diff --git a/src/TensorFlowNET.Core/APIs/c_api.cs b/src/TensorFlowNET.Core/APIs/c_api.cs
index 63bdfd27d..a91b86827 100644
--- a/src/TensorFlowNET.Core/APIs/c_api.cs
+++ b/src/TensorFlowNET.Core/APIs/c_api.cs
@@ -51,7 +51,17 @@ public static string StringPiece(IntPtr handle)
             return handle == IntPtr.Zero ? String.Empty : Marshal.PtrToStringAnsi(handle);
         }
 
-        public unsafe static byte[] ByteStringPiece(IntPtr handle)
+        public unsafe static byte[] ByteStringPiece(Buffer? handle)
+        {
+            if (handle is null)
+            {
+                return new byte[0];
+            }
+            var data = handle.ToArray();
+            return data;
+        }
+          
+          public unsafe static byte[] ByteStringPieceFromNativeString(IntPtr handle)
         {
             if (handle == IntPtr.Zero)
             {
@@ -66,7 +76,8 @@ public unsafe static byte[] ByteStringPiece(IntPtr handle)
                 current = *(str_data++);
                 bytes.Add(current);
             }
-            return bytes.Take(bytes.Count - 1).ToArray();
+            var data = bytes.ToArray();
+            return data;
         }
 
         [UnmanagedFunctionPointer(CallingConvention.Winapi)]
diff --git a/src/TensorFlowNET.Core/APIs/c_api.customize.cs b/src/TensorFlowNET.Core/APIs/c_api.customize.cs
index d2aab9ac0..510e52eb7 100644
--- a/src/TensorFlowNET.Core/APIs/c_api.customize.cs
+++ b/src/TensorFlowNET.Core/APIs/c_api.customize.cs
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ public partial class c_api
         [DllImport(TensorFlowLibName)]
         public static extern void TFC_SetAttr(SafeGraphHandle graph, IntPtr op, string attr_name, SafeBufferHandle attr_value_proto, SafeStatusHandle status);
         [DllImport(TensorFlowLibName)]
-        public static extern IntPtr TFC_GetHandleShapeAndType(SafeGraphHandle c_graph, TF_Output output);
+        public static extern SafeBufferHandle TFC_GetHandleShapeAndType(SafeGraphHandle c_graph, TF_Output output);
         [DllImport(TensorFlowLibName)]
         public static extern void TFC_SetHandleShapeAndType(SafeGraphHandle c_graph, TF_Output output, byte[] data, long proto_len, SafeStatusHandle status);
     }
diff --git a/src/TensorFlowNET.Core/Eager/GraphOnlyOps.cs b/src/TensorFlowNET.Core/Eager/GraphOnlyOps.cs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..2c20cfe9b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/TensorFlowNET.Core/Eager/GraphOnlyOps.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+using Tensorflow;
+
+internal static class GraphOnlyOps
+{
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Graph-only version of tf.compat.v1.placeholder(), for internal use only.
+    /// </summary>
+    /// <param name="dtyype"></param>
+    /// <param name="shape"></param>
+    /// <param name="name"></param>
+    /// <returns></returns>
+    internal static Tensor graph_placeholder(TF_DataType dtype, Shape shape, string? name = null)
+    {
+        var dtype_value = new AttrValue() { Type = dtype.as_datatype_enum() };
+        var shape_value = new AttrValue() { Shape = shape.as_proto() };
+        var g = ops.get_default_graph();
+        Dictionary<string, AttrValue> attrs = new();
+        attrs["dtype"] = dtype_value;
+        attrs["shape"] = shape_value;
+        var op = g.create_op("Placeholder", new Tensor[0], new TF_DataType[] { dtype },
+            new TF_DataType[0], attrs: attrs, name: name);
+        var result = op.outputs[0];
+        return result;
+    }
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/TensorFlowNET.Core/Graphs/FuncGraph.cs b/src/TensorFlowNET.Core/Graphs/FuncGraph.cs
index ba7d7068e..6f7fa9c5f 100644
--- a/src/TensorFlowNET.Core/Graphs/FuncGraph.cs
+++ b/src/TensorFlowNET.Core/Graphs/FuncGraph.cs
@@ -544,12 +544,12 @@ private static object _get_defun_input(object arg, string name)
             Tensor placeholder;
             try
             {
-                placeholder = tf.placeholder(tensor.dtype, tensor.shape, name);
+                placeholder = GraphOnlyOps.graph_placeholder(tensor.dtype, tensor.shape, name);
             }
-            catch (ValueError)
+            catch (ValueError ex)
             {
-                // TODO(Rinne): Add warning here.
-                placeholder = tf.placeholder(tensor.dtype, tensor.shape);
+                tf.Logger.Warning(ex.ToString());
+                placeholder = GraphOnlyOps.graph_placeholder(tensor.dtype, tensor.shape);
             }
             handle_data_util.copy_handle_data(tensor, placeholder);
             if (name is not null)
@@ -575,12 +575,12 @@ private static object _get_defun_input(object arg, string name)
             Tensor placeholder;
             try
             {
-                placeholder = tf.placeholder(spec.dtype, spec.shape, requested_name);
+                placeholder = GraphOnlyOps.graph_placeholder(spec.dtype, spec.shape, requested_name);
             }
             catch (ValueError)
             {
                 // TODO(Rinne): Add warning here.
-                placeholder = tf.placeholder(spec.dtype, spec.shape);
+                placeholder = GraphOnlyOps.graph_placeholder(spec.dtype, spec.shape);
             }
             if (name is not null)
             {
diff --git a/src/TensorFlowNET.Core/Operations/list_ops.cs b/src/TensorFlowNET.Core/Operations/list_ops.cs
index c5e83ee41..3791a2c19 100644
--- a/src/TensorFlowNET.Core/Operations/list_ops.cs
+++ b/src/TensorFlowNET.Core/Operations/list_ops.cs
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ private static Tensor _build_element_shape(Shape? shape)
             }
             else
             {
-                return ops.convert_to_tensor(shape);
+                return ops.convert_to_tensor(shape, dtype: dtypes.int32);
             }
         }
 
