fix: respect --auth in cast call and cast estimate

crates/cast/bin/tx.rs

@@ -5,21 +5,18 @@ use alloy_network::{
 };
 use alloy_primitives::{hex, Address, Bytes, TxKind, U256};
 use alloy_provider::Provider;
-use alloy_rlp::Decodable;
 use alloy_rpc_types::{AccessList, Authorization, TransactionInput, TransactionRequest};
 use alloy_serde::WithOtherFields;
 use alloy_signer::Signer;
 use alloy_transport::Transport;
-use cast::revm::primitives::SignedAuthorization;
-use eyre::{Result, WrapErr};
+use eyre::Result;
 use foundry_cli::{
-    opts::TransactionOpts,
+    opts::{CliAuthorizationList, TransactionOpts},
     utils::{self, parse_function_args},
 };
 use foundry_common::ens::NameOrAddress;
 use foundry_config::{Chain, Config};
 use foundry_wallets::{WalletOpts, WalletSigner};
-use serde_json;
 
 /// Different sender kinds used by [`CastTxBuilder`].
 pub enum SenderKind<'a> {
@@ -134,10 +131,10 @@ pub struct CastTxBuilder<T, P, S> {
     tx: WithOtherFields<TransactionRequest>,
     legacy: bool,
     blob: bool,
-    auth: Option<String>,
+    auth: Option<CliAuthorizationList>,
     chain: Chain,
     etherscan_api_key: Option<String>,
-    access_list: Option<Option<String>>,
+    access_list: Option<Option<AccessList>>,
     state: S,
     _t: std::marker::PhantomData<T>,
 }
@@ -319,24 +316,32 @@ where
         self.tx.set_from(from);
         self.tx.set_chain_id(self.chain.id());
 
-        if !fill {
-            return Ok((self.tx, self.state.func));
-        }
+        let tx_nonce = if let Some(nonce) = self.tx.nonce {
+            nonce
+        } else {
+            let nonce = self.provider.get_transaction_count(from).await?;
+            if fill {
+                self.tx.nonce = Some(nonce);
+            }
+            nonce
+        };
 
-        if let Some(access_list) = match self.access_list {
+        self.resolve_auth(sender, tx_nonce).await?;
+
+        if let Some(access_list) = match self.access_list.take() {
             None => None,
             // --access-list provided with no value, call the provider to create it
             Some(None) => Some(self.provider.create_access_list(&self.tx).await?.access_list),
             // Access list provided as a string, attempt to parse it
-            Some(Some(ref s)) => Some(
-                serde_json::from_str::<AccessList>(s)
-                    .map(AccessList::from)
-                    .wrap_err("Failed to parse access list from string")?,
-            ),
+            Some(Some(access_list)) => Some(access_list),
         } {
             self.tx.set_access_list(access_list);
         }
 
+        if !fill {
+            return Ok((self.tx, self.state.func));
+        }
+
         if self.legacy && self.tx.gas_price.is_none() {
             self.tx.gas_price = Some(self.provider.get_gas_price().await?);
         }
@@ -361,16 +366,6 @@ where
             }
         }
 
-        let nonce = if let Some(nonce) = self.tx.nonce {
-            nonce
-        } else {
-            let nonce = self.provider.get_transaction_count(from).await?;
-            self.tx.nonce = Some(nonce);
-            nonce
-        };
-
-        self.resolve_auth(sender, nonce).await?;
-
         if self.tx.gas.is_none() {
             self.tx.gas = Some(self.provider.estimate_gas(&self.tx).await?);
         }
@@ -379,25 +374,27 @@ where
     }
 
     /// Parses the passed --auth value and sets the authorization list on the transaction.
-    async fn resolve_auth(&mut self, sender: SenderKind<'_>, nonce: u64) -> Result<()> {
-        let Some(auth) = &self.auth else { return Ok(()) };
-
-        let auth = hex::decode(auth)?;
-        let auth = if let Ok(address) = Address::try_from(auth.as_slice()) {
-            let auth =
-                Authorization { chain_id: U256::from(self.chain.id()), nonce: nonce + 1, address };
-
-            let Some(signer) = sender.as_signer() else {
-                eyre::bail!("No signer available to sign authorization");
-            };
-            let signature = signer.sign_hash(&auth.signature_hash()).await?;
-
-            auth.into_signed(signature)
-        } else if let Ok(auth) = SignedAuthorization::decode(&mut auth.as_ref()) {
-            auth
-        } else {
-            eyre::bail!("Failed to decode authorization");
+    async fn resolve_auth(&mut self, sender: SenderKind<'_>, tx_nonce: u64) -> Result<()> {
+        let Some(auth) = self.auth.take() else { return Ok(()) };
+
+        let auth = match auth {
+            CliAuthorizationList::Address(address) => {
+                let auth = Authorization {
+                    chain_id: U256::from(self.chain.id()),
+                    nonce: tx_nonce + 1,
+                    address,
+                };
+
+                let Some(signer) = sender.as_signer() else {
+                    eyre::bail!("No signer available to sign authorization");
+                };
+                let signature = signer.sign_hash(&auth.signature_hash()).await?;
+
+                auth.into_signed(signature)
+            }
+            CliAuthorizationList::Signed(auth) => auth,
         };
+
         self.tx.set_authorization_list(vec![auth]);
 
