From 3462cc0bd923f83506242b9ce251aef8225824d8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: BD Himes <b@latent.to>
Date: Thu, 19 Mar 2026 13:47:42 +0200
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] Add better typing

---
 bittensor_cli/src/bittensor/chain_data.py | 7 ++++---
 pyproject.toml                            | 1 +
 2 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/bittensor_cli/src/bittensor/chain_data.py b/bittensor_cli/src/bittensor/chain_data.py
index 8d9723e05..b0f078f7e 100644
--- a/bittensor_cli/src/bittensor/chain_data.py
+++ b/bittensor_cli/src/bittensor/chain_data.py
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 from collections.abc import Sequence
 from enum import Enum
 from typing import Optional, Any, Union, Callable, Hashable
+from typing_extensions import Self
 
 import netaddr
 from scalecodec.utils.ss58 import ss58_encode
@@ -134,17 +135,17 @@ class InfoBase:
     """Base dataclass for info objects."""
 
     @abstractmethod
-    def _fix_decoded(self, decoded: Any) -> "InfoBase":
+    def _fix_decoded(self, decoded: Any) -> Self:
         raise NotImplementedError(
             "This is an abstract method and must be implemented in a subclass."
         )
 
     @classmethod
-    def from_any(cls, data: Any) -> "InfoBase":
+    def from_any(cls, data: Any) -> Self:
         return cls._fix_decoded(data)
 
     @classmethod
-    def list_from_any(cls, data_list: list[Any]) -> list["InfoBase"]:
+    def list_from_any(cls, data_list: list[Any]) -> list[Self]:
         return [cls.from_any(data) for data in data_list]
 
     def __getitem__(self, item):
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 743c035de..39bd99d8f 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ dependencies = [
     "rich>=13.7,<15.0",
     "scalecodec==1.2.12",
     "typer>=0.16",
+    "typing_extensions>4.0.0",
     "bittensor-wallet>=4.0.0",
     "packaging",
     "plotille>=5.0.0",

From aa059ea1b3dc7fe7b793dac2ee1a69f26ec6f85c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: BD Himes <b@latent.to>
Date: Thu, 19 Mar 2026 15:08:34 +0200
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] Only use typing extensions as a req if python <3.11

---
 bittensor_cli/src/bittensor/chain_data.py | 6 +++++-
 pyproject.toml                            | 2 +-
 2 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/bittensor_cli/src/bittensor/chain_data.py b/bittensor_cli/src/bittensor/chain_data.py
index b0f078f7e..b5df2bd37 100644
--- a/bittensor_cli/src/bittensor/chain_data.py
+++ b/bittensor_cli/src/bittensor/chain_data.py
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@
 from collections.abc import Sequence
 from enum import Enum
 from typing import Optional, Any, Union, Callable, Hashable
-from typing_extensions import Self
 
 import netaddr
 from scalecodec.utils.ss58 import ss58_encode
@@ -18,6 +17,11 @@
     get_netuid_and_subuid_by_storage_index,
 )
 
+try:
+    from typing import Self
+except ImportError:
+    from typing_extensions import Self
+
 
 class ChainDataType(Enum):
     NeuronInfo = 1
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 39bd99d8f..719d7d035 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ dependencies = [
     "rich>=13.7,<15.0",
     "scalecodec==1.2.12",
     "typer>=0.16",
-    "typing_extensions>4.0.0",
+    "typing_extensions>4.0.0; python_version<'3.11'",
     "bittensor-wallet>=4.0.0",
     "packaging",
     "plotille>=5.0.0",