From 70ac083c5ebdecf7bfeb7cf11af0bbbcd4fa081d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: ckarnell <7363269+ckarnell@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Tue, 18 Aug 2026 13:27:28 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] Honour force='yes' in stringify_param

ChildRelationship.stringify_param accepted force and never read it, so
path(force='yes') returned None for an unrepresentable dict key, the case its
own docstring promises to render as '(unrepresentable)'. Adds
test_unrepresentable_dict_key_path.
---
 deepdiff/model.py       |  3 +++
 tests/test_diff_tree.py | 21 +++++++++++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 24 insertions(+)

diff --git a/deepdiff/model.py b/deepdiff/model.py
index d44eccdb..18c61ef8 100644
--- a/deepdiff/model.py
+++ b/deepdiff/model.py
@@ -947,6 +947,9 @@ def stringify_param(self, force: Optional[str] = None) -> Optional[str]:
             else:
                 result = candidate if resurrected == param else None
 
+        if result is None and force == 'yes':
+            result = '(unrepresentable)'
+
         if result:
             result = ':' if self.param_repr_format is None else self.param_repr_format.format(result)
 
diff --git a/tests/test_diff_tree.py b/tests/test_diff_tree.py
index 8369a435..a89dae32 100644
--- a/tests/test_diff_tree.py
+++ b/tests/test_diff_tree.py
@@ -121,6 +121,27 @@ def test_non_subscriptable_iterable_path(self):
         assert change.path(force='yes') == 'root(unrepresentable)'
         assert change.path(force='fake') == 'root[2]'
 
+    def test_unrepresentable_dict_key_path(self):
+        class Id:
+            def __repr__(self):
+                return '<id>'
+
+            def __hash__(self):
+                return 1
+
+            def __eq__(self, other):
+                return isinstance(other, Id)
+
+        key = Id()
+        t1 = {key: 10}
+        t2 = {key: 20}
+        ddiff = DeepDiff(t1, t2, view='tree')
+        (change, ) = ddiff['values_changed']
+
+        # repr does not round-trip, so there is no parsable path
+        assert change.path() is None
+        assert change.path(force='yes') == 'root[(unrepresentable)]'
+
     def test_report_type_in_iterable(self):
         a = {"temp": ["a"]}
         b = {"temp": ["b"]}