diff --git a/SoftLayer/CLI/server/detail.py b/SoftLayer/CLI/server/detail.py
index 1b9d588e..9fc76c5d 100644
--- a/SoftLayer/CLI/server/detail.py
+++ b/SoftLayer/CLI/server/detail.py
@@ -62,14 +62,11 @@ def cli(env, identifier, passwords, price):
     table.add_row(
         ['created', result['provisionDate'] or formatting.blank()])
 
-    if utils.lookup(result, 'billingItem') != []:
-        table.add_row(['owner', formatting.FormattedItem(
-            utils.lookup(result, 'billingItem', 'orderItem',
-                         'order', 'userRecord',
-                         'username') or formatting.blank(),
-        )])
-    else:
-        table.add_row(['owner', formatting.blank()])
+    table.add_row(['owner', formatting.FormattedItem(
+        utils.lookup(result, 'billingItem', 'orderItem',
+                     'order', 'userRecord',
+                     'username') or formatting.blank()
+    )])
 
     vlan_table = formatting.Table(['type', 'number', 'id'])
 
diff --git a/SoftLayer/CLI/virt/detail.py b/SoftLayer/CLI/virt/detail.py
index b003e413..4fc115ce 100644
--- a/SoftLayer/CLI/virt/detail.py
+++ b/SoftLayer/CLI/virt/detail.py
@@ -67,14 +67,11 @@ def cli(self, identifier, passwords=False, price=False):
     table.add_row(['private_cpu', result['dedicatedAccountHostOnlyFlag']])
     table.add_row(['created', result['createDate']])
     table.add_row(['modified', result['modifyDate']])
-    if utils.lookup(result, 'billingItem') != []:
-        table.add_row(['owner', formatting.FormattedItem(
-            utils.lookup(result, 'billingItem', 'orderItem',
-                         'order', 'userRecord',
-                         'username') or formatting.blank(),
-        )])
-    else:
-        table.add_row(['owner', formatting.blank()])
+    table.add_row(['owner', formatting.FormattedItem(
+        utils.lookup(result, 'billingItem', 'orderItem',
+                     'order', 'userRecord',
+                     'username') or formatting.blank(),
+    )])
 
     vlan_table = formatting.Table(['type', 'number', 'id'])
     for vlan in result['networkVlans']:
diff --git a/SoftLayer/managers/vs.py b/SoftLayer/managers/vs.py
index 30de90b3..40ea9925 100644
--- a/SoftLayer/managers/vs.py
+++ b/SoftLayer/managers/vs.py
@@ -423,6 +423,7 @@ def verify_create_instance(self, **kwargs):
         Without actually placing an order.
         See :func:`create_instance` for a list of available options.
         """
+        kwargs.pop('tags', None)
         create_options = self._generate_create_dict(**kwargs)
         return self.guest.generateOrderTemplate(create_options)
 

got an unexpected keyword argument 'tags'
Hi there

I came across an error when creating VS and providing tags either in the form of -g or --tag

C:\Python34\Scripts>slcli vs create --test --hostname OS --domain vm.local --cpu 1 --memory 1024 --os WIN_LATEST_64 --datacenter lon02 --tag 1234
An unexpected error has occured:
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "C:\Python34\lib\site-packages\SoftLayer\CLI\core.py", line 181, in main
    cli.main()
  File "C:\Python34\lib\site-packages\click\core.py", line 644, in main
    rv = self.invoke(ctx)
  File "C:\Python34\lib\site-packages\click\core.py", line 991, in invoke
    return _process_result(sub_ctx.command.invoke(sub_ctx))
  File "C:\Python34\lib\site-packages\click\core.py", line 991, in invoke
    return _process_result(sub_ctx.command.invoke(sub_ctx))
  File "C:\Python34\lib\site-packages\click\core.py", line 837, in invoke
    return ctx.invoke(self.callback, **ctx.params)
  File "C:\Python34\lib\site-packages\click\core.py", line 464, in invoke
    return callback(*args, **kwargs)
  File "C:\Python34\lib\site-packages\click\decorators.py", line 64, in new_func
    return ctx.invoke(f, obj, *args[1:], **kwargs)
  File "C:\Python34\lib\site-packages\click\core.py", line 464, in invoke
    return callback(*args, **kwargs)
  File "C:\Python34\lib\site-packages\SoftLayer\CLI\virt\create.py", line 92, in cli
    result = vsi.verify_create_instance(**data)
  File "C:\Python34\lib\site-packages\SoftLayer\managers\vs.py", line 426, in verify_create_instance
    create_options = self._generate_create_dict(**kwargs)
TypeError: _generate_create_dict() got an unexpected keyword argument 'tags'
diff --git a/SoftLayer/tests/managers/vs_tests.py b/SoftLayer/tests/managers/vs_tests.py
index 3a179b46..9bdb3459 100644
--- a/SoftLayer/tests/managers/vs_tests.py
+++ b/SoftLayer/tests/managers/vs_tests.py
@@ -141,7 +141,7 @@ def test_reload_instance(self):
     def test_create_verify(self, create_dict):
         create_dict.return_value = {'test': 1, 'verify': 1}
 