diff --git a/src/TensorFlowNET.Core/Operations/while_v2.cs b/src/TensorFlowNET.Core/Operations/while_v2.cs
index 3f324f872..aae15b77d 100644
--- a/src/TensorFlowNET.Core/Operations/while_v2.cs
+++ b/src/TensorFlowNET.Core/Operations/while_v2.cs
@@ -38,9 +38,9 @@ public static Tensor[] while_loop(Func<Tensors, Tensor> cond,
             int len_orig_loop_vars = orig_loop_vars.Length;
 
             loop_vars = _tensor_array_to_flow(loop_vars);
-            loop_vars = Nest.MapStructure(x => _convert_to_tensor_or_indexed_slices(x, TF_DataType.DtInvalid, null), loop_vars).ToTensors();
+            loop_vars = Nest.MapStructure(x => _convert_to_tensor_or_indexed_slices(x), loop_vars).ToTensors();
 
-            var loop_vars_signature = Nest.MapStructure(x => new TensorSpec(x.shape, x.dtype), _tensor_array_to_flow(loop_vars));
+            var loop_vars_signature = Nest.MapStructure(x => new TensorSpec(x.shape, x.dtype), loop_vars);
 
             var flat_shape_invariants = Nest.Flatten(loop_vars_signature).Select(x => x.shape).ToArray();
 
@@ -379,10 +379,9 @@ private static string _build_cond_placeholders_name_prefix(FuncGraph cond_graph)
             return cond_graph.unique_name(cond_graph.Name + "___redundant_placeholder");
         }
 
-        private static Tensor _convert_to_tensor_or_indexed_slices(Tensor value, TF_DataType dtype, 
-            string name)
+        private static Tensor _convert_to_tensor_or_indexed_slices(Tensor value)
         {
-            return ops.convert_to_tensor(value, dtype, name, false);
+            return ops.convert_to_tensor(value, as_ref: false);
         }
 
         private static Tensor _build_maximum_iterations_loop_var(int maximum_iterations = -1)
diff --git a/src/TensorFlowNET.Core/ops.cs b/src/TensorFlowNET.Core/ops.cs
index fb9bccf31..7bd78a79f 100644
--- a/src/TensorFlowNET.Core/ops.cs
+++ b/src/TensorFlowNET.Core/ops.cs
@@ -576,7 +576,14 @@ public static bool inside_function()
         public static HandleData get_resource_handle_data(Tensor graph_op)
         {
             var handle_data = c_api.TFC_GetHandleShapeAndType(graph_op.graph.c_graph, graph_op._as_tf_output());
-            return HandleData.Parser.ParseFrom(c_api.ByteStringPiece(handle_data));
+            try{
+                var handle_str = c_api.ByteStringPiece(handle_data.DangerousGetHandle() == IntPtr.Zero ? null : new Buffer(handle_data));
+                return HandleData.Parser.ParseFrom(handle_str);
+            }
+            catch(Exception){
+                var handle_str = c_api.ByteStringPieceFromNativeString(handle_data.DangerousGetHandle());
+                return HandleData.Parser.ParseFrom(handle_str);
+            }
         }
 
         public static void dismantle_graph(Graph graph)
diff --git a/tools/Tensorflow.UnitTest.RedistHolder/Tensorflow.UnitTest.RedistHolder.csproj b/tools/Tensorflow.UnitTest.RedistHolder/Tensorflow.UnitTest.RedistHolder.csproj
index 878077582..1ca387dbb 100644
--- a/tools/Tensorflow.UnitTest.RedistHolder/Tensorflow.UnitTest.RedistHolder.csproj
+++ b/tools/Tensorflow.UnitTest.RedistHolder/Tensorflow.UnitTest.RedistHolder.csproj
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
   </PropertyGroup>
 
   <ItemGroup>
-    <PackageReference Include="SciSharp.TensorFlow.Redist" Version="2.11.3" />
+    <PackageReference Include="SciSharp.TensorFlow.Redist" Version="2.11.4" />
     <PackageReference Include="SciSharp.TensorFlow.Redist-Lite" Version="2.6.0" />
   </ItemGroup>