtraceStepIndex - 1] as EvmStep;
     const callInst = trace.bytecode.getInstruction(callOpcodeStep.pc);
 
+    // Calls are always made from within functions
+    assertHardhatInvariant(
+      callInst.location !== undefined,
+      "Expected call instruction location to be defined"
+    );
+
     return this._isLastLocation(
       trace,
       callSubtraceStepIndex + 1,
-      callInst.location! // Calls are always made from within functions
+      callInst.location
     );
   }
 
@@ -1514,7 +1580,14 @@ export class ErrorInferrer {
     instIndex: number,
     callInstruction: Instruction
   ): boolean {
-    const callLocation = callInstruction.location!; // Calls are always made from within functions
+    const callLocation = callInstruction.location;
+
+    // Calls are always made from within functions
+    assertHardhatInvariant(
+      callLocation !== undefined,
+      "Expected call location to be defined"
+    );
+
     return this._isLastLocation(trace, instIndex, callLocation);
   }
 
@@ -1685,30 +1758,41 @@ export function instructionToCallstackStackTraceEntry(
     };
   }
 
-  const func = inst.location!.getContainingFunction();
+  const func = inst.location?.getContainingFunction();
 
   if (func !== undefined) {
+    const sourceReference = sourceLocationToSourceReference(
+      bytecode,
+      inst.location
+    );
+    assertHardhatInvariant(
+      sourceReference !== undefined,
+      "Expected source reference to be defined"
+    );
+
     return {
       type: StackTraceEntryType.CALLSTACK_ENTRY,
-      sourceReference: sourceLocationToSourceReference(
-        bytecode,
-        inst.location
-      )!,
+      sourceReference,
       functionType: func.type,
     };
   }
 
+  assertHardhatInvariant(
+    inst.location !== undefined,
+    "Expected instruction location to be defined"
+  );
+
   return {
     type: StackTraceEntryType.CALLSTACK_ENTRY,
     sourceReference: {
       function: undefined,
       contract: bytecode.contract.name,
-      sourceName: inst.location!.file.sourceName,
-      sourceContent: inst.location!.file.content,
-      line: inst.location!.getStartingLineNumber(),
+      sourceName: inst.location.file.sourceName,
+      sourceContent: inst.location.file.content,
+      line: inst.location.getStartingLineNumber(),
       range: [
-        inst.location!.offset,
-        inst.location!.offset + inst.location!.length,
+        inst.location.offset,
+        inst.location.offset + inst.location.length,
       ],
     },
     functionType: ContractFunctionType.FUNCTION,

package/src/internal/hardhat-network/stack-traces/model.ts

@@ -261,12 +261,22 @@ export class ContractFunction {
     public readonly contract?: Contract,
     public readonly visibility?: ContractFunctionVisibility,
     public readonly isPayable?: boolean,
-    public selector?: Buffer
+    public selector?: Buffer,
+    public readonly paramTypes?: any[]
   ) {
     if (contract !== undefined && !contract.location.contains(location)) {
       throw new Error("Incompatible contract and function location");
     }
   }
+
+  public isValidCalldata(calldata: Buffer): boolean {
+    if (this.paramTypes === undefined) {
+      // if we don't know the param types, we just assume that the call is valid
+      return true;
+    }
+
+    return AbiHelpers.isValidCalldata(this.paramTypes, calldata);
+  }
 }
 
 export class CustomError {

package/src/internal/hardhat-network/stack-traces/solidity-errors.ts

@@ -112,7 +112,6 @@ function encodeStackTraceEntry(
 
     case StackTraceEntryType.CALLSTACK_ENTRY:
     case StackTraceEntryType.REVERT_ERROR:
-    case StackTraceEntryType.PANIC_ERROR:
     case StackTraceEntryType.CUSTOM_ERROR:
     case StackTraceEntryType.FUNCTION_NOT_PAYABLE_ERROR:
     case StackTraceEntryType.INVALID_PARAMS_ERROR:
@@ -122,7 +121,6 @@ function encodeStackTraceEntry(
     case StackTraceEntryType.NONCONTRACT_ACCOUNT_CALLED_ERROR:
     case StackTraceEntryType.CALL_FAILED_ERROR:
     case StackTraceEntryType.DIRECT_LIBRARY_CALL_ERROR:
-    case StackTraceEntryType.UNMAPPED_SOLC_0_6_3_REVERT_ERROR:
       return sourceReferenceToSolidityCallsite(stackTraceEntry.sourceReference);
 
     case StackTraceEntryType.UNRECOGNIZED_CREATE_CALLSTACK_ENTRY:
@@ -188,6 +186,8 @@ function encodeStackTraceEntry(
 
     case StackTraceEntryType.OTHER_EXECUTION_ERROR:
     case StackTraceEntryType.CONTRACT_TOO_LARGE_ERROR:
+    case StackTraceEntryType.PANIC_ERROR:
+    case StackTraceEntryType.UNMAPPED_SOLC_0_6_3_REVERT_ERROR:
       if (stackTraceEntry.sourceReference === undefined) {
         return new SolidityCallSite(
           undefined,
@@ -271,7 +271,9 @@ function getMessageFromLastStackTraceEntry(
       }
 
