From ac324d62cd41aa45bf96165e576452e0ad28d0f2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Ayush Baluni <73417844+aayushbaluni@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Wed, 18 Mar 2026 20:04:43 +0530
Subject: [PATCH] fix: extract file path from IPC URL in Transport::new_ipc

---
 chain/ethereum/src/transport.rs | 10 +++++++++-
 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/chain/ethereum/src/transport.rs b/chain/ethereum/src/transport.rs
index 0929dda9d1c..ea5d63bc83b 100644
--- a/chain/ethereum/src/transport.rs
+++ b/chain/ethereum/src/transport.rs
@@ -42,9 +42,17 @@ pub enum Transport {
 
 impl Transport {
     /// Creates an IPC transport.
+    ///
+    /// Accepts both a raw file path (`/tmp/geth.ipc`) and an `ipc://` URL
+    /// (`ipc:///tmp/geth.ipc`). When a URL is provided the file path is
+    /// extracted so that the underlying IPC connector receives a plain path.
     #[cfg(unix)]
     pub async fn new_ipc(ipc: &str) -> Self {
-        let transport = IpcConnect::new(ipc.to_string());
+        let path = Url::parse(ipc)
+            .ok()
+            .map(|u| u.path().to_string())
+            .unwrap_or_else(|| ipc.to_string());
+        let transport = IpcConnect::new(path);
 
         Transport::IPC(transport)
     }