eth_getBlockByNumber: error: got null header for uncle 0 of block

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Hi,

Get the error like “got null header for uncle 0 of block 31a5349bbb0f6962d9580a8e05677e9b8c50f0f73822686c1dd126ee93e09fcc” quite often when call eth_getBlockByNumber. Anyone knows what it is? Does disappear after ~8 seconds when the query is retried.

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Sounds like this is a case where it’s looking for an uncle that doesn’t exist. As long as it disappears, I’d say it’s nothing to worry about

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Understood. Thank you for the answer!

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Is there any recommended strategy for dealing with this? I sometimes get this error and im not sure how to handle it so that I can still process the block in question.

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Hey @bonedaddy, this is a related thread on our community about avoiding issues with uncles. One way to mitigate this error is to use eth_getBlockByHash rather than eth_getBlockByNumber, if that’s a possibility. Hope this helps!

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