I am getting the same error but with a strange behaviour.
I am able to successfully deploy the contracts when I provide --network parameter while running the deploy but if I try to provide setup a JsonRpcNetwork I am getting "Timed out waiting for implementation contract deployment to address"
e.g.
const arbSepoliaProvider = new ethers.JsonRpcProvider("https://sepolia-rollup.arbitrum.io/rpc");
I am able to deploy the Proxy but not the implementation with above custom JsonRpcProvider.
Exact Error:
Run the function again to continue waiting for the transaction confirmation. If the problem persists, adjust the polling parameters with the timeout and pollingInterval options.
at waitAndValidateDeployment (/Users/hbksagar/bhavish/novastro-contracts/node_modules/@openzeppelin/upgrades-core/src/deployment.ts:239:17)
at async fetchOrDeployGeneric (/Users/hbksagar/bhavish/novastro-contracts/node_modules/@openzeppelin/upgrades-core/src/impl-store.ts:86:5)
at async deployImpl (/Users/hbksagar/bhavish/novastro-contracts/node_modules/@openzeppelin/hardhat-upgrades/src/utils/deploy-impl.ts:109:22)
at async deployProxyImpl (/Users/hbksagar/bhavish/novastro-contracts/node_modules/@openzeppelin/hardhat-upgrades/src/utils/deploy-impl.ts:77:9)
at async Proxy.deployProxy (/Users/hbksagar/bhavish/novastro-contracts/node_modules/@openzeppelin/hardhat-upgrades/src/deploy-proxy.ts:48:28)
at async Object.func (/Users/hbksagar/bhavish/novastro-contracts/deploy/001_deployNovastroL2L3Contracts.ts:76:26)
at async DeploymentsManager.executeDeployScripts (/Users/hbksagar/bhavish/novastro-contracts/node_modules/hardhat-deploy/src/DeploymentsManager.ts:1212:22)
at async DeploymentsManager.runDeploy (/Users/hbksagar/bhavish/novastro-contracts/node_modules/hardhat-deploy/src/DeploymentsManager.ts:1061:5)
at async SimpleTaskDefinition.action (/Users/hbksagar/bhavish/novastro-contracts/node_modules/hardhat-deploy/src/index.ts:450:5)
at async Environment._runTaskDefinition (/Users/hbksagar/bhavish/novastro-contracts/node_modules/hardhat/src/internal/core/runtime-environment.ts:358:14)
at DeploymentsManager.executeDeployScripts (/Users/hbksagar/bhavish/novastro-contracts/node_modules/hardhat-deploy/src/DeploymentsManager.ts:1215:19)
at async DeploymentsManager.runDeploy (/Users/hbksagar/bhavish/novastro-contracts/node_modules/hardhat-deploy/src/DeploymentsManager.ts:1061:5)
at async SimpleTaskDefinition.action (/Users/hbksagar/bhavish/novastro-contracts/node_modules/hardhat-deploy/src/index.ts:450:5)
at async Environment._runTaskDefinition (/Users/hbksagar/bhavish/novastro-contracts/node_modules/hardhat/src/internal/core/runtime-environment.ts:358:14)
at async Environment.run (/Users/hbksagar/bhavish/novastro-contracts/node_modules/hardhat/src/internal/core/runtime-environment.ts:191:14)
at async SimpleTaskDefinition.action (/Users/hbksagar/bhavish/novastro-contracts/node_modules/hardhat-deploy/src/index.ts:601:32)
at async Environment._runTaskDefinition (/Users/hbksagar/bhavish/novastro-contracts/node_modules/hardhat/src/internal/core/runtime-environment.ts:358:14)
at async Environment.run (/Users/hbksagar/bhavish/novastro-contracts/node_modules/hardhat/src/internal/core/runtime-environment.ts:191:14)
at async SimpleTaskDefinition.action (/Users/hbksagar/bhavish/novastro-contracts/node_modules/hardhat-deploy/src/index.ts:690:5)
at async Environment._runTaskDefinition (/Users/hbksagar/bhavish/novastro-contracts/node_modules/hardhat/src/internal/core/runtime-environment.ts:358:14)