[SO] Add error handling for per-field scoring (#134)

Author: huiwengoh

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -7,6 +7,12 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 
 ## [Unreleased]
 
+## [1.1.38] - 2025-11-13
+
+## Added
+
+- Add error handling for structure outputs per-field scoring 
+
 ## [1.1.37] - 2025-11-10
 
 ## Added
@@ -380,7 +386,8 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 
 - Release of the Cleanlab TLM Python client.
 
-[Unreleased]: https://github.com/cleanlab/cleanlab-tlm/compare/v1.1.37...HEAD
+[Unreleased]: https://github.com/cleanlab/cleanlab-tlm/compare/v1.1.38...HEAD
+[1.1.38]: https://github.com/cleanlab/cleanlab-tlm/compare/v1.1.37...v1.1.38
 [1.1.37]: https://github.com/cleanlab/cleanlab-tlm/compare/v1.1.36...v1.1.37
 [1.1.36]: https://github.com/cleanlab/cleanlab-tlm/compare/v1.1.35...v1.1.36
 [1.1.35]: https://github.com/cleanlab/cleanlab-tlm/compare/v1.1.34...v1.1.35

src/cleanlab_tlm/__about__.py

@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT
-__version__ = "1.1.37"
+__version__ = "1.1.38"

src/cleanlab_tlm/utils/per_field_score_utils.py

@@ -55,6 +55,12 @@ def _get_untrustworthy_fields(
     per_field_score = tlm_metadata["log"]["per_field_score"]
     per_score_details = []
 
+    # handle cases where error log is returned
+    if len(per_field_score) == 1 and isinstance(per_field_score.get("error"), str):
+        print("Per-field score returned an error:")
+        print(per_field_score.get("error"))
+        return []
+
     for key, value in per_field_score.items():
         score = value["score"]
         if float(score) < threshold: