keras-team/keras · error · ValueError

Invalid Functional model configuration. Missing node: {inbou

Error message

Invalid Functional model configuration. Missing node: {inbound_layer_name}

What it means

Error "Invalid Functional model configuration. Missing node: {inbound_layer_name}" thrown in keras-team/keras.

Source

Thrown at keras/src/models/functional.py:763

    if isinstance(node_data, list):
        # Legacy case.
        input_tensors = []
        for input_data in node_data:
            inbound_layer_name = input_data[0]
            inbound_node_index = input_data[1]
            inbound_tensor_index = input_data[2]
            if len(input_data) == 3:
                kwargs = {}
            elif len(input_data) == 4:
                kwargs = input_data[3]
            else:
                raise ValueError(
                    "Cannot deserialize the model (invalid config data?)"
                )

            if inbound_layer_name not in created_layers:
                raise ValueError(
                    "Invalid Functional model configuration. Missing node: "
                    f"{inbound_layer_name}"
                )
            inbound_layer = created_layers[inbound_layer_name]

            # Raise an error if the corresponding layer node
            # has not yet been created
            if len(inbound_layer._inbound_nodes) <= inbound_node_index:
                raise IndexError(
                    "Layer node index out of bounds.\n"
                    f"inbound_layer = {inbound_layer}\n"
                    "inbound_layer._inbound_nodes = "
                    f"{inbound_layer._inbound_nodes}\n"
                    f"inbound_node_index = {inbound_node_index}"
                )
            inbound_node = inbound_layer._inbound_nodes[inbound_node_index]
            input_tensors.append(
                inbound_node.output_tensors[inbound_tensor_index]

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When it happens

Trigger: Thrown at keras/src/models/functional.py:763 when the library encounters an invalid state.

Common situations: See trigger scenarios.

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