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basebalance.cloud — x402 RPC & MCP gateway MCP Server

USDC-gated Base JSON-RPC: free 10 req/min, $0.50 per 10k. Failover, cache, /mcp, ledger.

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A hosted endpoint at https://basebalance.cloud/mcp, over streamable-http. Nothing to install.

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "basebalance-cloud-x402-rpc-mcp-gateway": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://basebalance.cloud/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Reviewed GitHub reports

14 GitHub reports passed Pod's relevance review. This can include external user reports, maintainer-confirmed bugs, and concrete feature gaps. It is evidence to inspect, not a count of distinct defects. Showing 11.

Most discussed

CRITICAL BUG: Charged for VM creation, but sandbox is missing/inaccessible (refund or restore requested)

Critical issue encountered:

I hit a billing/provisioning mismatch and need help.

Account / wallet:

  • Wallet: 0x9d819d6030231fdEFe6888f748F3f27A19A8a8fc

Issue summary:

  • I topped up credits and created a new Small VM (1 vCPU, 512 MB).
  • I was charged $5, but the new sandbox is not usable and not listed.

Evidence:

  • Transaction ID: 2020998f-e2ed-4106-9c58-5502c9e9f80c
  • Type: vm_creation
  • Amount: -500 cents
  • Description: "VM creation: Small (1 vCPU, 512 MB)"
  • Timestamp:…

Read the thread · 2026-02-20 · open · external user · 9 comments

SIWE provisioning fails: POST /v1/auth/verify returns 500 Database error (fresh wallet)

Summary

Provisioning a Conway API key for a new automaton fails consistently. POST /v1/auth/verify returns 500 {"error":"Database error"} on every attempt over several hours (2026-07-17, ~13:40–14:36 UTC).

Steps to reproduce

  1. Fresh EVM wallet generated by the automaton runtime (v0.2.1, macOS, Node v24.14.0)
  2. POST https://api.conway.tech/v1/auth/nonce → 200, returns nonce (works fine)
  3. Build SIWE message exactly as in src/identity/provision.ts (domain conway.tech, uri…

Read the thread · 2026-07-17 · open · external user · 3 comments

SIWE provisioning fails with 500 Database error

SIWE provisioning fails with 500 Database error

Commit: 871c53e (v0.2.1) Chain: Base (8453)

Reproduction

  • Wallet generated successfully
  • "POST /v1/auth/nonce" → 200
  • SIWE message signed correctly
  • "POST /v1/auth/verify" → 500

Error

Provision failed: SIWE verification failed: 500 {"error":"Database error"}

Wallet

Automaton: "0x82aae527923dC22607472Dbf7De89f392304bF17"

Creator: "0xD8a4BA197b2e424656d23B638723683b9eDDeF14"

This reproduces consistently on a fresh Ubuntu 24.04 VPS.

Read the thread · 2026-08-27 · open · external user · 2 comments

Provision fails with SIWE verification: "Invalid or expired nonce" (401) on Windows v0.2.1

Environment

  • OS: Windows 11
  • Automaton Version: v0.2.1
  • Branch: main
  • Commit: 871c53e39b9180920c775759ddc38789699d69ea
  • Node.js: v22.23.0
  • pnpm: 10.28.1

Problem

I cannot provision a new Automaton agent.

Running:

node dist/index.js --provision

always returns:

Provision failed: SIWE verification failed: 401 {"error":"Invalid or expired nonce"}

What I've verified

  • Built successfully with pnpm install and pnpm -r build
  • `node dist/index.js…

Read the thread · 2026-07-27 · open · external user · 2 comments

SIWE provisioning fails with HTTP 500 Database error

Conway Terminal SIWE provisioning fails with HTTP 500 Database error.

Environment:

Diagnostics:

  • GET /health: HTTP 200
  • POST /v1/auth/nonce: HTTP 200
  • SIWE message generated successfully
  • Wallet address is valid and readable
  • POST /v1/auth/verify: HTTP 500
  • Server response: Database error

Request ID: 68a1aade-41cc-49b8-bd17-a6b2a0a0737b

The API key has not been created. No funds have been deposited or spent.…

Read the thread · 2026-08-20 · closed · external user · 1 comment

Most recent

Provisioning fails — SIWE endpoint not issuing nonce (401 Invalid or expired nonce)

Description Provisioning consistently fails with a SIWE 401 error. The backend appears to be not issuing a nonce at all, even when running with --debug.