-        self.vs.verify_create_instance(test=1, verify=1)
+        self.vs.verify_create_instance(test=1, verify=1, tags=['test', 'tags'])
 
         create_dict.assert_called_once_with(test=1, verify=1)
         self.assert_called_with('SoftLayer_Virtual_Guest',

pip install -e .[dev]
parse_log_pytest
requirements.txt
pytest
apt-get update apt-get install -y gcc
3.6
tools/test-requirements.txt
pytest --no-header -rA --tb=line --color=no -p no:cacheprovider -W ignore::DeprecationWarning
alabaster==0.7.13
attrs==22.2.0
Babel==2.11.0
certifi==2021.5.30
charset-normalizer==2.0.12
click==8.0.4
coverage==6.2
distlib==0.3.9
docutils==0.18.1
filelock==3.4.1
fixtures==4.0.1
idna==3.10
imagesize==1.4.1
importlib-metadata==4.8.3
importlib-resources==5.4.0
iniconfig==1.1.1
Jinja2==3.0.3
MarkupSafe==2.0.1
mock==5.2.0
nose==1.3.7
packaging==21.3
pbr==6.1.1
platformdirs==2.4.0
pluggy==1.0.0
prettytable==2.5.0
py==1.11.0
Pygments==2.14.0
pyparsing==3.1.4
pytest==7.0.1
pytz==2025.2
requests==2.27.1
six==1.17.0
snowballstemmer==2.2.0
-e git+https://github.com/softlayer/softlayer-python.git@1195b2020ef6efc40462d59eb079f26e5f39a6d8#egg=SoftLayer
Sphinx==5.3.0
sphinxcontrib-applehelp==1.0.2
sphinxcontrib-devhelp==1.0.2
sphinxcontrib-htmlhelp==2.0.0
sphinxcontrib-jsmath==1.0.1
sphinxcontrib-qthelp==1.0.3
sphinxcontrib-serializinghtml==1.1.5
testtools==2.6.0
toml==0.10.2
tomli==1.2.3
tox==3.28.0
typing_extensions==4.1.1
urllib3==1.26.20
virtualenv==20.17.1
wcwidth==0.2.13
zipp==3.6.0

name: softlayer-python
channels:
  - defaults
  - https://repo.anaconda.com/pkgs/main
  - https://repo.anaconda.com/pkgs/r
  - conda-forge
dependencies:
  - _libgcc_mutex=0.1=main
  - _openmp_mutex=5.1=1_gnu
  - ca-certificates=2025.2.25=h06a4308_0
  - certifi=2021.5.30=py36h06a4308_0
  - ld_impl_linux-64=2.40=h12ee557_0
  - libffi=3.3=he6710b0_2
  - libgcc-ng=11.2.0=h1234567_1
  - libgomp=11.2.0=h1234567_1
  - libstdcxx-ng=11.2.0=h1234567_1
  - ncurses=6.4=h6a678d5_0
  - openssl=1.1.1w=h7f8727e_0
  - pip=21.2.2=py36h06a4308_0
  - python=3.6.13=h12debd9_1
  - readline=8.2=h5eee18b_0
  - setuptools=58.0.4=py36h06a4308_0
  - sqlite=3.45.3=h5eee18b_0
  - tk=8.6.14=h39e8969_0
  - wheel=0.37.1=pyhd3eb1b0_0
  - xz=5.6.4=h5eee18b_1
  - zlib=1.2.13=h5eee18b_1
  - pip:
      - alabaster==0.7.13
      - attrs==22.2.0
      - babel==2.11.0
      - charset-normalizer==2.0.12
      - click==8.0.4
      - coverage==6.2
      - distlib==0.3.9
      - docutils==0.18.1
      - filelock==3.4.1
      - fixtures==4.0.1
      - idna==3.10
      - imagesize==1.4.1
      - importlib-metadata==4.8.3
      - importlib-resources==5.4.0
      - iniconfig==1.1.1
      - jinja2==3.0.3
      - markupsafe==2.0.1
      - mock==5.2.0
      - nose==1.3.7
      - packaging==21.3
      - pbr==6.1.1
      - platformdirs==2.4.0
      - pluggy==1.0.0
      - prettytable==2.5.0
      - py==1.11.0
      - pygments==2.14.0
      - pyparsing==3.1.4
      - pytest==7.0.1
      - pytz==2025.2
      - requests==2.27.1
      - six==1.17.0
      - snowballstemmer==2.2.0
      - sphinx==5.3.0
      - sphinxcontrib-applehelp==1.0.2
      - sphinxcontrib-devhelp==1.0.2
      - sphinxcontrib-htmlhelp==2.0.0
      - sphinxcontrib-jsmath==1.0.1
      - sphinxcontrib-qthelp==1.0.3
      - sphinxcontrib-serializinghtml==1.1.5
      - testtools==2.6.0
      - toml==0.10.2
      - tomli==1.2.3
      - tox==3.28.0
      - typing-extensions==4.1.1
      - urllib3==1.26.20
      - virtualenv==20.17.1
      - wcwidth==0.2.13
      - zipp==3.6.0
prefix: /opt/conda/envs/softlayer-python

SoftLayer/tests/managers/vs_tests.py::VSTests::test_create_verify
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SoftLayer/CLI/server/detail.py SoftLayer/managers/vs.py SoftLayer/CLI/virt/detail.py
SoftLayer/CLI/server/detail.py SoftLayer/managers/vs.py SoftLayer/CLI/virt/detail.py