[Bug]: eth_getTransactionCount with a bad address gives "network does not support ENS" error

[shanejonas]

Describe the bug

When providing a bad address, eth_getTransactionCount errors with an error message about not supporting ENS.

Expected behavior

Ideally this should error with invalid address

Screenshots/Recordings

No response

Steps to reproduce

1. see test output here: https://output.circle-artifacts.com/output/job/bffd2656-2b53-48e0-b110-bc0437fd8100/artifacts/0/html-report/index.html#/details/46

Error messages or log output

request

{
  "id": 46,
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "method": "eth_getTransactionCount",
  "params": [
    "0x0Bc,e74408D1f8Cb8B67FED245,18f3aDAd00292",
    "pending"
  ]
}

response

{
  "id": 46,
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "error": {
    "code": -32603,
    "data": {
      "originalError": {
        "code": "UNSUPPORTED_OPERATION",
        "network": "unknown",
        "operation": "getResolver",
        "reason": "network does not support ENS"
      }
    },
    "message": "network does not support ENS (operation=\"getResolver\", network=\"unknown\", code=UNSUPPORTED_OPERATION, version=providers/5.7.2)"
  }
}

Version

sj/api-spec-tests

Build type

Other (please specify exactly where you obtained this build in "Additional Context" section)

Browser

Chrome

Operating system

MacOS

Hardware wallet

No response

Additional context

test build on sj/api-spec-tests

Severity

No response

[vandan]

Relates to: #14822
Didn't make the change mainly due to lack of procedures for dev outreach.