erc_4626.vault_protocol.gearbox.vault

Documentation for eth_defi.erc_4626.vault_protocol.gearbox.vault Python module.

Gearbox Protocol vault support.

Gearbox Protocol is a composable leverage protocol that provides lending pools compatible with ERC-4626. The PoolV3 contract manages liquidity deposits from passive lenders and borrowing by credit accounts.

Fee structure:

  • Withdrawal fee: 0% for passive lenders

  • APY spread: ~50% between borrower rate and lender rate goes to DAO

  • For passive lenders, fees are internalised in the share price

Example vault contracts:

Classes

GearboxVault

Gearbox Protocol PoolV3 vault.

GearboxVaultHistoricalReader

Read Gearbox vault core data + utilisation metrics.
class GearboxVault

Bases: eth_defi.erc_4626.vault.ERC4626Vault

Gearbox Protocol PoolV3 vault.

Gearbox pools allow passive liquidity providers to deposit assets and earn yield from borrowers (credit accounts) who pay interest on borrowed funds.

Key features:

Parameters

  • web3 – Connection we bind this instance to

  • spec – Chain, address tuple

  • token_cache –

    Cache used with fetch_erc20_details() to avoid multiple calls to the same token.

    Reduces the number of RPC calls when scanning multiple vaults.

  • features – Pass vault feature flags along, externally detected.

  • default_block_identifier –

    Override block identifier for on-chain metadata reads.

    When None, use get_safe_cached_latest_block_number() (the default, safe for broken RPCs). Set to "latest" for freshly deployed vaults whose contracts do not exist at the safe-cached block.

  • require_denomination_token – If True, accessing denomination_token will raise RuntimeError when the on-chain lookup returns None.

__init__(web3, spec, token_cache=None, features=None, default_block_identifier=None, require_denomination_token=False)
Parameters

  • web3 (web3.main.Web3) – Connection we bind this instance to

  • spec (eth_defi.vault.base.VaultSpec) – Chain, address tuple

  • token_cache (Optional[dict]) –

    Cache used with fetch_erc20_details() to avoid multiple calls to the same token.

    Reduces the number of RPC calls when scanning multiple vaults.

  • features (Optional[set[eth_defi.erc_4626.core.ERC4626Feature]]) – Pass vault feature flags along, externally detected.

  • default_block_identifier (Optional[Union[Literal['latest', 'earliest', 'pending', 'safe', 'finalized'], eth_typing.evm.BlockNumber, eth_typing.evm.Hash32, eth_typing.encoding.HexStr, hexbytes.main.HexBytes, int]]) –

    Override block identifier for on-chain metadata reads.

    When None, use get_safe_cached_latest_block_number() (the default, safe for broken RPCs). Set to "latest" for freshly deployed vaults whose contracts do not exist at the safe-cached block.

  • require_denomination_token (bool) – If True, accessing denomination_token will raise RuntimeError when the on-chain lookup returns None.

property address: eth_typing.evm.HexAddress

Get the vault smart contract address.

can_check_deposit()

Check if maxDeposit(address(0)) can be used to check global deposit availability.

Most ERC-4626 vaults implement maxDeposit in a way that returns meaningful values when called with address(0):

  • Returns 0 when deposits are globally closed/capped

  • Returns a positive value indicating maximum deposit allowed

Override to return False in subclasses where maxDeposit(address(0)) doesn’t provide meaningful global availability information.

Returns

True if maxDeposit(address(0)) returns meaningful values for global deposit availability checking.

Return type

bool

can_check_redeem()

Gearbox does NOT support address(0) checks for redemption availability.

maxRedeem(address(0)) always returns 0 because the implementation uses min(balanceOf(owner), convertToShares(availableLiquidity())) and balanceOf(address(0)) is always 0.

Return type

bool

property chain_id: int

Chain this vault is on

property denomination_token: Optional[eth_defi.token.TokenDetails]

Get the token which denominates the vault valuation

  • Used in deposits and redemptions

  • Used in NAV calculation

  • Used in profit benchmarks

  • Usually USDC

Returns

Token wrapper instance.

