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Unhashable values in dictionary keys and set elements

Reports unhashable expressions used as dictionary keys, set values, or hash arguments.

Examples:

d = {[]: 3} # list is unhashable set().add({1: 2}) # dict is unhashable hash([]) # list is unhashable

Locating this inspection

By ID

Can be used to locate inspection in e.g. Qodana configuration files, where you can quickly enable or disable it, or adjust its settings.

PyUnhashable
Via Settings dialog

Path to the inspection settings via IntelliJ Platform IDE Settings dialog, when you need to adjust inspection settings directly from your IDE.

Settings or Preferences | Editor | Inspections | Python

Inspection ID: PyUnhashableInspection

Suppressing Inspection

You can suppress this inspection by placing the following comment marker before the code fragment where you no longer want messages from this inspection to appear:

//noinspection PyUnhashable

More detailed instructions as well as other ways and options that you have can be found in the product documentation:

Last modified: 31 March 2026