2 files changed, 53 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/ui/app/helpers/tests/transactions.util.test.js b/ui/app/helpers/tests/transactions.util.test.js
index 103a84a8c..838522e35 100644
--- a/ui/app/helpers/tests/transactions.util.test.js
+++ b/ui/app/helpers/tests/transactions.util.test.js
@@ -19,4 +19,39 @@ describe('Transactions utils', () => {
       assert.doesNotThrow(() => utils.getTokenData())
     })
   })
+
+  describe('getStatusKey', () => {
+    it('should return the correct status', () => {
+      const tests = [
+        {
+          transaction: {
+            status: 'confirmed',
+            txReceipt: {
+              status: '0x0',
+            },
+          },
+          expected: 'failed',
+        },
+        {
+          transaction: {
+            status: 'confirmed',
+            txReceipt: {
+              status: '0x1',
+            },
+          },
+          expected: 'confirmed',
+        },
+        {
+          transaction: {
+            status: 'pending',
+          },
+          expected: 'pending',
+        },
+      ]
+
+      tests.forEach(({ transaction, expected }) => {
+        assert.equal(utils.getStatusKey(transaction), expected)
+      })
+    })
+  })
 })
diff --git a/ui/app/helpers/transactions.util.js b/ui/app/helpers/transactions.util.js
index f7d249e63..e50196196 100644
--- a/ui/app/helpers/transactions.util.js
+++ b/ui/app/helpers/transactions.util.js
@@ -126,3 +126,21 @@ export function sumHexes (...args) {
 
   return ethUtil.addHexPrefix(total)
 }
+
+/**
+ * Returns a status key for a transaction. Requires parsing the txMeta.txReceipt on top of
+ * txMeta.status because txMeta.status does not reflect on-chain errors.
+ * @param {Object} transaction - The txMeta object of a transaction.
+ * @param {Object} transaction.txReceipt - The transaction receipt.
+ * @returns {string}
+ */
+export function getStatusKey (transaction) {
+  const { txReceipt: { status } = {} } = transaction
+
+  // There was an on-chain failure
+  if (status === '0x0') {
+    return 'failed'
+  }
+
+  return transaction.status
+}