Uploading .PT model to Roboflow project for Label Assist, KeyError: 'annotation'

We have a ball_model.pt file that we are trying to upload to Roboflow to use for label assist for annotations labeling a ball in an image.

print(roboflow.__version__)
> 1.1.63

rf = Roboflow(api_key=KEY)
workspace = rf.workspace(WORKSPACE)

workspace.deploy_model(
  model_type="yolov8",
  model_path="pytorch_models/",
  model_name="ball_model",
  project_ids=["our-project-id"],
  filename="ball_model.pt"
)

and continuing to get this error

File ~/.pyenv/versions/3.11.0/lib/python3.11/site-packages/roboflow/core/workspace.py:594, in Workspace.deploy_model(self, model_type, model_path, project_ids, model_name, filename)
    591     raise ValueError("At least one project ID must be provided")
    593 # Validate if provided project URLs belong to user's projects
--> 594 user_projects = set(project.split("/")[-1] for project in self.projects())
    595 for project_id in project_ids:
    596     if project_id not in user_projects:

File ~/.pyenv/versions/3.11.0/lib/python3.11/site-packages/roboflow/core/workspace.py:65, in Workspace.projects(self)
     63 projects_array = []
     64 for a_project in self.project_list:
---> 65     proj = Project(self.__api_key, a_project, self.model_format)
     66     projects_array.append(proj.id)
     68 return projects_array

File ~/.pyenv/versions/3.11.0/lib/python3.11/site-packages/roboflow/core/project.py:63, in Project.__init__(self, api_key, a_project, model_format)
     61 if api_key:
     62     self.__api_key = api_key
---> 63     self.annotation = a_project["annotation"]
     64     self.classes = a_project["classes"]
     65     self.colors = a_project["colors"]

KeyError: 'annotation'

Our project with this ID does exist in this workspace
Our project has a dataset
Our project has a version
Our project has a roboflow Instant model that we cannot seem to delete?

Is this a common issue? How can we troubleshoot further why we cannot upload our .pt model?

Hi Nick,

Contacted you via e-mail to investigate it better.

Best,
João