         Ok(())

crates/cli/Cargo.toml

@@ -22,10 +22,12 @@ foundry-wallets.workspace = true
 
 foundry-compilers = { workspace = true, features = ["full"] }
 
+alloy-eips.workspace = true
 alloy-dyn-abi.workspace = true
 alloy-json-abi.workspace = true
 alloy-primitives.workspace = true
 alloy-provider.workspace = true
+alloy-rlp.workspace = true
 alloy-transport.workspace = true
 alloy-chains.workspace = true
 
@@ -43,6 +45,7 @@ tokio = { workspace = true, features = ["macros"] }
 tracing-subscriber = { workspace = true, features = ["registry", "env-filter"] }
 tracing.workspace = true
 yansi.workspace = true
+serde_json.workspace = true
 
 tracing-tracy = { version = "0.11", optional = true }
 

crates/cli/src/opts/transaction.rs

@@ -1,9 +1,36 @@
-use crate::utils::parse_ether_value;
-use alloy_primitives::{U256, U64};
+use std::str::FromStr;
+
+use crate::utils::{parse_ether_value, parse_json};
+use alloy_eips::{eip2930::AccessList, eip7702::SignedAuthorization};
+use alloy_primitives::{hex, Address, U256, U64};
+use alloy_rlp::Decodable;
 use clap::Parser;
-use serde::Serialize;
 
-#[derive(Clone, Debug, Serialize, Parser)]
+/// CLI helper to parse a EIP-7702 authorization list.
+/// Can be either a hex-encoded signed authorization or an address.
+#[derive(Clone, Debug)]
+pub enum CliAuthorizationList {
+    /// If an address is provided, we sign the authorization delegating to provided address.
+    Address(Address),
+    /// If RLP-encoded authorization is provided, we decode it and attach to transaction.
+    Signed(SignedAuthorization),
+}
+
+impl FromStr for CliAuthorizationList {
+    type Err = eyre::Error;
+
+    fn from_str(s: &str) -> Result<Self, Self::Err> {
+        if let Ok(addr) = Address::from_str(s) {
+            Ok(Self::Address(addr))
+        } else if let Ok(auth) = SignedAuthorization::decode(&mut hex::decode(s)?.as_ref()) {
+            Ok(Self::Signed(auth))
+        } else {
+            eyre::bail!("Failed to decode authorization")
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+#[derive(Clone, Debug, Parser)]
 #[command(next_help_heading = "Transaction options")]
 pub struct TransactionOpts {
     /// Gas limit for the transaction.
@@ -61,15 +88,15 @@ pub struct TransactionOpts {
     ///
     /// Can be either a hex-encoded signed authorization or an address.
     #[arg(long, conflicts_with_all = &["legacy", "blob"])]
-    pub auth: Option<String>,
+    pub auth: Option<CliAuthorizationList>,
 
     /// EIP-2930 access list.
     ///
     /// Accepts either a JSON-encoded access list or an empty value to create the access list
     /// via an RPC call to `eth_createAccessList`. To retrieve only the access list portion, use
     /// the `cast access-list` command.
-    #[arg(long)]
-    pub access_list: Option<Option<String>>,
+    #[arg(long, value_parser = parse_json::<AccessList>)]
+    pub access_list: Option<Option<AccessList>>,
 }
 
 #[cfg(test)]

crates/cli/src/utils/mod.rs

@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ use alloy_transport::Transport;
 use eyre::{ContextCompat, Result};
 use foundry_common::provider::{ProviderBuilder, RetryProvider};
 use foundry_config::{Chain, Config};
+use serde::de::DeserializeOwned;
 use std::{
     ffi::OsStr,
     future::Future,
@@ -133,6 +134,11 @@ pub fn parse_ether_value(value: &str) -> Result<U256> {
     })
 }
 
+/// Parses a `T` from a string using [`serde_json::from_str`].
+pub fn parse_json<T: DeserializeOwned>(value: &str) -> serde_json::Result<T> {
+    serde_json::from_str(value)
+}
+
 /// Parses a `Duration` from a &str
 pub fn parse_delay(delay: &str) -> Result<Duration> {
     let delay = if delay.ends_with("ms") {