# Transaction Controller Transaction Controller is an aggregate of sub-controllers and trackers exposed to the MetaMask controller. - txStateManager responsible for the state of a transaction and storing the transaction - pendingTxTracker watching blocks for transactions to be include and emitting confirmed events - txGasUtil gas calculations and safety buffering - nonceTracker calculating nonces ## Flow diagram of processing a transaction ![transaction-flow](../../../../docs/transaction-flow.png) ## txMeta's & txParams A txMeta is the "meta" object it has all the random bits of info we need about a transaction on it. txParams are sacred every thing on txParams gets signed so it must be a valid key and be hex prefixed except for the network number. Extra stuff must go on the txMeta! Here is a txMeta too look at: ```js txMeta = { "id": 2828415030114568, // unique id for this txMeta used for look ups "time": 1524094064821, // time of creation "status": "confirmed", "metamaskNetworkId": "1524091532133", //the network id for the transaction "loadingDefaults": false, // used to tell the ui when we are done calculatyig gass defaults "txParams": { // the txParams object "from": "0x8acce2391c0d510a6c5e5d8f819a678f79b7e675", "to": "0x8acce2391c0d510a6c5e5d8f819a678f79b7e675", "value": "0x0", "gasPrice": "0x3b9aca00", "gas": "0x7b0c", "nonce": "0x0" }, "history": [ { // debug information "id": 2828415030114568, "time": 1524094064821, "status": "unapproved", "metamaskNetworkId": "1524091532133", "loadingDefaults": true, "txParams": { "from": "0x8acce2391c0d510a6c5e5d8f819a678f79b7e675", "to": "0x8acce2391c0d510a6c5e5d8f819a678f79b7e675", "value": "0x0" } }, [{ "op": "add", "path": "/txParams/gasPrice", "value": "0x3b9aca00" }] ], // I've removed most of history for this "origin": "MetaMask", //debug "nonceDetails": { "params": { "highestLocallyConfirmed": 0, "highestSuggested": 0, "nextNetworkNonce": 0 }, "local": { "name": "local", "nonce": 0, "details": { "startPoint": 0, "highest": 0 } }, "network": { "name": "network", "nonce": 0, "details": { "baseCount": 0 } } }, "rawTx": "0xf86980843b9aca00827b0c948acce2391c0d510a6c5e5d8f819a678f79b7e67580808602c5b5de66eea05c01a320b96ac730cb210ca56d2cb71fa360e1fc2c21fa5cf333687d18eb323fa02ed05987a6e5fd0f2459fcff80710b76b83b296454ad9a37594a0ccb4643ea90", // used for rebroadcast "hash": "0xa45ba834b97c15e6ff4ed09badd04ecd5ce884b455eb60192cdc73bcc583972a", "submittedTime": 1524094077902 // time of the attempt to submit the raw tx to the network, used in the ui to show the retry button } ```