Maybe None for broken vaults like https://arbiscan.io/address/0x9d0fbc852deccb7dcdd6cb224fa7561efda74411#code

Note

None results are not cached — the next access will retry the on-chain call. This avoids permanently caching a transient RPC failure.

property deposit_manager: eth_defi.vault.deposit_redeem.VaultDepositManager

Deposit manager assocaited with this vault

property description: Optional[str]

Human-readable vault strategy description.

  • Fetched from protocol-specific offchain sources (e.g. Euler GitHub labels, Lagoon web app API)

  • Returns None if the protocol does not provide descriptions or the vault is not in the metadata source

  • Override in subclasses that support offchain metadata

property erc_7540: bool

Is this ERC-7540 vault with asynchronous deposits.

  • For example previewDeposit() function and other functions will revert

fetch_available_liquidity(block_identifier='latest')

Get the amount of denomination token available for immediate withdrawal.

Uses Gearbox’s availableLiquidity() function which returns the amount of underlying tokens not currently lent to credit accounts.

Parameters

block_identifier (Union[Literal['latest', 'earliest', 'pending', 'safe', 'finalized'], eth_typing.evm.BlockNumber, eth_typing.evm.Hash32, eth_typing.encoding.HexStr, int]) – Block to query. Defaults to “latest”.

Returns

Amount in denomination token units (human-readable Decimal).

Return type

Optional[decimal.Decimal]

fetch_denomination_token()

Read denomination token from onchain.

Use denomination_token() for cached access.

Return type

Optional[eth_defi.token.TokenDetails]

fetch_denomination_token_address()

Get the asset() denomination token address of this vault.

Results are disk-cached per (chain_id, vault_address) via eth_defi.erc_4626.vault_token when the vault was constructed with a eth_defi.token.TokenDiskCache and no pinned default_block_identifier. The denomination token is immutable post-deployment, so the cached value is correct regardless of which block the caller would have asked for.

Only a definitive non-null answer is persisted. The None path taken on revert / broken contract is never cached, matching the behaviour of eth_defi.vault.base.VaultBase.denomination_token() which explicitly avoids memoising None so transient failures can be retried.

To disable the cache, pass token_cache=None (or any non- TokenDiskCache dict) when constructing the vault, or construct with a pinned default_block_identifier.

Returns

Denomination token address, or None if the vault contract is broken and did not return a valid address.

Return type

Optional[eth_typing.evm.HexAddress]

fetch_deposit_closed_reason()

Check if deposits are closed.

Gearbox pools can be paused by governance. Deposits are generally always open unless paused.

Note: We don’t use maxDeposit(address(0)) because Gearbox’s implementation checks owner balance, making it unsuitable as a global availability check.

Return type

Optional[str]

fetch_deposit_next_open()

Get when deposits will next be open.

  • For epoch-based vaults (Ostium, D2), return calculated window open time

  • For non-epoch vaults (Plutus, IPOR, Morpho), return None

  • Override in protocol-specific subclasses

Returns

Naive UTC datetime when deposits will next be available, or None if:

  • Deposits are currently open

  • Timing is unpredictable (manually controlled)

  • Protocol does not support timing information

Return type

Optional[datetime.datetime]

fetch_info()

Use info() property for cached access.

Returns

See LagoonVaultInfo

Return type

eth_defi.erc_4626.vault.ERC4626VaultInfo

fetch_nav(block_identifier=None)

Fetch the most recent onchain NAV value.

  • In the case of Lagoon, this is the last value written in the contract with updateNewTotalAssets() and ` settleDeposit()`

  • TODO: updateNewTotalAssets() there is no way to read pending asset update on chain

Returns

Vault NAV, denominated in denomination_token()

Return type

decimal.Decimal

fetch_portfolio(universe, block_identifier=None, allow_fallback=True)

Read the current token balances of a vault.

