Merge pull request #2551 from opentensor/fix-get-delegates-result-decoding

fix get_delegates result decoding

Author: basfroman

bittensor/core/subtensor.py

@@ -1774,7 +1774,7 @@ def get_delegates(self, block: Optional[int] = None) -> list[DelegateInfo]:
         if not (result := json_body.get("result", None)):
             return []
 
-        return DelegateInfo.list_from_vec_u8(result)
+        return DelegateInfo.list_from_vec_u8(bytes(result))
 
     def is_hotkey_delegate(self, hotkey_ss58: str, block: Optional[int] = None) -> bool:
         """

tests/unit_tests/test_subtensor.py

@@ -2548,7 +2548,7 @@ def test_get_delegates_success(mocker, subtensor):
     fake_block = 123
     fake_block_hash = "0xabc123"
     fake_json_body = {
-        "result": "mock_encoded_delegates",
+        "result": b"mock_encoded_delegates",
     }
 
     # Mocks
@@ -2616,7 +2616,7 @@ def test_get_delegates_latest_block(mocker, subtensor):
     """Test when no block is provided (latest block)."""
     # Mock data
     fake_json_body = {
-        "result": "mock_encoded_delegates",
+        "result": b"mock_encoded_delegates",
     }
 
     # Mocks