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AssertionError: Internal error: unresolved placeholder type #19078

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@MaxG87

Description

@MaxG87

Bug Report

Running mypy on a small file using the pydantic plugin causes mypy to crash. I am reporting this bug because the error message requests it.

The short error message is:

mwe.py:10: error: INTERNAL ERROR -- Please try using mypy master on GitHub:
https://mypy.readthedocs.io/en/stable/common_issues.html#using-a-development-mypy-build
If this issue continues with mypy master, please report a bug at https://github.com/python/mypy/issues
version: 1.16.0+dev.1a2dccf1ef10b392f86226f6d72929ac6e03908d
mwe.py:10: : note: please use --show-traceback to print a traceback when reporting a bug

I am aware of #16809, but I don't consider my ticket to be a duplicate. Firstly, that issue was reported almost a year ago and was resolved with a Pydantic update. As I am using the latest version of Pydantic, I believe that I am already using the fix. Secondly, the ticket mentions that the presence of _DeferAnalysis in the traceback indicates an issue with a plugin. In my case, however, this token does not appear in the traceback.

To Reproduce

The python file:

from pydantic import BaseModel, ConfigDict, RootModel

type Models = "SomeModel"


class SomeModel(BaseModel):
    name: str


class SomeRootModel(RootModel[list["Models"]]):
    pass

The pyproject.toml file:

[tool.mypy]
plugins = [
    "pydantic.mypy"
]

Expected Behavior

Type checking should pass or point out a type related error. In this case, I think it should pass. In any case, a tool should not report that its behaviour indicates a bug.

Actual Behavior

mwe.py:10: error: INTERNAL ERROR -- Please try using mypy master on GitHub:
https://mypy.readthedocs.io/en/stable/common_issues.html#using-a-development-mypy-build
Please report a bug at https://github.com/python/mypy/issues
version: 1.16.0+dev.1a2dccf1ef10b392f86226f6d72929ac6e03908d
mwe.py:10: : note: use --pdb to drop into pdb
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/tmp/mypy/.venv/bin/mypy", line 8, in <module>
    sys.exit(console_entry())
  File "/tmp/mypy/.venv/lib/python3.13/site-packages/mypy/__main__.py", line 15, in console_entry
    main()
  File "/tmp/mypy/.venv/lib/python3.13/site-packages/mypy/main.py", line 127, in main
    res, messages, blockers = run_build(sources, options, fscache, t0, stdout, stderr)
  File "/tmp/mypy/.venv/lib/python3.13/site-packages/mypy/main.py", line 211, in run_build
    res = build.build(sources, options, None, flush_errors, fscache, stdout, stderr)
  File "/tmp/mypy/.venv/lib/python3.13/site-packages/mypy/build.py", line 191, in build
    result = _build(
  File "/tmp/mypy/.venv/lib/python3.13/site-packages/mypy/build.py", line 267, in _build
    graph = dispatch(sources, manager, stdout)
  File "/tmp/mypy/.venv/lib/python3.13/site-packages/mypy/build.py", line 2939, in dispatch
    process_graph(graph, manager)
  File "/tmp/mypy/.venv/lib/python3.13/site-packages/mypy/build.py", line 3337, in process_graph
    process_stale_scc(graph, scc, manager)
  File "/tmp/mypy/.venv/lib/python3.13/site-packages/mypy/build.py", line 3432, in process_stale_scc
    mypy.semanal_main.semantic_analysis_for_scc(graph, scc, manager.errors)
  File "/tmp/mypy/.venv/lib/python3.13/site-packages/mypy/semanal_main.py", line 95, in semantic_analysis_for_scc
    process_top_levels(graph, scc, patches)
  File "/tmp/mypy/.venv/lib/python3.13/site-packages/mypy/semanal_main.py", line 222, in process_top_levels
    deferred, incomplete, progress = semantic_analyze_target(
  File "/tmp/mypy/.venv/lib/python3.13/site-packages/mypy/semanal_main.py", line 399, in semantic_analyze_target
    analyzer.refresh_partial(
  File "/tmp/mypy/.venv/lib/python3.13/site-packages/mypy/semanal.py", line 653, in refresh_partial
    self.refresh_top_level(node)
  File "/tmp/mypy/.venv/lib/python3.13/site-packages/mypy/semanal.py", line 671, in refresh_top_level
    self.accept(d)
  File "/tmp/mypy/.venv/lib/python3.13/site-packages/mypy/semanal.py", line 7331, in accept
    node.accept(self)
    ~~~~~~~~~~~^^^^^^
  File "/tmp/mypy/.venv/lib/python3.13/site-packages/mypy/nodes.py", line 1228, in accept
    return visitor.visit_class_def(self)
           ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^^^^^^
  File "/tmp/mypy/.venv/lib/python3.13/site-packages/mypy/semanal.py", line 1771, in visit_class_def
    self.analyze_class(defn)
    ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^^^^^^
  File "/tmp/mypy/.venv/lib/python3.13/site-packages/mypy/semanal.py", line 1987, in analyze_class
    self.analyze_class_body_common(defn)
    ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^^^^^^
  File "/tmp/mypy/.venv/lib/python3.13/site-packages/mypy/semanal.py", line 2034, in analyze_class_body_common
    self.apply_class_plugin_hooks(defn)
    ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^^^^^^
  File "/tmp/mypy/.venv/lib/python3.13/site-packages/mypy/semanal.py", line 2119, in apply_class_plugin_hooks
    hook(ClassDefContext(defn, base_expr, self))
    ~~~~^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/tmp/mypy/.venv/lib/python3.13/site-packages/pydantic/mypy.py", line 162, in _pydantic_model_class_maker_callback
    transformer.transform()
    ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^^
  File "/tmp/mypy/.venv/lib/python3.13/site-packages/pydantic/mypy.py", line 482, in transform
    'fields': {field.name: field.serialize() for field in fields},
                           ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^^
  File "/tmp/mypy/.venv/lib/python3.13/site-packages/pydantic/mypy.py", line 378, in serialize
    'type': self.type.serialize(),
            ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^^
  File "/tmp/mypy/.venv/lib/python3.13/site-packages/mypy/types.py", line 1500, in serialize
    "args": [arg.serialize() for arg in self.args],
             ~~~~~~~~~~~~~^^
  File "/tmp/mypy/.venv/lib/python3.13/site-packages/mypy/types.py", line 3178, in serialize
    assert False, f"Internal error: unresolved placeholder type {self.fullname}"
           ^^^^^
AssertionError: Internal error: unresolved placeholder type mwe.Models

Your Environment

  • Mypy version used: mypy 1.16.0+dev.1a2dccf1ef10b392f86226f6d72929ac6e03908d (compiled: no)
  • Mypy command-line flags: --show-traceback
  • Mypy configuration options from mypy.ini (and other config files): pydantic.mypy plugin needs to be activated
  • Python version used: Python 3.13.3 (from Debian Trixie)

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