Replace connect() with create()

packages/example-project/package.json

@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
   "devDependencies": {
     "@tsconfig/node22": "^22.0.2",
     "@types/node": "^22.11.0",
-    "hardhat": "^3.0.11",
+    "hardhat": "^3.4.0",
     "hardhat-my-plugin": "workspace:*",
     "typescript": "~5.8.0",
     "forge-std": "github:foundry-rs/forge-std#v1.9.4"

packages/example-project/scripts/example-script.ts

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import { network } from "hardhat";
 
 console.log("Running example script");
-const { provider } = await network.connect();
+const { provider } = await network.create();
 
 const accounts = await provider.send("eth_accounts", []);
 

packages/plugin/eslint.config.js

@@ -4,16 +4,14 @@ import eslint from "@eslint/js";
 import { defineConfig } from "eslint/config";
 import tseslint from "typescript-eslint";
 import * as importPlugin from "eslint-plugin-import";
-import path from "node:path";
 
 export default defineConfig(
   {
     languageOptions: {
       ecmaVersion: 2022,
       parser: tseslint.parser,
       parserOptions: {
-        project: path.join(import.meta.dirname, "tsconfig.json"),
-        tsconfigRootDir: path.join(import.meta.dirname, "tsconfig.json"),
+        tsconfigRootDir: import.meta.dirname,
         projectService: true,
       },
     },

packages/plugin/package.json

@@ -39,21 +39,21 @@
   ],
   "devDependencies": {
     "@eslint/js": "^9.35.0",
-    "@nomicfoundation/hardhat-node-test-reporter": "^3.0.0",
+    "@nomicfoundation/hardhat-node-test-reporter": "^3.0.4",
     "@tsconfig/node22": "^22.0.2",
     "@types/node": "^22.11.0",
     "c8": "^9.1.0",
     "eslint": "^9.35.0",
     "eslint-import-resolver-typescript": "^4.4.4",
     "eslint-plugin-import": "^2.32.0",
-    "hardhat": "^3.0.11",
+    "hardhat": "^3.3.0",
     "prettier": "3.6.2",
     "rimraf": "^5.0.5",
     "tsx": "^4.19.3",
     "typescript": "~5.8.0",
     "typescript-eslint": "^8.43.0"
   },
   "peerDependencies": {
-    "hardhat": "^3.0.11"
+    "hardhat": "^3.4.0"
   }
 }

packages/plugin/test/example-tests.ts

@@ -19,10 +19,10 @@ describe("MyPlugin tests", () => {
       );
 
       // You can use any feature of Hardhat to build your tests, for example,
-      // running the task and connecting to a new edr-simulated network
+      // running the task and creating a new edr-simulated network connection
       await myTask.run();
 
-      const conn = await hre.network.connect();
+      const conn = await hre.network.create();
       assert.equal(
         await conn.provider.request({ method: "eth_blockNumber" }),
         "0x0",