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web3.eth.accounts.decrypt() Error #2996

@BruceChar

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@BruceChar

System: windows 10
IDE: pycharm 2018

I just create an account with web3.eth.accounts.create() with infura ropsten network.
I want to decrypt the account ,but throw an error

encrypted key with test password '123':
{ address: '0x92c9A367a26D921a98D0B6341317a7657F4E6409', privateKey: '0xea7e35ffc8d3ad3d5870657f16ee9a3421f3f9f28b2266c174061a36f62258ad', signTransaction: [Function: signTransaction], sign: [Function: sign], encrypt: [Function: encrypt] } { version: 3, id: '0d698dba-21e1-435b-a315-b3d0c155a2f9', address: '92c9a367a26d921a98d0b6341317a7657f4e6409', crypto: { ciphertext: '3abe044db6e0f7260f2df060d9161b6a6c6d0664f8a99da060dbc188bd83c933', cipherparams: { iv: '699cef44278537277dd28b98032d9e5e' }, cipher: 'aes-128-ctr', kdf: 'scrypt', kdfparams: { dklen: 32, salt: '7385c823843df73a7f92c310c638e0b1d6c224aa3911cacaa30637584b6815b9', n: 8192, r: 8, p: 1 }, mac: 'f762058d38e2e984094c85450467a89b333db2ce52e2221fc8bb63046a7ea0b9' } }

then I call decrypt function, the actual-expected result show fowlling.
But the function privateKeyToAccount is run well.

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  • web3.js: 1.2.0
  • nodejs: 10.16
  • browser: chrom
  • ethereum node: ropsten

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