  • SHould be supported by all implementations

Parameters
Return type

eth_defi.vault.base.VaultPortfolio

fetch_redemption_closed_reason()

Check if redemptions are closed due to paused state or no liquidity.

Gearbox pools may have limited withdrawal liquidity when utilisation is high. All deposited funds could be lent to credit accounts, leaving no liquidity for immediate redemptions.

Note: We don’t use maxRedeem(address(0)) because Gearbox’s implementation is: Math.min(balanceOf(owner), convertToShares(availableLiquidity())). Since balanceOf(address(0)) is always 0, maxRedeem(address(0)) always returns 0 regardless of actual available liquidity.

Return type

Optional[str]

fetch_redemption_next_open()

Get when withdrawals/redemptions will next be open.

  • For epoch-based vaults (Ostium, D2), return calculated window open time

  • For non-epoch vaults (Plutus, IPOR, Morpho), return None

  • Override in protocol-specific subclasses

Returns

Naive UTC datetime when withdrawals will next be available, or None if:

  • Withdrawals are currently open

  • Timing is unpredictable (manually controlled)

  • Protocol does not support timing information

Return type

Optional[datetime.datetime]

fetch_share_price(block_identifier)

Get the current share price.

Returns

The share price in underlying token.

If supply is zero return zero.

Parameters

block_identifier (Union[Literal['latest', 'earliest', 'pending', 'safe', 'finalized'], eth_typing.evm.BlockNumber, eth_typing.evm.Hash32, eth_typing.encoding.HexStr, hexbytes.main.HexBytes, int]) –

Return type

decimal.Decimal

fetch_share_token()

Read share token details onchain.

Use share_token() for cached access.

Return type

eth_defi.token.TokenDetails

fetch_share_token_address(block_identifier='latest')

Get share token of this vault.

  • Vault itself (ERC-4626)

  • share() accessor (ERC-7575)

Results are disk-cached per (chain_id, vault_address) via eth_defi.erc_4626.vault_token when the vault was constructed with a eth_defi.token.TokenDiskCache. Under normal circumstances the block_identifier argument is effectively ignored on cache hits — ERC-4626 share tokens are immutable post-deployment, so the cached value is correct regardless of which block the caller asked for.

Only a definitive answer from the chain is ever persisted: a successful call, or a revert matching KNOWN_SHARE_TOKEN_ERROR_MESSAGES (which positively classifies the contract as non-ERC-7575). Transient RPC failures (ProbablyNodeHasNoBlock, HTTP 502) fall back to self.vault_address but are not written to the cache, so a flaky node cannot poison a real ERC-7575 vault’s entry.

To disable the cache, pass token_cache=None (or any non- TokenDiskCache dict) when constructing the vault, or construct with a pinned default_block_identifier to force the uncached historical-read path on every call.

Parameters

block_identifier (Union[Literal['latest', 'earliest', 'pending', 'safe', 'finalized'], eth_typing.evm.BlockNumber, eth_typing.evm.Hash32, eth_typing.encoding.HexStr, hexbytes.main.HexBytes, int]) – Block to query. Cache is only consulted/written when the caller passes the default "latest" and the vault instance has no pinned default_block_identifier.

Return type

eth_typing.evm.HexAddress

fetch_total_assets(block_identifier)

What is the total NAV of the vault.

Example:

assert vault.denomination_token.symbol == "USDC"
assert vault.share_token.symbol == "ipUSDCfusion"
assert vault.fetch_total_assets(block_identifier=test_block_number) == Decimal("1437072.77357")
assert vault.fetch_total_supply(block_identifier=test_block_number) == Decimal("1390401.22652875")
Parameters

block_identifier (Union[Literal['latest', 'earliest', 'pending', 'safe', 'finalized'], eth_typing.evm.BlockNumber, eth_typing.evm.Hash32, eth_typing.encoding.HexStr, hexbytes.main.HexBytes, int]) –

Block number to read.

Use web3.eth.block_number for the last block.

Returns

The vault value in underlyinh token

Return type

Optional[decimal.Decimal]

fetch_total_supply(block_identifier)

What is the current outstanding shares.

