should fix the problem with flagsrm create_request_file.py

src/submission/check_validity.py

@@ -60,9 +60,10 @@ def is_model_on_hub(model_name: str, revision: str, token: str = None, trust_rem
         )
 
     except Exception as e:
+        if "You are trying to access a gated repo." in str(e):
+            return True, "uses a gated model.", None
         return False, "was not found on hub!", None
 
-
 def get_model_size(model_info: ModelInfo, precision: str):
     size_pattern = re.compile(r"(\d+\.)?\d+(b|m)")
     safetensors = None

src/submission/submit.py

@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ def add_new_eval(
     created_at = ""
     if not weight_type == "Adapter":
         model_on_hub, error, model_config = is_model_on_hub(model_name=model, revision=revision, test_tokenizer=True)
-        if not model_on_hub:
+        if not model_on_hub or model_config is None:
             return styled_error(f'Model "{model}" {error}')
         if model_config is not None:
             architectures = getattr(model_config, "architectures", None)