getTransactionCount() of a contract address always return 1

Ethers Version

5.6.9

Search Terms

getTransactionCount

Describe the Problem

getTransactionCount() of a contract address always returns 1, which should return the transaction of that contract. For example, 0xE592427A0AEce92De3Edee1F18E0157C05861564 is a uniswap router, but getTransactionCount() of it returns 1.

Code Snippet

let nonce = await provider.getTransactionCount("0xE592427A0AEce92De3Edee1F18E0157C05861564")
    console.log(nonce);

Contract ABI

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Errors

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Environment

node.js (v12 or newer)

Environment (Other)

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