Example:

Parameters

block_identifier (Union[Literal['latest', 'earliest', 'pending', 'safe', 'finalized'], eth_typing.evm.BlockNumber, eth_typing.evm.Hash32, eth_typing.encoding.HexStr, hexbytes.main.HexBytes, int]) –

Block number to read.

Use web3.eth.block_number for the last block.

Returns

The vault value in underlyinh token

Return type

decimal.Decimal

fetch_utilisation_percent(block_identifier='latest')

Get the percentage of assets currently lent out.

Utilisation = totalBorrowed / (totalBorrowed + availableLiquidity)

Parameters

block_identifier (Union[Literal['latest', 'earliest', 'pending', 'safe', 'finalized'], eth_typing.evm.BlockNumber, eth_typing.evm.Hash32, eth_typing.encoding.HexStr, int]) – Block to query. Defaults to “latest”.

Returns

Utilisation as float between 0.0 and 1.0 (0% to 100%).

Return type

Optional[float]

fetch_vault_info()

Get all information we can extract from the vault smart contracts.

Return type

eth_defi.erc_4626.vault.ERC4626VaultInfo

property flow_manager: eth_defi.vault.base.VaultFlowManager

Flow manager associated with this vault

get_deposit_fee(block_identifier)

Deposit fee is set to zero by default as vaults usually do not have deposit fees.

Internal: Use get_fee_data().

Parameters

block_identifier (Union[Literal['latest', 'earliest', 'pending', 'safe', 'finalized'], eth_typing.evm.BlockNumber, eth_typing.evm.Hash32, eth_typing.encoding.HexStr, int]) –

Return type

Optional[float]

get_deposit_manager()

Get deposit manager to deposit/redeem from the vault.

Return type

eth_defi.erc_4626.deposit_redeem.ERC4626DepositManager

get_estimated_lock_up()

Gearbox pools have no lock-up for passive lenders.

Return type

Optional[datetime.timedelta]

get_fee_data()

Get fee data structure for this vault.

Raises

ValueError – In the case of broken or unimplemented fee reading methods in the smart contract

Return type

eth_defi.vault.fee.FeeData

get_fee_mode()

Get how this vault accounts its fees.

Return type

Optional[eth_defi.vault.fee.VaultFeeMode]

get_flags()

Get various vault state flags from the smart contract.

Returns

Flag set.

Do not modify in place.

Return type

set[eth_defi.vault.flag.VaultFlag]

get_flow_manager()

Get flow manager to read indiviaul settle events.

Return type

eth_defi.vault.base.VaultFlowManager

get_historical_reader(stateful)

Get Gearbox-specific historical reader with utilisation metrics.

Parameters

stateful (bool) –

Return type

eth_defi.vault.base.VaultHistoricalReader

Get link to the Gearbox app.

Parameters

referral (Optional[str]) –

Return type

str

get_management_fee(block_identifier)

No management fee for passive lenders.

Parameters

block_identifier (Union[Literal['latest', 'earliest', 'pending', 'safe', 'finalized'], eth_typing.evm.BlockNumber, eth_typing.evm.Hash32, eth_typing.encoding.HexStr, int]) –

Return type

Optional[float]

get_notes()

Get a human readable message if we know somethign special is going on with this vault.

Return type

Optional[str]

get_performance_fee(block_identifier)

No performance fee for passive lenders (fees internalised in share price).

Parameters

block_identifier (Union[Literal['latest', 'earliest', 'pending', 'safe', 'finalized'], eth_typing.evm.BlockNumber, eth_typing.evm.Hash32, eth_typing.encoding.HexStr, int]) –

Return type

Optional[float]

get_protocol_name()

Return the name of the vault protocol.

Return type

str

get_risk()

Get risk profile of this vault.

Return type

Optional[eth_defi.vault.risk.VaultTechnicalRisk]

get_withdraw_fee(block_identifier)

Withdraw fee is set to zero by default as vaults usually do not have withdraw fees.

