stateDiff in trace shows zero entry

[mcdee]

Describe the bug

Running trace_replayBlockTransactions on blocks I regularly see what looks like a zero entry in the state diff. For example, for transaction 0x19dc9c21232699a274849fac7443be6de819755a07b7175a21d337e223070709 on sepolia I see the following

    {
      "output": "0x",
      "stateDiff": {
        "0x15dd773dad3f630773a0e771e9b221f4c8b9b939": {
          "balance": {
            "+": "0x0"
          },
          "code": {
            "+": "0x"
          },
          "nonce": {
            "+": "0x0"
          },
          "storage": {}
        },
        "0x283b5b7d75e3e6b84b8e2161e8a468d733bbbe8d": {
          "balance": {
            "*": {
              "from": "0x328c0afdca728e08",
              "to": "0x328a1eb94ad20578"
            }
          },
          "code": "=",
          "nonce": {
            "*": {
              "from": "0xb96",
              "to": "0xb97"
            }
          },
          "storage": {}
        },
        "0xe276bc378a527a8792b353cdca5b5e53263dfb9e": {
          "balance": {
            "*": {
              "from": "0x5274355d48bb55f1e11a1c",
              "to": "0x5274355d48ce6f636b6a1c"
            }
          },
          "code": "=",
          "nonce": "=",
          "storage": {}
        }
      },
      "trace": [],
      "transactionHash": "0x19dc9c21232699a274849fac7443be6de819755a07b7175a21d337e223070709",
      "vmTrace": null
    },

The entry for 0x15dd773dad3f630773a0e771e9b221f4c8b9b939 shows no information, and from what I can see this address has never held a balance or storage. As such ,this entry appears to be erroneous. Checking on other nodes (besu, erigon) this entry does not show up.

Steps to reproduce

Run curl -s -H 'Content-type: application/json' --data '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","method":"trace_replayTransaction","params":["0x19dc9c21232699a274849fac7443be6de819755a07b7175a21d337e223070709",["stateDiff"]],"id":67}' http://localhost:8545 against a suitable reth node to see the output.

Node logs

No response

Platform(s)

Linux (x86)

What version/commit are you on?

reth Version: 0.2.0-beta.8
Commit SHA: c0e7440
Build Timestamp: 2024-06-03T18:16:52.375796153Z
Build Features: jemalloc
Build Profile: maxperf

What database version are you on?

Current database version: 2
Local database version: 2

Which chain / network are you on?

sepolia

What type of node are you running?

Archive (default)

What prune config do you use, if any?

No response

If you've built Reth from source, provide the full command you used

No response

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