{"record":{"id":"7437d6cbdf0dd3b3","repo":"keras-team/keras","slug":"invalid-format-for-argument-axes-list-elements","errorCode":null,"errorMessage":"Invalid format for argument `axes`: list elements should be integers. Received: axes={axes}","messagePattern":"Invalid format for argument `axes`: list elements should be integers\\. Received: axes=(.+?)","errorType":"validation","errorClass":"ValueError","httpStatus":null,"severity":"error","filePath":"keras/src/layers/merging/dot.py","lineNumber":256,"sourceCode":"    Returns:\n        A tensor, the dot product of the samples from the inputs.\n    \"\"\"\n\n    def __init__(self, axes, normalize=False, **kwargs):\n        super().__init__(**kwargs)\n        if not isinstance(axes, int):\n            if not isinstance(axes, (list, tuple)):\n                raise TypeError(\n                    f\"Invalid type for argument `axes`: it should be \"\n                    f\"a list or an int. Received: axes={axes}\"\n                )\n            if len(axes) != 2:\n                raise ValueError(\n                    f\"Invalid format for argument `axes`: it should contain \"\n                    f\"two elements. Received: axes={axes}\"\n                )\n            if not isinstance(axes[0], int) or not isinstance(axes[1], int):\n                raise ValueError(\n                    f\"Invalid format for argument `axes`: list elements should \"\n                    f\"be integers. Received: axes={axes}\"\n                )\n        self.axes = axes\n        self.normalize = normalize\n        self.supports_masking = True\n        self._reshape_required = False\n\n    def build(self, input_shape):\n        # Used purely for shape validation.\n        if (\n            not isinstance(input_shape[0], (tuple, list))\n            or len(input_shape) != 2\n        ):\n            raise ValueError(\n                f\"A `Dot` layer should be called on a list of 2 inputs. \"\n                f\"Received: input_shape={input_shape}\"\n            )","sourceCodeStart":238,"sourceCodeEnd":274,"githubUrl":"https://github.com/keras-team/keras/blob/7a34a03db60bf60042242d6a556fc3be119046a5/keras/src/layers/merging/dot.py#L238-L274","documentation":"Error \"Invalid format for argument `axes`: list elements should be integers. Received: axes={axes}\" thrown in keras-team/keras.","triggerScenarios":"Thrown at keras/src/layers/merging/dot.py:256 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":"7a34a03db60bf60042242d6a556fc3be119046a5","analyzedAt":"2026-08-25T21:25:25.994Z","schemaVersion":2},"datasetVersion":"2026-08-26T02:17:13.382Z"}