Internal: Use get_fee_data().

Parameters

block_identifier (Union[Literal['latest', 'earliest', 'pending', 'safe', 'finalized'], eth_typing.evm.BlockNumber, eth_typing.evm.Hash32, eth_typing.encoding.HexStr, int]) –

Return type

float

has_block_range_event_support()

Does this vault support block range-based event queries for deposits and redemptions.

  • If not we use chain balance polling-based approach

has_custom_fees()

Gearbox pools have no custom deposit/withdrawal fees for passive lenders.

Return type

bool

has_deposit_distribution_to_all_positions()

Deposits go automatically to all open positions.

  • Deposits do not land into the vault as cash

  • Instead, smart contracts automatically increase all open positions

  • The behaviour of Velvet Capital

property info: eth_defi.vault.base.VaultInfo

Get info dictionary related to this vault deployment.

  • Get cached data on the various vault parameters

Returns

Vault protocol specific information dictionary

is_valid()

Check if this vault is valid.

  • Call a known smart contract function to verify the function exists

Return type

bool

property name: str

Vault name.

property share_token: eth_defi.token.TokenDetails

ERC-20 that presents vault shares.

  • User gets shares on deposit and burns them on redemption

property short_description: Optional[str]

One-liner vault summary.

  • Shorter version of description() suitable for listings and tables

  • Returns None if not available

  • Override in subclasses that support offchain metadata

property symbol: str

Vault share token symbol

property underlying_token: eth_defi.token.TokenDetails

Alias for denomination_token()

property vault_contract: web3.contract.contract.Contract

Get vault deployment.

class GearboxVaultHistoricalReader

Bases: eth_defi.erc_4626.vault.ERC4626HistoricalReader

Read Gearbox vault core data + utilisation metrics.

__init__(vault, stateful)
Parameters
construct_core_erc_4626_multicall()

Polling endpoints defined in ERC-4626 spec.

  • Does not include fee calls which do not have standard

Return type

Iterable[eth_defi.event_reader.multicall_batcher.EncodedCall]

construct_multicalls()

Get the onchain calls that are needed to read the share price.

Return type

Iterable[eth_defi.event_reader.multicall_batcher.EncodedCall]

construct_utilisation_calls()

Add Gearbox-specific utilisation calls.

Return type

Iterable[eth_defi.event_reader.multicall_batcher.EncodedCall]

dictify_multicall_results(block_number, call_results, allow_failure=True)

Convert batch of multicalls made for this vault to more digestible dict.

  • Assert that all multicalls succeed

Returns

Dictionary where each multicall is keyed by its EncodedCall.extra_data["function"]

Parameters
Return type

dict[str, eth_defi.event_reader.multicall_batcher.EncodedCallResult]

get_warmup_calls()

Yield warmup calls for Gearbox vaults.

Includes base ERC-4626 calls plus Gearbox-specific utilisation calls.

Return type

Iterable[tuple[str, callable, any]]

process_core_erc_4626_result(call_by_name)

Decode common ERC-4626 calls.

Parameters

call_by_name (dict[str, eth_defi.event_reader.multicall_batcher.EncodedCallResult]) –

Return type

tuple

process_result(block_number, timestamp, call_results)

Process the result of mult

  • Calls are created in construct_multicalls()

  • This method combines result of this calls to a easy to manage historical record VaultHistoricalRead

Parameters
Return type

eth_defi.vault.base.VaultHistoricalRead

process_utilisation_result(call_by_name)

Decode Gearbox utilisation data.

Utilisation = totalBorrowed / (totalBorrowed + availableLiquidity)

Parameters

call_by_name (dict[str, eth_defi.event_reader.multicall_batcher.EncodedCallResult]) –

Return type

tuple[decimal.Decimal | None, float | None]

should_skip_call(function_name)

Check if a specific function call should be skipped.

Uses the reader state’s call_status map if available.

Parameters

function_name (str) – The function name to check

Returns

True if the call should be skipped

Return type

bool