From eee2fd5c6e59297488da853ff03e5b13fd3812f7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: James Wilson <james@jsdw.me>
Date: Mon, 1 Dec 2025 17:10:42 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] subxt-historic: expose metadata at a given block (#2135)

---
 Cargo.lock             | 2 +-
 historic/CHANGELOG.md  | 4 ++++
 historic/Cargo.toml    | 2 +-
 historic/src/client.rs | 6 ++++++
 4 files changed, 12 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 354b785305..0adf1d877b 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -5739,7 +5739,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "subxt-historic"
-version = "0.0.5"
+version = "0.0.6"
 dependencies = [
  "frame-decode",
  "frame-metadata 23.0.0",
diff --git a/historic/CHANGELOG.md b/historic/CHANGELOG.md
index 5e878f5946..7ad06bc68a 100644
--- a/historic/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/historic/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -4,6 +4,10 @@ This is separate from the Subxt changelog as subxt-historic is currently releasa
 
 Eventually this project will merge with Subxt and no longer exist, but until then it's being maintained and updated where needed.
 
+## 0.0.6 (2025-12-01)
+
+- Add `.metadata()` on `ClientAtBlock` to expose the current metadata at some block.
+
 ## 0.0.5 (2025-11-21)
 
 - Rename some fields for consistency.
diff --git a/historic/Cargo.toml b/historic/Cargo.toml
index d0a93ca487..0785b18a41 100644
--- a/historic/Cargo.toml
+++ b/historic/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "subxt-historic"
-version = "0.0.5"
+version = "0.0.6"
 authors.workspace = true
 edition.workspace = true
 rust-version.workspace = true
diff --git a/historic/src/client.rs b/historic/src/client.rs
index 7555381605..b2fe9fb7d2 100644
--- a/historic/src/client.rs
+++ b/historic/src/client.rs
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ mod online_client;
 use crate::config::Config;
 use crate::extrinsics::ExtrinsicsClient;
 use crate::storage::StorageClient;
+use frame_metadata::RuntimeMetadata;
 use std::marker::PhantomData;
 
 // We keep these traits internal, so that we can mess with them later if needed,
@@ -44,4 +45,9 @@ where
     pub fn storage(&'_ self) -> StorageClient<'_, Client, T> {
         StorageClient::new(&self.client)
     }
+
+    /// Return the metadata in use at this block.
+    pub fn metadata(&self) -> &RuntimeMetadata {
+        self.client.metadata()
+    }
 }