From fabfdc8dbcadcf34ee19497f069a6dfdbd8e412d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: suyua9 <1521777066@qq.com>
Date: Wed, 20 May 2026 23:13:12 +0800
Subject: [PATCH] fix: expose AsyncIPCProvider on AsyncWeb3

---
 tests/core/providers/test_provider_init.py | 4 ++++
 web3/main.py                               | 2 ++
 2 files changed, 6 insertions(+)

diff --git a/tests/core/providers/test_provider_init.py b/tests/core/providers/test_provider_init.py
index a183e7ece2..2fda23972c 100644
--- a/tests/core/providers/test_provider_init.py
+++ b/tests/core/providers/test_provider_init.py
@@ -55,3 +55,7 @@ def test_init_web3_with_async_provider(provider_class):
 def test_init_async_web3_with_sync_provider(provider_class):
     with pytest.raises(Web3ValidationError):
         AsyncWeb3(provider_class())
+
+
+def test_async_web3_exposes_async_ipc_provider():
+    assert AsyncWeb3.AsyncIPCProvider is AsyncIPCProvider
diff --git a/web3/main.py b/web3/main.py
index 1a124bb064..0f54165d1f 100644
--- a/web3/main.py
+++ b/web3/main.py
@@ -137,6 +137,7 @@
     WebSocketProvider,
 )
 from web3.providers.persistent import (
+    AsyncIPCProvider,
     PersistentConnection,
 )
 from web3.testing import (
@@ -461,6 +462,7 @@ class AsyncWeb3(BaseWeb3, Generic[AsyncProviderT]):
 
     # Providers
     AsyncHTTPProvider = AsyncHTTPProvider
+    AsyncIPCProvider = AsyncIPCProvider
     WebSocketProvider = WebSocketProvider
     AsyncEthereumTesterProvider = AsyncEthereumTesterProvider