diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index bdd4f15974..bbfe8c5fc2 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -5,6 +5,12 @@ All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.
 The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/),
 and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0.html).
 
+## Unreleased
+
+### Fixed
+
+- Fixed `@auto` to be safe with `tuple`-valued positionals https://github.com/Textualize/rich/issues/4016
+
 ## [14.3.3] - 2026-02-19
 
 ### Fixed
diff --git a/CONTRIBUTORS.md b/CONTRIBUTORS.md
index 4d77a0e3ed..136bb13c79 100644
--- a/CONTRIBUTORS.md
+++ b/CONTRIBUTORS.md
@@ -100,3 +100,4 @@ The following people have contributed to the development of Rich:
 - [Brandon Capener](https://github.com/bcapener)
 - [Alex Zheng](https://github.com/alexzheng111)
 - [Sebastian Speitel](https://github.com/SebastianSpeitel)
+- [David S.](https://github.com/finite-state-machine)
diff --git a/rich/repr.py b/rich/repr.py
index 95331006ee..c6e7761b4c 100644
--- a/rich/repr.py
+++ b/rich/repr.py
@@ -71,13 +71,13 @@ def auto_rich_repr(self: Type[T]) -> Result:
                 signature = inspect.signature(self.__init__)
                 for name, param in signature.parameters.items():
                     if param.kind == param.POSITIONAL_ONLY:
-                        yield getattr(self, name)
+                        yield None, getattr(self, name)
                     elif param.kind in (
                         param.POSITIONAL_OR_KEYWORD,
                         param.KEYWORD_ONLY,
                     ):
                         if param.default is param.empty:
-                            yield getattr(self, param.name)
+                            yield None, getattr(self, param.name)
                         else:
                             yield param.name, getattr(self, param.name), param.default
             except Exception as error:
diff --git a/tests/test_repr.py b/tests/test_repr.py
index 94fd6da1f6..4147101159 100644
--- a/tests/test_repr.py
+++ b/tests/test_repr.py
@@ -124,6 +124,9 @@ def test_rich_repr_auto() -> None:
         == f"Bird('penguin', ['fish'], another={repr(stupid_class)}, extinct={repr(not_stupid)})"
     )
 
+def test_rich_repr_auto_with_tuples() -> None:
+    assert repr(Egg(('hello', 'world'), egg=2)) == "Egg(('hello', 'world'), egg=2)"
+
 
 def test_rich_repr_auto_angular() -> None:
     assert repr(AngularEgg("hello", egg=2)) == "<AngularEgg 'hello' egg=2>"