# InvalidIdentity (/docs/errors/chain/InvalidIdentity)

The submitted coldkey or subnet identity failed validation, typically a field exceeding its allowed byte length or malformed data. Check each identity field's length against the limits enforced by the chain before calling set\_identity or set\_subnet\_identity.

Declared by the `SubtensorModule` pallet; it classifies to the semantic code [`invalid_argument`](/docs/errors/invalid-argument).

## Remediation [#remediation]

Check the argument values against the operation schema

The same explanation is available in the terminal: `btcli explain InvalidIdentity`.