This is not a client‑side issue — Windows time is synchronized, caches cleared, reinstall done, and no SIWE registry key exists. Debug mode returns no SIWE payload, indicating the backend rejects the session before nonce generation.

Error Code Provision failed: SIWE verification failed: 401 {"error":"Invalid or expired nonce"} Environment…

Read the thread · 2026-08-26 · open · external user · 0 comments

SIWE provisioning fails: /v1/auth/verify returns 500 Database error / 401 Invalid or expired nonce

--provision fails for all wallets: /v1/auth/verify returns 500 Database error (new address) or 401 Invalid or expired nonce (existing address).

Signature verification itself passes — a deliberately bad signature produces a different, earlier error (400 Verification failed), so the SIWE message and signing in src/identity/provision.ts are behaving correctly. The failure is downstream of signature checking.

Reproduction

Run automaton --provision with an EVM wallet.…

Read the thread · 2026-08-22 · open · external user · 0 comments

Windows: HOME env var defaults to /root causing invalid paths; SIWE provisioning fails with "Invalid or expired nonce" on --provision

Environment

  • OS: Windows 10/11 (win32, no sandbox)
  • Node version: v24.18.0
  • Automaton version: v0.2.1
  • Chain type: EVM (Base)

Bug 1: HOME environment variable defaults incorrectly on Windows

src/identity/wallet.ts resolves the automaton directory as:

const AUTOMATON_DIR = path.join(process.env.HOME || "/root", ".automaton");

On Windows, HOME is typically unset (Windows uses USERPROFILE instead), so this falls back to /root, which resolves to an invalid path like…

Read the thread · 2026-07-27 · open · external user · 0 comments

Same issue here — USDC on wallet, $0 credits, billing UI broken

Same issue here — USDC on wallet, $0 credits, billing UI broken

Setup:

  • Provisioned via npx conway-terminal --provision
  • Wallet: 0x7Fd15Aba131D5125A6f2Ac5302ce03239Fe83836
  • Transferred 48.85 USDC to wallet on Base network ✅
  • Converted $45 to Conway Credits via app.conway.tech ✅
  • Credits confirmed: $45.00 ✅

Problem:

  • sandboxId is empty string after setup wizard
  • Every action fails with: POST /v1/sandboxes//exec -> 404: 404 Not Found
  • Agent loop runs fine but immediately…

Read the thread · 2026-02-19 · open · external user · 0 comments

Port exposure returns 404 despite successful API response

Bug Report

Summary

sandbox_expose_port API returns a successful response with a public URL, but the URL returns 404. The reverse proxy does not appear to route traffic to the sandbox.

Steps to Reproduce

  1. Create a sandbox (Large tier, us-east)
  2. Start a server listening on port 8888 (confirmed with ss -tlnp, binding to *:8888)
  3. Expose the port via API:
POST /v1/sandboxes/:id/ports
{ "port": 8888 }
  1. API returns success:
{
  "port": 8888,
  "visibility":…

[Read the thread](https://github.com/Conway-Research/automaton/issues/90) · 2026-02-19 · open · external user · 0 comments

### Sandbox created but immediately inaccessible — requesting  refund

## Description

Created a Medium sandbox via MCP (`sandbox_create`), which returned a successful response with ID `128c218be42d8882baacab0d26e6d4ce`. However:

- `sandbox_exec` immediately returns `403: Sandbox not found or access denied`
- `sandbox_get` returns the same 403
- `sandbox_list` returns an empty array
- `sandbox_terminal_session` returns the same 403
- Terminal URL returns "Authentication required" and there's no way to obtain a session
- $8 was deducted from credits (balance went…

[Read the thread](https://github.com/Conway-Research/automaton/issues/53) · 2026-02-18 · closed · external user · 0 comments

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