I'm using Alchemy for an airdrop, but after completing airdrop, my confirmTransaction function is not working, which prevents below code from running

External question — Solana Stack Exchange Author: Rahul Bhati Original post: https://solana.stackexchange.com/questions/16170 License: CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/ Adaptation: HTML converted to plain text; contact email addresses removed. try { let signature = await connection.requestAirdrop( new PublicKey(publicKey), LAMPORTS_PER_SOL ); console.log("Airdrop complete"); await connection.confirmTransaction({ signature, }); // **code is not reaching here** const balance = await connection.getBalance(new PublicKey(publicKey)); const balanceInSOL = balance / LAMPORTS_PER_SOL; console.log(`Balance of wallet ${publicKey} is: ${balanceInSOL} SOL`); } catch (error) { console.error("An error occurred:", error); }

External answer — Solana Stack Exchange Author: Effe2 Original post: https://solana.stackexchange.com/a/16182 License: CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/ Adaptation: HTML converted to plain text; contact email addresses removed. confirmTransaction has recently been removed from RPCs on devnet. That's why it fails on the line connection.confirmTransaction()

External answer — Solana Stack Exchange Author: Jon C Original post: https://solana.stackexchange.com/a/16228 License: CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/ Adaptation: HTML converted to plain text; contact email addresses removed. This works on my side, so perhaps you've gone over the airdrop limit for that key -- it's typically limited to 1-2 SOL per day. Or you may be using finalized confirmation with your connection, which takes ~13 seconds to confirm, in which case you'll need to wait longer or change the confirmation level to confirmed .