Merge pull request #796 from MetaMask/IncreaseGasBuffer

Increase gas buffer

3 files changed, 8 insertions, 8 deletions

diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index e75502159..bc8cc5fa3 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -2,7 +2,8 @@
 
 ## Current Master
 
-- Fix gas estimation bug.
+- Fix bug where gas estimate would sometimes be very high.
+- Increased our gas estimate from 100k gas to 20% of estimate.
 - Fix github link on info page to point at current repository.
 
 ## 2.13.6 2016-10-26
diff --git a/app/scripts/lib/idStore.js b/app/scripts/lib/idStore.js
index 1010a5789..0ce91f471 100644
--- a/app/scripts/lib/idStore.js
+++ b/app/scripts/lib/idStore.js
@@ -287,9 +287,10 @@ IdentityStore.prototype.checkForDelegateCall = function (codeHex) {
   }
 }
 
-const gasBuffer = new BN('100000', 10)
 IdentityStore.prototype.addGasBuffer = function (gas) {
   const bnGas = new BN(ethUtil.stripHexPrefix(gas), 16)
+  const five = new BN('5', 10)
+  const gasBuffer = bnGas.div(five)
   const correct = bnGas.add(gasBuffer)
   return ethUtil.addHexPrefix(correct.toString(16))
 }
diff --git a/test/unit/idStore-test.js b/test/unit/idStore-test.js
index 46b3d4809..064483ba0 100644
--- a/test/unit/idStore-test.js
+++ b/test/unit/idStore-test.js
@@ -159,7 +159,7 @@ describe('IdentityStore', function() {
       assert.equal(result.indexOf('0x'), 0, 'include hex prefix')
     })
 
-    it('buffers reasonably', function() {
+    it('buffers 20%', function() {
       const idStore = new IdentityStore({
         configManager: configManagerGen(),
         ethStore: {
@@ -168,20 +168,18 @@ describe('IdentityStore', function() {
       })
 
       const gas = '0x04ee59' // Actual estimated gas example
-      const tooBigOutput = '0x80674f9' // Actual bad output
       const bnGas = new BN(ethUtil.stripHexPrefix(gas), 16)
-      const correctBuffer = new BN('100000', 10)
+      const five = new BN('5', 10)
+      const correctBuffer = bnGas.div(five)
       const correct = bnGas.add(correctBuffer)
 
-      const tooBig = new BN(tooBigOutput, 16)
       const result = idStore.addGasBuffer(gas)
       const bnResult = new BN(ethUtil.stripHexPrefix(result), 16)
 
       assert.equal(result.indexOf('0x'), 0, 'included hex prefix')
       assert(bnResult.gt(bnGas), 'Estimate increased in value.')
-      assert.equal(bnResult.sub(bnGas).toString(10), '100000', 'added 100k gas')
+      assert.equal(bnResult.sub(bnGas).toString(10), correctBuffer.toString(10), 'added 20% gas')
       assert.equal(result, '0x' + correct.toString(16), 'Added the right amount')
-      assert.notEqual(result, tooBigOutput, 'not that bad estimate')
     })
   })