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Description

This PR aims to integrate extra validations and alert when sending to
burn address in EVM transfer transactions.
The list of the additions:

  1. Extend isNative check to check asset address when creating
    transaction in send flow
  2. Implement new "burnAddress" alert in transfer confirmations - this
    will also be raised if nested transactions have burn address too.
  3. Filter contacts that has burn address to prevent proceeding to
    confirmations

Changelog

CHANGELOG entry: Implement extra validations and alert when sending burn
address in EVM transfer transactions

Related issues

Fixes: https://github.com/MetaMask/MetaMask-planning/issues/6124

Manual testing steps

  • You shouldn't be able to proceed to confirmation when you type
    0x0000000000000000000000000000000000000000 as recipient
  • Only possibility is to get a confirmation with burn address alert is
    from test-dapp
  1. Go into the section where you can type recipient
  2. Type 0x0000000000000000000000000000000000000000 to "To" and type
    something in "Amount" 0x123
  3. When you create transaction, you should be able to see confirmation

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Note

Adds burn-address alert and validations across send/confirm flows, refactors recipient parsing (incl. nested txs), and improves native token detection.

  • Alerts & Validation:
    • Add AlertKeys.BurnAddress and RowAlertKey.BurnAddress; implement useBurnAddressAlert (alerts on burn recipients incl. nested txs) and wire into useConfirmationAlerts and metrics.
    • Expose LOWER_CASED_BURN_ADDRESSES; block burn addresses in hex validation and filter them from useContacts.
  • Recipient Parsing:
    • Refactor useTransferRecipient and add useNestedTransactionTransferRecipients to extract recipients for simple/native and token transfers; update consumers and tests.
  • Send/Tx Creation:
    • Update isNativeToken to also match chain native token addresses; use in EVM submit flow; add unit tests.
  • UI:
    • Allow InfoRow to render without a text label and show labelChildren; style tweak for no-label case.
    • Wrap “To” address in FromToRow with AlertRow for burnAddress field.
  • i18n: Add alert_system.burn_address strings.

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This PR aims to integrate extra validations and alert when sending to
burn address in EVM transfer transactions.
The list of the additions:

1. Extend `isNative` check to check asset address when creating
transaction in send flow
2. Implement new "burnAddress" alert in transfer confirmations - this
will also be raised if nested transactions have burn address too.
3. Filter contacts that has burn address to prevent proceeding to
confirmations

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CHANGELOG entry: Implement extra validations and alert when sending burn
address in EVM transfer transactions

Fixes: MetaMask/MetaMask-planning#6124

- You shouldn't be able to proceed to confirmation when you type
`0x0000000000000000000000000000000000000000` as recipient
- Only possibility is to get a confirmation with burn address alert is
from test-dapp
1. Go into the section where you can type recipient
2. Type `0x0000000000000000000000000000000000000000` to "To" and type
something in "Amount" 0x123
3. When you create transaction, you should be able to see confirmation

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> [!NOTE]
> Adds burn-address detection across send/confirm flows (alerting,
contact filtering, nested recipient support) and updates native-token
checks for transaction typing.
>
> - **Confirmations**:
> - **Burn-address alert**: New `useBurnAddressAlert`,
`AlertKeys.BurnAddress`, `RowAlertKey.BurnAddress`, i18n strings, and
metrics mapping; integrated into `useConfirmationAlerts` and rendered in
`from-to-row` via `AlertRow`.
> - **Recipient detection**: Refactor `useTransferRecipient` and add
`useNestedTransactionTransferRecipients` to extract recipients from
nested transactions.
> - **UI**: `InfoRow` now supports optional `label` and renders
`labelChildren` without a label; added `labelContainerWithoutLabel`
style.
> - **Send flow**:
> - **Contacts**: `useContacts` filters out EVM burn addresses using
exported `LOWER_CASED_BURN_ADDRESSES`.
> - **Native token check**: `isNativeToken` now matches chain-specific
native token addresses (`getNativeTokenAddress`); used in
`prepareEVMTransaction`/`submitEvmTransaction` for typing.
> - **Validation/Utils**:
> - Export `LOWER_CASED_BURN_ADDRESSES` from `send-address-validations`
for reuse.
> - **Tests**: Added/updated unit tests for burn-address alert,
confirmation alerts aggregation, contacts filtering, recipient hooks
(incl. nested), and `generic.isNativeToken` behavior.
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LGTM

@Cal-L Cal-L merged commit 60fc32a into release/7.57.2 Oct 31, 2025
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