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Model inheritance does not convert correctly

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Issue type
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Tech stack
python
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Reproduce the conversion using address_model.py and user_model.py, then inspect how PydanticObjectType handles the TUser.address field and the reported ConversionError. The change is done when models defined across modules and nested through TAddress convert successfully without this error.

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Use Case Scenario

I've two pydantic models. Each in his own module (file). One Model, the TUser depends on the TAddress.

address_model.py

class TAddress(BaseModel):
    id: Optional[int]
    address: Optional[constr(max_length=100, strip_whitespace=True)]
    city: Optional[constr(max_length=80, strip_whitespace=True)]
    postal_code: Optional[constr(max_length=15, strip_whitespace=True)]
    country: Optional[constr(max_length=3)]

user_model.py

class TUser(BaseModel):
    id: UUID = None
    email: Optional[EmailStr]

    address: Optional[TAddress]

    is_active: Optional[bool]
    is_email_verified: Optional[bool]
    created_at: Optional[datetime.datetime]

If I use the TUser model know for my PydanticObjectType

class UserType(PydanticObjectType):
    class Meta:
        model = TUser

I get the following error message:

graphene_pydantic.converters.ConversionError: Don't know how to convert the Pydantic field ModelField(name='address', type=Optional[TAddress], required=False, default=None) (<class 'app.address.serializers.TAddress'>)

It seems like that there is a problem when using pydantic models from different modules that depends on each other.
What is the solution for this use case?

Any idea?

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