set the provider only when it is initiated

apps/remix-ide-e2e/src/tests/transactionExecution.test.ts

@@ -213,7 +213,28 @@ module.exports = {
             'uint256 num': '24'
           }
         })
-      .end()
+  },
+
+  'Should switch to the mainnet VM fork and execute a tx to query ENS #group5': function (browser: NightwatchBrowser) {
+    let addressRef
+    browser
+      .addFile('mainnet_ens.sol', sources[7]['mainnet_ens.sol'])
+      .clickLaunchIcon('solidity')
+      .setSolidityCompilerVersion('soljson-v0.8.17+commit.8df45f5f.js')
+      .clickLaunchIcon('udapp')
+      .switchEnvironment('vm-mainnet-fork')
+      .waitForElementPresent('select[data-id="runTabSelectAccount"] option[value="0xdD870fA1b7C4700F2BD7f44238821C26f7392148"]') // wait for the udapp to load the list of accounts
+      .selectContract('MyResolver')
+      .createContract('')
+      .clickInstance(0)
+      .getAddressAtPosition(0, (address) => {
+        addressRef = address
+      })
+      .clickFunction('resolve - call')
+      .perform((done) => {
+        browser.verifyCallReturnValue(addressRef, ['0:address: 0xd8dA6BF26964aF9D7eEd9e03E53415D37aA96045'])
+          .perform(() => done())
+      })
   }
 }
 
@@ -431,5 +452,31 @@ contract C {
           }
       }`
     }
+  }, {
+    'mainnet_ens.sol': {
+      content:
+        `
+        import "https://github.com/ensdomains/ens-contracts/blob/master/contracts/utils/NameEncoder.sol";
+
+        abstract contract ENS {
+            function resolver(bytes32 node) public virtual view returns (Resolver);
+        }
+
+        abstract contract Resolver {
+            function addr(bytes32 node) public virtual view returns (address);
+        }
+
+        contract MyResolver {
+            // Same address for Mainet, Ropsten, Rinkerby, Gorli and other networks;
+            ENS ens = ENS(0x00000000000C2E074eC69A0dFb2997BA6C7d2e1e);
+
+            function resolve() public view returns(address) {
+                (,bytes32 node) = NameEncoder.dnsEncodeName("vitalik.eth");
+                Resolver resolver = ens.resolver(node);
+                return resolver.addr(node);
+            }
+        }
+        `      
+    }
   }
 ]

apps/remix-ide/src/blockchain/providers/vm.js

@@ -24,15 +24,13 @@ class VMProvider {
     this.worker = new Worker(new URL('./worker-vm', import.meta.url))
     const provider = this.executionContext.getProviderObject()
 
-    this.worker.postMessage({ cmd: 'init', fork: this.executionContext.getCurrentFork(), nodeUrl: provider?.options['nodeUrl'], blockNumber: provider?.options['blockNumber']})
-    
     let incr = 0
     const stamps = {}
     this.worker.addEventListener('message', (msg) => {
-      if (stamps[msg.data.stamp]) {
+      if (msg.data.cmd === 'sendAsyncResult' && stamps[msg.data.stamp]) {
         stamps[msg.data.stamp](msg.data.error, msg.data.result)
-      }
-    })
+      } else if (msg.data.cmd === 'initiateResult') {
+        if (!msg.data.error) {
           this.provider = {
             sendAsync: (query, callback) => {
               const stamp = Date.now() + incr
@@ -46,6 +44,11 @@ class VMProvider {
           this.accounts = {}
           this.executionContext.setWeb3(this.executionContext.getProvider(), this.web3)
         }
+      }
+    })
+
+    this.worker.postMessage({ cmd: 'init', fork: this.executionContext.getCurrentFork(), nodeUrl: provider?.options['nodeUrl'], blockNumber: provider?.options['blockNumber']})
+  }
 
   // TODO: is still here because of the plugin API
   // can be removed later when we update the API

apps/remix-ide/src/blockchain/providers/worker-vm.ts

@@ -7,7 +7,18 @@ self.onmessage = (e: MessageEvent) => {
     case 'init': 
     {
       provider = new Provider({ fork: data.fork, nodeUrl: data.nodeUrl, blockNumber: data.blockNumber })
-      if (provider) provider.init()
+      provider.init().then(() => {
+        self.postMessage({
+          cmd: 'initiateResult',
+          stamp: data.stamp
+        })
+      }).catch((error) => {
+        self.postMessage({
+          cmd: 'initiateResult',
+          error,
+          stamp: data.stamp
+        })
+      })
       break
     }
     case 'sendAsync':