{"record":{"id":"57ff893ec478e01b","repo":"tensorflow/models","slug":"unexpected-inputs-type-to-s","errorCode":null,"errorMessage":"Unexpected inputs type to %s.","messagePattern":"Unexpected inputs type to (.+?)\\.","errorType":"exception","errorClass":"ValueError","httpStatus":null,"severity":"error","filePath":"official/nlp/modeling/networks/bert_encoder.py","lineNumber":244,"sourceCode":"    else:\n      self.inputs = dict(\n          input_word_ids=tf_keras.Input(shape=(None,), dtype=tf.int32),\n          input_mask=tf_keras.Input(shape=(None,), dtype=tf.int32),\n          input_type_ids=tf_keras.Input(shape=(None,), dtype=tf.int32))\n\n  def call(self, inputs):\n    word_embeddings = None\n    if isinstance(inputs, dict):\n      word_ids = inputs.get('input_word_ids')\n      mask = inputs.get('input_mask')\n      type_ids = inputs.get('input_type_ids')\n      word_embeddings = inputs.get('input_word_embeddings', None)\n\n      dense_inputs = inputs.get('dense_inputs', None)\n      dense_mask = inputs.get('dense_mask', None)\n      dense_type_ids = inputs.get('dense_type_ids', None)\n    else:\n      raise ValueError('Unexpected inputs type to %s.' % self.__class__)\n\n    if word_embeddings is None:\n      word_embeddings = self._embedding_layer(word_ids)\n\n    if dense_inputs is not None:\n      mask = tf.concat([mask, dense_mask], axis=1)\n\n    embeddings = self._get_embeddings(word_ids, type_ids, word_embeddings,  # pyrefly: ignore[bad-argument-type]\n                                      dense_inputs, dense_type_ids)\n    embeddings = self._embedding_norm_layer(embeddings)\n    embeddings = self._embedding_dropout(embeddings)\n\n    if self._embedding_projection is not None:\n      embeddings = self._embedding_projection(embeddings)\n\n    attention_mask = self._attention_mask_layer(embeddings, mask)\n\n    encoder_outputs = []","sourceCodeStart":226,"sourceCodeEnd":262,"githubUrl":"https://github.com/tensorflow/models/blob/e006f5f0d534913e49c1f1dae87364039fa607e2/official/nlp/modeling/networks/bert_encoder.py#L226-L262","documentation":"Error \"Unexpected inputs type to %s.\" thrown in tensorflow/models.","triggerScenarios":"Thrown at official/nlp/modeling/networks/bert_encoder.py:244 when the library encounters an invalid state.","commonSituations":"See trigger scenarios.","solutions":[],"exampleFix":null,"handlingStrategy":null,"validationCode":null,"typeGuard":null,"tryCatchPattern":null,"preventionTips":[],"tags":[],"backgroundTag":null,"analyzedSha":"e006f5f0d534913e49c1f1dae87364039fa607e2","analyzedAt":"2026-08-24T14:09:15.576Z","schemaVersion":2},"datasetVersion":"2026-08-24T17:17:21.512Z"}