From 37673aa40f70d82351e0996ee81b9f4ca29e695f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: =?UTF-8?q?S=C3=A9rgio=20Torres?=
 <30977845+Torres-ssf@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Fri, 27 Oct 2023 06:34:18 -0300
Subject: [PATCH] fix: setting `gasLimit` to `0` when creating
 `CreateTransactionRequest` on `ContractFactory` (#1381)

---
 .changeset/chatty-mirrors-return.md              | 5 +++++
 packages/contract/src/contract-factory.ts        | 3 +--
 packages/fuel-gauge/src/contract-factory.test.ts | 8 ++++++++
 3 files changed, 14 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 .changeset/chatty-mirrors-return.md

diff --git a/.changeset/chatty-mirrors-return.md b/.changeset/chatty-mirrors-return.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..c768b4ff248
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/chatty-mirrors-return.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+"@fuel-ts/contract": minor
+---
+
+set gas limit to 0 when creating a CreateTransactionRequest on ContractFactory
diff --git a/packages/contract/src/contract-factory.ts b/packages/contract/src/contract-factory.ts
index 68f75ddd479..93d9a1c3974 100644
--- a/packages/contract/src/contract-factory.ts
+++ b/packages/contract/src/contract-factory.ts
@@ -110,12 +110,11 @@ export default class ContractFactory {
       );
     }
 
-    const { maxGasPerTx } = this.provider.getGasConfig();
     const stateRoot = options.stateRoot || getContractStorageRoot(options.storageSlots);
     const contractId = getContractId(this.bytecode, options.salt, stateRoot);
     const transactionRequest = new CreateTransactionRequest({
       gasPrice: 0,
-      gasLimit: maxGasPerTx,
+      gasLimit: 0,
       bytecodeWitnessIndex: 0,
       witnesses: [this.bytecode],
       ...options,
diff --git a/packages/fuel-gauge/src/contract-factory.test.ts b/packages/fuel-gauge/src/contract-factory.test.ts
index 257c539bfca..2bfd7e353df 100644
--- a/packages/fuel-gauge/src/contract-factory.test.ts
+++ b/packages/fuel-gauge/src/contract-factory.test.ts
@@ -152,6 +152,14 @@ describe('Contract Factory', () => {
     );
   });
 
+  it('should ensure transaction request is created with gas limit sets to 0', async () => {
+    const factory = await createContractFactory();
+
+    const { transactionRequest } = factory.createTransactionRequest();
+
+    expect(transactionRequest.gasLimit.toNumber()).toBe(0);
+  });
+
   it('Creates a contract with initial storage (dynamic key)', async () => {
     const factory = await createContractFactory();
     const b256 = '0x626f0c36909faecc316056fca8be684ab0cd06afc63247dc008bdf9e433f927a';