       if (!stackTraceEntry.message.isEmpty()) {
-        return `VM Exception while processing transaction: reverted with an unrecognized custom error`;
+        const returnData = stackTraceEntry.message.value.toString("hex");
+
+        return `VM Exception while processing transaction: reverted with an unrecognized custom error (return data: 0x${returnData})`;
       }
 
       if (stackTraceEntry.isInvalidOpcodeError) {

package/src/internal/hardhat-network/stack-traces/solidity-stack-trace.ts

@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ export interface RevertErrorStackTraceEntry {
 export interface PanicErrorStackTraceEntry {
   type: StackTraceEntryType.PANIC_ERROR;
   errorCode: bigint;
-  sourceReference: SourceReference;
+  sourceReference?: SourceReference;
 }
 
 export interface CustomErrorStackTraceEntry {
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ export interface CustomErrorStackTraceEntry {
 
 export interface UnmappedSolc063RevertErrorStackTraceEntry {
   type: StackTraceEntryType.UNMAPPED_SOLC_0_6_3_REVERT_ERROR;
-  sourceReference: SourceReference;
+  sourceReference?: SourceReference;
 }
 
 export interface FunctionNotPayableErrorStackTraceEntry {

package/src/internal/hardhat-network/stack-traces/solidityTracer.ts

@@ -171,7 +171,10 @@ export class SolidityTracer {
     const stacktrace: SolidityStackTrace = [];
 
     let subtracesSeen = 0;
+
+    // There was a jump into a function according to the sourcemaps
     let jumpedIntoFunction = false;
+
     const functionJumpdests: Instruction[] = [];
 
     let lastSubmessageData: SubmessageData | undefined;

package/src/internal/hardhat-network/stack-traces/vm-debug-tracer.ts

@@ -222,7 +222,10 @@ export class VMDebugTracer {
     );
 
     // geth does this for some reason
-    if (result.execResult.exceptionError?.error === "out of gas") {
+    if (
+      rpcStructLogs.length > 0 &&
+      result.execResult.exceptionError?.error === "out of gas"
+    ) {
       rpcStructLogs[rpcStructLogs.length - 1].error = {};
     }
 

package/src/internal/lib/hardhat-lib.ts

@@ -36,16 +36,11 @@ if (HardhatContext.isCreated()) {
 
   const { resolvedConfig, userConfig } = loadConfigAndTasks(hardhatArguments);
 
-  const artifactsExtensions = ctx.extendersManager
-    .getArtifactsExtenders()
-    .map((artifactsExtender) => artifactsExtender(resolvedConfig));
-
   env = new Environment(
     resolvedConfig,
     hardhatArguments,
     ctx.tasksDSL.getTaskDefinitions(),
-    ctx.extendersManager.getEnvironmentExtenders(),
-    artifactsExtensions,
+    ctx.extendersManager.getExtenders(),
     ctx.experimentalHardhatNetworkMessageTraceHooks,
     userConfig
   );

package/src/internal/solidity/compiler/downloader.ts

@@ -294,7 +294,7 @@ export class CompilerDownloader implements ICompilerDownloader {
     build: CompilerBuild,
     downloadPath: string
   ): Promise<boolean> {
-    const ethereumjsUtil = await import("@nomicfoundation/ethereumjs-util");
+    const ethereumjsUtil = require("@nomicfoundation/ethereumjs-util");
     const { keccak256 } = await import("../../util/keccak");
 
     const expectedKeccak256 = build.keccak256;
@@ -328,7 +328,7 @@ export class CompilerDownloader implements ICompilerDownloader {
       downloadPath.endsWith(".zip")
     ) {
       // some window builds are zipped, some are not
-      const { default: AdmZip } = await import("adm-zip");
+      const AdmZip = require("adm-zip");
 
       const solcFolder = path.join(this._compilersDir, build.version);
       await fsExtra.ensureDir(solcFolder);
@@ -347,7 +347,7 @@ export class CompilerDownloader implements ICompilerDownloader {
     await fsExtra.createFile(this._getCompilerDoesntWorkFile(build));
   }
 
-  private async _checkNativeSolc(build: CompilerBuild) {
+  private async _checkNativeSolc(build: CompilerBuild): Promise<boolean> {
     const solcPath = this._getCompilerBinaryPathFromBuild(build);
     const execFileP = promisify(execFile);
 

package/src/internal/solidity/compiler/index.ts

@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ export class Compiler implements ICompiler {
       return this._loadedSolc;
     }
 
-    const { default: solcWrapper } = await import("solc/wrapper");
+    const solcWrapper = require("solc/wrapper");
     this._loadedSolc = solcWrapper(
       this._loadCompilerSources(this._pathToSolcJs)
     );
@@ -41,6 +41,14 @@ export class Compiler implements ICompiler {
    */
   private _loadCompilerSources(compilerPath: string) {
     const Module = module.constructor as any;
+
+    // if Hardhat is bundled (for example, in the vscode extension), then
+    // Module._extenions might be undefined. In that case, we just use a plain
+    // require.
+    if (Module._extensions === undefined) {
+      return require(compilerPath);
+    }
+
     const previousHook = Module._extensions[".js"];
 
     Module._extensions[".js"] = function (