@typing.dataclass_transform() class ModelMeta(type): ... # ModelBase is not considered either "frozen" or "non-frozen" # because it directly specifies ModelMeta as its metaclass. class ModelBase(metaclass=ModelMeta): ... # Vehicle is considered non-frozen because it does not specify # "frozen=True". class Vehicle(ModelBase): name: str # Car is a frozen class that derives from Vehicle, which is a # non-frozen class. This is an error. class Car(Vehicle, frozen=True): wheel_count: int