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debug_traceCall RPC Method

Returns the number of possible tracing result by executing an eth call within the context of the given block execution.

Updated on
Feb 03, 2026
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Parameters

object
object

The transaction call object with the following fields:

from
string

The address the transaction is sent from

to
string
REQUIRED

The address the transaction is directed to

gas
integer

The integer of the gas provided for the transaction execution

gasPrice
integer

The integer of the gasPrice used for each paid gas

value
integer

The integer of the value sent with this transaction

data
string

The hash of the method signature and encoded parameters

blockReference
string

The block number in hexadecimal format, the block hash, or tags. The supported tag values include earliest for the earliest/genesis block, latest for the latest mined block, pending for the pending state/transactions, safe for the most recent secure block, and finalized for the most recent secure block accepted by more than 2/3 of validators. safe and finalized are only supported on Ethereum, Gnosis, Arbitrum, Arbitrum Nova, and Avalanche C-chain

object
object
REQUIRED

The tracer object with the following fields:

tracer
string

The type of tracer. It could be callTracer or prestateTracer

callTracer
string

The calltracer keeps track of all call frames, including depth 0 calls, that are made during a transaction

prestateTracer
string

The prestateTracer replays the transaction and tracks every part of state that occured during the transaction

tracerConfig
object

The object to specify the configurations of the tracer

onlyTopCall
boolean

When set to true, this will only trace the primary (top-level) call and not any sub-calls. It eliminates the additional processing for each call frame

Returns

result

The transaction trace object, which has the following fields:

failed

The transaction is successful or not

gas

The total consumed gas in the transaction

returnValue

The return value of the executed contract call

structLogs

The trace result of each step with the following fields:

pc

The current index in bytecode

op

The name of current executing operation

gas

The available gas in the execution

gasCost

The gas cost of the operation

depth

The number of levels of calling functions

error

The error of the execution

stack

An array of values in the current stack

memory

An array of values in the current memory

storage

The mapping of the current storage

refund

The total of current refund value

Request
Response
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{
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"jsonrpc": "2.0",
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"id": 1,
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"result": {
5
"gas": 22080,
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"failed": false,
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"returnValue": "",
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"structLogs": []
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}
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}
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{
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"jsonrpc": "2.0",
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"id": 1,
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"result": {
5
"gas": 22080,
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"failed": false,
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"returnValue": "",
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"structLogs": []
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}
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}
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