missing provider (operation="getTransactionCount") despite using version=6.13.4

[undrcollective]

Ethers Version

6.13.4

Search Terms

getNonce

Describe the Problem

I am using version=6.13.4 of ethers.js and when I call the getNonce() function it tells me I need to give a provider.
It was my understanding that if I supply the private key, I do not need to supply a provider considering this is running on a back-end server.
This is the code

    import { ethers } from "ethers";


    const wallet = new ethers.Wallet(process.env.PRIVATE_KEY!);
    const nonce = await wallet.getNonce();

and this is the errror:

Error: missing provider (operation="getTransactionCount", code=UNSUPPORTED_OPERATION, version=6.13.4)
at makeError (.../node_modules/ethers/src.ts/utils/errors.ts:694:21)
at assert (...//node_modules/ethers/src.ts/utils/errors.ts:715:25)
at checkProvider (.../node_modules/ethers/src.ts/providers/abstract-signer.ts:28:5)
at _Wallet.getNonce (.../node_modules/ethers/src.ts/providers/abstract-signer.ts:87:16)
at run (...myFunction.ts:37:34)

getTransactionCount is the old function from v5 that has been wrapped with getNonce I believe?

Should this just work with the private key or did my misunderstand the documentation

Code Snippet

import { ethers } from "ethers";


    const wallet = new ethers.Wallet(process.env.PRIVATE_KEY!);
    const nonce = await wallet.getNonce();

Contract ABI

No response

Errors

Error: missing provider (operation="getTransactionCount", code=UNSUPPORTED_OPERATION, version=6.13.4)
at makeError (.../node_modules/ethers/src.ts/utils/errors.ts:694:21)
at assert (...//node_modules/ethers/src.ts/utils/errors.ts:715:25)
at checkProvider (.../node_modules/ethers/src.ts/providers/abstract-signer.ts:28:5)
at _Wallet.getNonce (.../node_modules/ethers/src.ts/providers/abstract-signer.ts:87:16)
at run (...myFunction.ts:37:34)

Environment

node.js (v12 or newer)

Environment (Other)

No response

[undrcollective]

Ah it seems like this is not a real issue.
Re-reading the docs for v6, it is not possible to get a nonce without a provider.
Not a bug, just confusion between reading different doc versions