From 738dcc443b2e3858e3f5defdfabd44849873e6fb Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: maxdml <maxdml@dbos.dev>
Date: Thu, 13 Nov 2025 15:14:23 -0800
Subject: [PATCH] do not serializer again the json string

---
 dbos/conductor_protocol.go | 19 ++++++++-----------
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-)

diff --git a/dbos/conductor_protocol.go b/dbos/conductor_protocol.go
index 12b9eaa..ecde747 100644
--- a/dbos/conductor_protocol.go
+++ b/dbos/conductor_protocol.go
@@ -137,18 +137,16 @@ func formatListWorkflowsResponseBody(wf WorkflowStatus) listWorkflowsConductorRe
 		}
 	}
 
-	// Convert input/output to JSON strings if present
+	// input/output are already JSON strings
 	if wf.Input != nil {
-		inputJSON, err := json.Marshal(wf.Input)
-		if err == nil {
-			inputStr := string(inputJSON)
+		inputStr, ok := wf.Input.(string)
+		if ok {
 			output.Input = &inputStr
 		}
 	}
 	if wf.Output != nil {
-		outputJSON, err := json.Marshal(wf.Output)
-		if err == nil {
-			outputStr := string(outputJSON)
+		outputStr, ok := wf.Output.(string)
+		if ok {
 			output.Output = &outputStr
 		}
 	}
@@ -249,11 +247,10 @@ func formatWorkflowStepsResponseBody(step StepInfo) workflowStepsConductorRespon
 		FunctionName: step.StepName,
 	}
 
-	// Convert output to JSON string if present
+	// output is already a JSON string
 	if step.Output != nil {
-		outputJSON, err := json.Marshal(step.Output)
-		if err == nil {
-			outputStr := string(outputJSON)
+		outputStr, ok := step.Output.(string)
+		if ok {
 			output.Output = &outputStr
 		}
 	}