From 593b08e376f367b5d8efc14f15955f72f06ee681 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: garret1317 <garret@airmail.cc>
Date: Mon, 18 Aug 2025 14:57:05 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] convert the dataclass to a dict to get everything for free :)

---
 yt_dlp/utils/traversal.py | 4 ++++
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)

diff --git a/yt_dlp/utils/traversal.py b/yt_dlp/utils/traversal.py
index 76b51f53d..65a94ccb9 100644
--- a/yt_dlp/utils/traversal.py
+++ b/yt_dlp/utils/traversal.py
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ from __future__ import annotations
 import collections
 import collections.abc
 import contextlib
+import dataclasses
 import functools
 import http.cookies
 import inspect
@@ -116,6 +117,9 @@ def traverse_obj(
         branching = False
         result = None
 
+        if dataclasses.is_dataclass(obj):
+            obj = dataclasses.asdict(obj)
+
         if obj is None and traverse_string:
             if key is ... or callable(key) or isinstance(key, slice):
                 branching = True