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Explanation

Sentinel API often returns the real failure reason in callTrace.error, not the top‑level error. Without exposing this, the UI can’t show chain‑specific warnings (e.g., Monad’s reserve balance rule for sponsored transaction).
This PR allows to extract call‑trace errors into simulationData.callTraceErrors and make call‑trace fields optional to match the API.
The clients can display chain‑specific explanations instead of generic “reverted”.

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Related Extension PR: MetaMask/metamask-extension#39284

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Adds visibility into simulation failures and aligns types with API responses.

  • Extracts errors from callTrace (including nested calls) and returns them in simulationData.callTraceErrors; propagates in both success and error paths
  • Relaxes SimulationResponseCallTrace fields (calls, logs) to be optional/nullable; adds optional error
  • Refactors balance change parsing to use a cached transactionResponse and include callTraceErrors; updates tests accordingly
  • Updates SimulationData type and changelog

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/** Raw event logs created by the call. */
logs: SimulationResponseLog[];
logs?: SimulationResponseLog[] | null;
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Why do we need both optional and null?

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It might be over "type protective", I have noticed that the property calls can be null and I thought it could be the same with the logs but might not be necessary.

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const gasUsed = response.transactions?.[0]?.gasUsed;
const gasUsed = transactionResponse?.gasUsed;
const simulationData = {
...(callTraceErrors?.length ? { callTraceErrors } : {}),
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Why don't errors on the calls bubble to the transaction error?

Is there an error in this scenario, if so, how does it differ?

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This is to handle errors coming from nested calls, I don't believe they always bubble up to the transaction error.

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**Context**
Gas sponsorship on certain networks (like Monad) has reserve balance
requirements. When a transaction simulation fails due to reserve balance
violations, users currently don't receive clear feedback about why
sponsorship isn't available.

**Problem**
Users on networks with gas sponsorship reserve requirements (e.g., Monad
requires 10 MON minimum) don't see any warning when their transaction
can't be sponsored due to insufficient reserve balance.

**Solution**
Added a new useGasSponsorshipWarningAlerts hook that:
Checks simulationData.callTraceErrors for known sponsorship failure
patterns
Uses a configurable rules system (GAS_SPONSORSHIP_WARNING_RULES) to
match chain-specific error patterns
Displays a Severity.Warning alert on the EstimatedFee row when
sponsorship fails due to reserve balance violations
Currently configured for Monad (10 MON minimum reserve requirement)


Related Core PR : MetaMask/core#7641

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CHANGELOG entry: Added a warning message when gas sponsorship is
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## **Related issues**

Fixes:

## **Manual testing steps**

Pre-requisite: 
Use the dev sentinel API in:
- In app/scripts/lib/transaction/sentinel-api.ts: `const BASE_URL =
'https://tx-sentinel-{0}.dev-api.cx.metamask.io/';`
- In
node_modules/@metamask/transaction-controller/dist/api/simulation-api.cjs:
`const BASE_URL = 'https://tx-sentinel-{0}.dev-api.cx.metamask.io/';`

1. Connect to Monad
2. Ensure account has less than 10 MON balance
3. Initiate a contract interaction transaction
4. Observe the warning alert on the confirmation screen stating "Gas
sponsorship isn't available for this transaction. You'll need to keep at
least 10 MON in your account."

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> [!NOTE]
> **Medium Risk**
> Adds new confirmation alert logic driven by simulation
`callTraceErrors` and chain-specific rules; risk is moderate because it
changes user-facing warnings and depends on simulation error strings and
gasless-support detection.
> 
> **Overview**
> Displays a new **warning alert on the confirmation screen** when gas
sponsorship is unavailable due to reserve-balance requirements.
> 
> Adds `useGasSponsorshipWarningAlerts`, which matches chain-specific
`simulationData.callTraceErrors` patterns (initially for
`CHAIN_IDS.MONAD`) and injects an `EstimatedFee` warning when gasless is
supported but the tx is not sponsored.
> 
> Introduces new i18n strings for the alert reason and message (with min
balance + native currency placeholders), adds unit tests + Jest console
baseline, and bumps `@metamask/transaction-controller` to `^62.11.0`.
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