Unable to get gas fees on metamask

[ishansathe]

Version of Hardhat

2.18.3

What happened?

Unable to get gas estimates or confirm transaction using metamask

I ran the npx hardhat node command
I connected metamask to the RPC provider of hardhat
While I was able to connect to the network seamlessly before, it gave me errors in between
After switching networks and back, the error went away. So I tried to test it out.
I tried sending the fake ETH to one of the test addresses. However, the gas fees are not shown on metamask. Also, on the terminal where I started the node, it showed me a red marked message 'eth_estimateGas'
Below it was a hint that brought me here

Here are the screenshots
This is me attempting to send the ether

This is the message I see on terminal

Minimal reproduction steps

Run npx hardhat node
Connect Metamask to your local hardhat node
Then try sending ether from 1 address to another

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[ishansathe]

Furthermore, I noticed that even though we cannot calculate the gas fees, It is possible to enter a value more than what is available in the account. For example :

And when we click on 'Next'

We are forced to reject.
While it is reasonable for that to happen. It is just another bug that I noticed (and is related to the issue I posted earlier)

[fvictorio]

@ishansathe is it possible that this is a duplicate of #3474?