getOrCreateAssociatedTokenAccount() throws TokenAccountNotFoundError

Question

I am trying to figure out why createAssociatedAccount does not work. This is the code:

const SendTransaction = ({ children }) => {
const { connection } = useConnection();
const { publicKey, signTransaction } = useWallet();

const onSendSPLTransaction = useCallback(async () => {

try {
  if (!publicKey || !signTransaction) throw new WalletNotConnectedError();

  const toPublicKey = new PublicKey("string pubkey is here");
  
  const tokenPublicKey = new PublicKey("another is here");

  const fromTokenAccount = await getOrCreateAssociatedTokenAccount(
    connection,
    publicKey,
    tokenPublicKey,
    publicKey,
    signTransaction 
  );
  // this console.log confirms that getAccount went well
  console.log(fromTokenAccount.address.toBase58());
  
  // from here the code fails
  const toTokenAccount = await getOrCreateAssociatedTokenAccount(
    connection,
    publicKey,
    tokenPublicKey,
    toPublicKey,
    signTransaction 
  );
  ...
})  

When I run this function, I can observe that the fromTokenAccount part has no problems, and I can confirm that it gets the correct ATA Pubkey (confirmed in explorer). However, for some reason, I receive TokenAccountNotFoundError when the toTokenAccount runs...

Please, help me to understand what is going on --- I believe that I am doing something dumb here.

EDIT: When I change the payer from the one I got from useWallet() hook to the hardcoded Keypair, the whole function works. So, what am I missing here? Have any ideas?

Answer 1

Could be that your callback function is not updating when the wallet changes (e.g. when it connects).

More likely you need a payer and you have a pubkey instead. getOrCreateAssociatedTokenAccount expects a Keypair for the payer arg, you have a pubkey. You can modify the source code of getOrCreate to do the same thing:

let ixes: TransactionInstruction[] = [];
const ata = await getAssociatedTokenAddress(
    mint,
    owner,
    allowOwnerOffCurve,
    programId,
    associatedTokenProgramId
);
let ataAcc = await getAccount(connection, ata);
  if (!ataAcc) {
    ixes.push(
      createAssociatedTokenAccountInstruction(
        wallet.publicKey,
        ata,
        owner,
        tokenMint
      )
    );
  }
// Append this ix before whatever ix you are actually sending to send the create ATA ix as needed...
// e.g. tx.add(...ixes);

Answer 2

check if you're using the correct token mint

 // from here the code fails
  const toTokenAccount = await getOrCreateAssociatedTokenAccount(
    connection,
    publicKey,
    tokenPublicKey,// it should token mint
    toPublicKey,
    signTransaction 
  );
  

if tokenPublicKey is not the token mint, there would be a problem