Typo fix of type error (#545)

* Typo fix of type error

Signed-off-by: Mihai Maruseac <[email protected]>

* Update CHANGELOG

Signed-off-by: Mihai Maruseac <[email protected]>

* Update version number for the patch

Signed-off-by: Mihai Maruseac <[email protected]>

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Signed-off-by: Mihai Maruseac <[email protected]>

Author: mihaimaruseac

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -21,6 +21,11 @@ All versions prior to 1.0.0 are untracked.
 ### Removed
 - ...
 
+## [1.1.1] - 2025-10-10
+
+### Fixed
+- Fixed a bug where the API with default signing configuration results in an error due to a type confusion ([#545](https://github.com/sigstore/model-transparency/pull/545))
+
 ## [1.1.0] - 2025-10-10
 
 ### Added
@@ -77,7 +82,8 @@ All versions prior to 1.0.0 are untracked.
 - [Demo notebook](https://colab.sandbox.google.com/drive/18IB_uipduXYq0ohMxJv2xHfeihLIcGMT) to showcase API and CLI examples.
 
 
-[Unreleased]: https://github.com/sigstore/model-transparency/compare/v1.1.0...HEAD
+[Unreleased]: https://github.com/sigstore/model-transparency/compare/v1.1.1...HEAD
+[1.1.1]: https://github.com/sigstore/model-transparency/compare/v1.1.0...v1.1.1
 [1.1.0]: https://github.com/sigstore/model-transparency/compare/v1.0.1...v1.1.0
 [1.0.1]: https://github.com/sigstore/model-transparency/compare/v1.0.0...v1.0.1
 [1.0.0]: https://github.com/sigstore/model-transparency/compare/v0.1.0...v1.0.0

src/model_signing/__init__.py

@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@
 from model_signing import verifying
 
 
-__version__ = "1.1.0"
+__version__ = "1.1.1"
 
 
 __all__ = ["hashing", "signing", "verifying", "manifest"]

src/model_signing/signing.py

@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ def sign(
             signature_path: The path of the resulting signature.
         """
         if not self._signer:
-            self._signer = self.use_sigstore_signer()
+            self.use_sigstore_signer()
         manifest = self._hashing_config.hash(model_path)
         payload = signing.Payload(manifest)
         signature = self._signer.sign(payload)