Unable to deploy card store dapp to the testnet

[ktomascz]

Describe the bug

When trying to deploy the card store dapp (installed from dapp-card-store template) to the testnet, the deploy freezes and chain (node) responds with error.

To Reproduce

1. agoric init --dapp-template dapp-card-store card-store
2. cd card-store
3. agoric install
4. agoric start --reset testnet 8000 https://devnet.agoric.net/network-config
5. !faucet client agoric1y6ss3wren9jnte5lz0sl2qamlrnnama43nen5r (in discord channel)
6. agoric deploy contract/deploy.js api/deploy.js

In running chain's shell:

2022-05-11T09:00:19.490Z chain-cosmos-sdk: Error: error unmarshalling: invalid character '<' looking for beginning of value

2022-05-11T09:00:19.490Z chain-cosmos-sdk: Error sending (SyntaxError#6)
SyntaxError#6: Unexpected end of JSON input

  at JSON.parse (<anonymous>)
  at sendFromMessagePool (packages/solo/src/chain-cosmos-sdk.js:690:28)
  at runMicrotasks (<anonymous>)
  at async recurseEachSend (packages/solo/src/chain-cosmos-sdk.js:786:5)

In deployment's shell:

➜  card-store git:(master) ✗ agoric deploy contract/deploy.js api/deploy.js
Open CapTP connection to ws://127.0.0.1:8000/private/captp...o
agoric: deploy: running /home/vscode/agoric-sdk/card-store/contract/deploy.js
agoric: deploy: Deploy script will run with Node.js ESM

App deployment is stuck, while chain's shell keep throwing above mentioned error repeteadly.
Seems like node is not responding correctly for some reason. Not sure if I am doing something wrong.

Expected behavior

Dapp (both contract and api deploy scripts) deploys with SUCCESS.

Platform Environment

Fedora 35
NodeJS v16.15.0
Agoric 0.15.1
Python 3.10.4
GO go1.18beta1 linux/amd64

Additional context

I was able to deploy this dapp successfully last week (first week of May).
Deploying within local-chain worked ok as well.

Based on discord discussion this may relate to: #5321

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[Tartuffo]

Thank you for working with the Agoric system, and reporting this issue!

You probably need more RUN tokens. Please get some from the faucet.

[ktomascz]

Does that mean I need to run the faucet request twice (several times)?
Can I even do so?

Please, refer to the reproduce steps.
Thank you.

[Tartuffo]

Please ask for help in https://discord.com/channels/585576150827532298/755164472397660313

[Tartuffo]

Appears to be user error.