[1.3.1]

Added

• Add web3-eth2-core package (#3743) (renamed to web3-eth2-base)
• Add web3-eth2-beaconchain package (#3743) (renamed to web3-eth2-beacon)
• Add stripHexPrefix method to web3-utils package (#3776)

Changed

• bump utils 0.10.0^ -> 0.12.0 (#3733)

Removed

• Removed post-install script in packages/web3. Added documentation to root README (#3717)

Fixed

• Fix possible unhandled promise rejection when sending a transaction (#3708)
• Fixed decoding bytes and string parameters for logs emitted with solc 0.4.x (#3724, #3738)
• Grammar changes to inputAddressFormatter error message
• Fixed vulnerable dependencies

[1.3.0]

Added

• Support for typescript files (.ts) to be written alongside regular .js files (#3652)
• Add compareBlock function that allows for complex block comparisons (#3682)

Changed

• Improve RequestManager send method (#3649)
• npm run build now uses TSC to compile (.js allowed) and the build folder is now located under lib (#3652)
• Modernized web3-core to use newer es syntax (#3652)
• Bumped web3-providers-ipc oboe version to 2.1.5 (#3661)
• Bump lodash from 4.17.15 to 4.17.19 (#3641)
• Bump websocket version which removes node-gyp from web3.js (#3685)

Fixed

• Fix parsing of non-eth_subscription provider events (#3660)
• Fix parsedUrl problem of websocket provider (#3666)
• Fix return value for clearSubscriptions (#3689)

[1.2.11]

Fixed

• Fix Provider.request response (#3647)

Added

• Add unit tests for isHex and isHexStrict (#3622)

[1.2.10]

Added

• Add support for EIP-1193 provider request method (#3625)

Changed

• Upgrade minified bundle build process (from gulp to webpack) (#3618)
• CI improvements: add dependency caching, netlify browser test preview (#3598, #3602)
• Remove references to genesis block in 1.x documentation (#3594)
• Disallow setting toBlock when subscribing to contract events (#3207)

Fixed

• Extend _txInputFormatter with hex prefix check (#3317)
• Extract revert reason string for geth >= 1.9.15 (#3520)
• Fix Incorrect param encoding of BN object in arrayed inputs (#3592)
• Remove mis-encoded whitespace characters from web3-utils files (#3601)
• Fix incompatibilities with webpack Buffer polyfill for wallet.encrypt/decrypt (#3580)
• Fix misformatted fromBlock value when re-subscribing to events over WS (#3596)
• Support Function type log parameter decoding (#2826)
• Add undefined callback check to websocket provider response queue (#3574)
• Fix WS clientConfig type (#3563)

[1.2.9]

Added

• Add sending and sent events for tx submissions (#3438)
• Add latestBlockHash arg to confirmation event handler payload (#3438)
• Make socket providers' max listeners threshold configurable (#3469)
• Documentation about testing & ci resources for Web3.js development (#3528)
• More detailed documentation about how to use method.encodeABI (#3549)
• Integration tests for transactionPollingTimeout (#3513)

Changed

• Websocket package from @web3-js/websocket@1.0.29 to websocket@1.0.31 (#3371)
• Upgrade @web3-js/scrypt-shim@0.1.0 to scrypt-js@3.0.1
• sendSignedTransaction revert handling synthesizes tx without network call (#3457)
• Make docs grammar more idiomatic, normalize punctuation (#3543)

Fixed

• Size property de-referencing crash when calling web3.eth.clearSubscriptions (#3527)
• Abi param encoding for tuple arrays (#3538)
• account.hashMessage with non-ASCII characters (#3523)
• Subscription support check in method confirmations loop (#3432)
• TS bindings for handleRevert added (#3452)
• Docs: spelling of pre-defined block number (#3539)
• Docs: missing defaultBlock param option in method.call description (#3558)

[1.2.8]

Added

• Introduce review and release guidelines. (#3460)
• Add EIP-1193 compatible provider to AbstractProvider interface. (#3499)
• Add TypeScript definitions for contract methods and call. (#3454)
• Update AbstractProvider and contract.methods TS definitions (#3521)
• Add support for ENS contenthash methods. (#3392, #2782)

Changed

• Change CI provider from Travis to GitHub Actions. (#3468)
• Update web3-eth-abi ABICoder dependency. (#3490)
• Update AbiCoder param formatting (#3522)
• Improve code clarity of HttpProvider keepAlive option setting. (#3463)
• Updated type definitions for Web3 HTTP Provider. (#3482)
• Fix indentation of web3-eth documentation. (#3478)

Fixed

• Fix intermittent CI build issues with dtslint. (#3479)
• Fix WSS credentials Base64 encoding (for browser) (#3508)
• Fire provider "error" and/or "end" events when Websocket provider disconnects. (#3485)
• Remove web3-eth revert error return types to squash TS compilation errors. (#3496)
• Backfill event subscriptions when WS connection dropped across multiple blocks. (#3491)
• Stop swallowing errors when WS connection has died after exhausting reconnection attempts. (#3492)
• Fix setContenthash docs formatting (#3511)