fix: provider async methods and tests (#3867)

* Provider initialization must be awaited on a per case basis

* Adding changeset

* Awaiting provider initialization

* Fixing test

* Fixing script project

I mean, was this ever used before?

* Fixing test

* Increasing POA interval a bit

Author: arboleya

.changeset/light-moose-visit.md

@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+"@fuel-ts/account": patch
+---
+
+fix: provider async methods and tests

package.json

@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
     "test:coverage-diff": "tsx ./scripts/tests-coverage-diff.ts",
     "test:watch": "vitest --watch --config vitest.node.config.mts --project node $(scripts/tests-find.sh --node)",
     "test:validate": "./scripts/tests-validate.sh",
-    "test:browser:filter": "vitest --run --coverage false --config vitest.browser.config.mts --project node",
+    "test:browser:filter": "vitest --run --coverage false --config vitest.browser.config.mts --project browser",
     "test:e2e": "vitest --run --config vitest.node.config.mts --project node $(scripts/tests-find.sh --e2e)",
     "test:integration": "vitest --run --config vitest.node.config.mts --project node $(scripts/tests-find.sh --integration)",
     "test:forc": "turbo run test:forc",

packages/account/src/providers/provider.ts

@@ -750,6 +750,8 @@ export default class Provider {
    * Returns some helpful parameters related to gas fees.
    */
   async getGasConfig() {
+    await this.init();
+
     const {
       txParameters: { maxGasPerTx },
       predicateParameters: { maxGasPerPredicate },

packages/account/src/providers/utils/serialization.test.ts

@@ -74,6 +74,8 @@ describe('Serialization', () => {
       using launched = await setupTestProviderAndWallets();
       const { provider } = launched;
 
+      await provider.init();
+
       const cache = await serializeProviderCache(provider);
       const deserializedCache = deserializeProviderCache(cache);
 
@@ -89,7 +91,6 @@ describe('Serialization', () => {
       using launched = await setupTestProviderAndWallets();
       const { provider } = launched;
       const cache = await serializeProviderCache(provider);
-
       const jsonCache = JSON.parse(JSON.stringify(cache));
 
       expect(jsonCache).toEqual(cache);

packages/account/src/test-utils/setup-test-provider-and-wallets.ts

@@ -103,7 +103,6 @@ export async function setupTestProviderAndWallets({
 
   try {
     provider = new Provider(url, providerOptions);
-    await provider.init();
   } catch (err) {
     cleanup();
     throw err;

packages/fuel-gauge/src/transaction.test.ts

@@ -21,10 +21,13 @@ describe('Transaction', () => {
   it('should ensure a mint transaction can be decoded just fine', async () => {
     using launched = await launchTestNode({
       nodeOptions: {
-        args: ['--poa-instant', 'false', '--poa-interval-period', '1ms'],
-        loggingEnabled: false,
+        args: ['--poa-instant', 'false', '--poa-interval-period', '100ms'],
       },
     });
+
+    // Wait 1ms for the transaction to be added
+    await sleep(200);
+
     const { provider } = launched;
 
     const {