From 795ad76a3de2bc4b39014e0a6ccd806ad533e159 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Benjamin Himes <benhimes@opentensor.dev>
Date: Wed, 23 Jul 2025 13:36:47 +0200
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] Fix for handling tuples for `additional`

---
 bittensor_cli/src/bittensor/utils.py | 33 ++++++++++++++++------------
 tests/unit_tests/test_utils.py       | 29 ++++++++++++++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 48 insertions(+), 14 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 tests/unit_tests/test_utils.py

diff --git a/bittensor_cli/src/bittensor/utils.py b/bittensor_cli/src/bittensor/utils.py
index 0b2493db0..ef5f2e4b1 100644
--- a/bittensor_cli/src/bittensor/utils.py
+++ b/bittensor_cli/src/bittensor/utils.py
@@ -622,20 +622,23 @@ def decode_hex_identity_dict(info_dictionary) -> dict[str, Any]:
 
     Examples:
         input_dict = {
-        ...     "name": {"value": "0x6a6f686e"},
-        ...     "additional": [
-        ...         [{"data": "0x64617461"}]
-        ...     ]
-        ... }
+             "name": {"value": "0x6a6f686e"},
+             "additional": [
+                 {"data1": "0x64617461"},
+                 ("data2", "0x64617461")
+             ]
+         }
         decode_hex_identity_dict(input_dict)
-        {'name': 'john', 'additional': [('data', 'data')]}
+        {'name': 'john', 'additional': [('data1', 'data'), ('data2', 'data')]}
     """
 
-    def get_decoded(data: str) -> str:
+    def get_decoded(data: Optional[str]) -> str:
         """Decodes a hex-encoded string."""
+        if data is None:
+            return ""
         try:
             return hex_to_bytes(data).decode()
-        except UnicodeDecodeError:
+        except (UnicodeDecodeError, ValueError):
             print(f"Could not decode: {key}: {item}")
 
     for key, value in info_dictionary.items():
@@ -651,12 +654,14 @@ def get_decoded(data: str) -> str:
         if key == "additional":
             additional = []
             for item in value:
-                additional.append(
-                    tuple(
-                        get_decoded(data=next(iter(sub_item.values())))
-                        for sub_item in item
-                    )
-                )
+                if isinstance(item, dict):
+                    for k, v in item.items():
+                        additional.append((k, get_decoded(v)))
+                else:
+                    if isinstance(item, (tuple, list)) and len(item) == 2:
+                        k_, v = item
+                        k = k_ if k_ is not None else ""
+                        additional.append((k, get_decoded(v)))
             info_dictionary[key] = additional
 
     return info_dictionary
diff --git a/tests/unit_tests/test_utils.py b/tests/unit_tests/test_utils.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..9aa737032
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/unit_tests/test_utils.py
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+from bittensor_cli.src.bittensor import utils
+import pytest
+
+
+@pytest.mark.parametrize(
+    "input_dict,expected_result",
+    [
+        (
+            {
+                "name": {"value": "0x6a6f686e"},
+                "additional": [{"data1": "0x64617461"}, ("data2", "0x64617461")],
+            },
+            {"name": "john", "additional": [("data1", "data"), ("data2", "data")]},
+        ),
+        (
+            {"name": {"value": "0x6a6f686e"}, "additional": [("data2", "0x64617461")]},
+            {"name": "john", "additional": [("data2", "data")]},
+        ),
+        (
+            {
+                "name": {"value": "0x6a6f686e"},
+                "additional": [(None, None)],
+            },
+            {"name": "john", "additional": [("", "")]},
+        ),
+    ],
+)
+def test_decode_hex_identity_dict(input_dict, expected_result):
+    assert utils.decode_hex_identity_dict(input_dict) == expected_result

From e2e9bf3f08576b8030e77fa4ca7d02d4bc78daca Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Benjamin Himes <benhimes@opentensor.dev>
Date: Wed, 23 Jul 2025 14:13:54 +0200
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] ## What's Changed * Fix for handling tuples for
 `additional` by @thewhaleking in https://github.com/opentensor/btcli/pull/557

**Full Changelog**: https://github.com/opentensor/btcli/compare/v9.8.6...v9.8.7
---
 CHANGELOG.md   | 5 +++++
 pyproject.toml | 2 +-
 2 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 7de27c26b..1d444460b 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,10 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## 9.8.7 /2025-07-23
+* Fix for handling tuples for `additional` by @thewhaleking in https://github.com/opentensor/btcli/pull/557
+
+**Full Changelog**: https://github.com/opentensor/btcli/compare/v9.8.6...v9.8.7
+
 ## 9.8.6 /2025-07-22
 * Hyperparam discrepancy between set/get by @thewhaleking in https://github.com/opentensor/btcli/pull/552
 * Hyperparameters in alphabetical order for `btcli sudo get/set` by @basfroman in https://github.com/opentensor/btcli/pull/553
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index e310a0f35..c4b709ffc 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
 
 [project]
 name = "bittensor-cli"
-version = "9.8.6"
+version = "9.8.7"
 description = "Bittensor CLI"
 readme = "README.md"
 authors = [