What is this calculation? It needs to be the SCALE encoded length.

before it was proposalTx.length - 1, but this I took from https://github.com/polkadot-js/apps/blob/2d295e33f9d37d6582d97b9e93df81d16e1950e2/packages/page-preimages/src/Preimages/Add/Partial.tsx#L44

@ggwpez could you please explain what is SCALE encoded?

It first does toHex and then uses (x - 2) / 2 to get the number of bytes in the hex string… wtf
Maybe there is no easier way to encode it or something. Ideal would be an encode or encodedLength function.
Otherwise just add a test; i dont want to block over this if it works.

SCALE is the encoding that Substrate/Polkadot uses for mostly everything. Especially stuff like transactions and their arguments (so also preimages).

I'll investigate and we will add tests for sure

Not sure if that is the correct syntax, but the len should be in the RequestStatus

You can also SCALE encode yourself or use the encoded len though.

len: readPreimage.len there's no such field in the returned response, there's readPreimage.encodedLength but it returns 54, while expected number is 85

Here's some logs

proposalTx.encodedLength 88
proposalTx.toString {"signature":{"signer":{"id":"CaKWz5omakTK7ovp4m3koXrHyHb7NG3Nt7GENHbviByZpKp"},"signature":{"ed25519":"0x00000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000"},"era":{"immortalEra":"0x00"},"nonce":0,"tip":0},"method":{"callIndex":"0x1800","args":{"calls":[{"callIndex":"0x0000","args":{"remark":"0x544f3a206d6f7264616d617820464f523a206d6567617265706f2331342028736d616c6c29"}},{"callIndex":"0x1203","args":{"amount":2000000000000,"beneficiary":{"id":"HnMAUz7r2G8G3hB27SYNyit5aJmh2a5P4eMdDtACtMFDbam"}}}]}}}
proposalTx.length 86
encodedProposal 0x180008000094544f3a206d6f7264616d617820464f523a206d6567617265706f2331342028736d616c6c2912030b00204aa9d10100e659a7a1628cdd93febc04a4e0646ea20e9f5f0ce097d9a05290d4a9e054df4e
encodedProposal.length 172
readPreimage.encodedLength 54 (¯\\_(ツ)_/¯)
encodedLength 85

when I create it, in polkadotjs it shows 85

I just added 5 chars to a remark, and got 90 as final size in polkadotjs

so it means to me

proposalTx.encodedLength - 3
proposalTx.length - 1
Math.ceil((encodedProposal.length - 2) / 2)

all 3 will give same correct size of preimage

https://github.com/search?q=+%22Math.ceil%28%28encodedProposal.length+-+2%29+%2F+2%29%3B%22&type=code

I just used last as this is most commonly used

Okay yea then just use what works. The TS code is fucked either way.

Asking for understanding:
At this point, we made sure that the image submission transaction is isInBlock AND isFinalized.
How can it be that it's empty then?

it can be, if account had insufficient amount of money to Reserve the ~1,3KSM , then the preimage will still be inBlock or Finalized, but not by fact be on-chain.

To Verify - send to bot ~0.1 UNIT, which will be enough for transaction fees, but not enough to Reserve

here i have 0,4 UNIT transferable, but for creating a preimage i will need 1,3

this is what happens with creating a preimage

In logs though all good, finalized, we proceeding to craetee a proposal. But there's no preimage. So it ends up with a proposal, without an "action" to execute after it's Voted and enaction time comes

Here's what happens with validation