From a3d44aa81f0a926b30d647235e3fa526025f2adb Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: allegroai <>
Date: Thu, 29 Dec 2022 13:17:25 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Fix connect list of dicts parsed incorrectly in remote

---
 clearml/backend_interface/task/args.py |  3 ++-
 clearml/utilities/proxy_object.py      | 17 +++++++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 19 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/clearml/backend_interface/task/args.py b/clearml/backend_interface/task/args.py
index 59aec84e..422683d2 100644
--- a/clearml/backend_interface/task/args.py
+++ b/clearml/backend_interface/task/args.py
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ from typing import Tuple, Type, Union
 
 from ...backend_api import Session
 from ...binding.args import call_original_argparser
+from ...utilities.proxy_object import get_type_from_basic_type_str
 
 
 class _Arguments(object):
@@ -517,7 +518,7 @@ class _Arguments(object):
                 v_type = type(v)
             elif parameters_type.get(k):
                 v_type_str = parameters_type.get(k)
-                v_type = next((t for t in (bool, int, float, str, list, tuple) if t.__name__ == v_type_str), str)
+                v_type = get_type_from_basic_type_str(v_type_str)
             else:
                 # this will be type(None), we deal with it later
                 v_type = type(v)
diff --git a/clearml/utilities/proxy_object.py b/clearml/utilities/proxy_object.py
index 2d8042b4..2b72df49 100644
--- a/clearml/utilities/proxy_object.py
+++ b/clearml/utilities/proxy_object.py
@@ -148,6 +148,23 @@ def cast_basic_type(value, type_str):
     return value
 
 
+def get_type_from_basic_type_str(type_str):
+    # default to str
+    if not type_str:
+        return str
+
+    if str(type_str).startswith("list/"):
+        v_type = list
+    elif str(type_str).startswith("tuple/"):
+        v_type = tuple
+    elif str(type_str).startswith("dict/"):
+        v_type = dict
+    else:
+        v_type = next((t for t in (bool, int, float, str, list, tuple, dict) if t.__name__ == type_str), str)
+
+    return v_type
+
+
 def get_basic_type(value):
     basic_types = (float, int, bool, six.string_types, list, tuple, dict)