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Problem

Unit tests were showing Pydantic serialization warnings like:

PydanticSerializationUnexpectedValue(Expected `ActionInvocationMethodKafka` - serialized value may not be as expected [input_value={'type': 'GITHUB', 'org':...rtWorkflowStatus': True}, input_type=dict])

These warnings occur because Pydantic v2 has stricter handling of union types during serialization. When encountering the ActionInvocationMethod union type, Pydantic couldn't determine which specific variant to use, leading to serialization ambiguity.

Solution

Converted the ActionInvocationMethod union to use Pydantic's discriminated union feature:

Before:

ActionInvocationMethod = (
    ActionInvocationMethodGitHub
    | ActionInvocationMethodGitLab
    | ActionInvocationMethodAzureDevOps
    | ActionInvocationMethodWebhook
    | ActionInvocationMethodKafka
)

After:

ActionInvocationMethod = Annotated[
    ActionInvocationMethodGitHub
    | ActionInvocationMethodGitLab
    | ActionInvocationMethodAzureDevOps
    | ActionInvocationMethodWebhook
    | ActionInvocationMethodKafka,
    Discriminator("type")
]

The discriminator uses the existing type field (e.g., "GITHUB", "WEBHOOK", "KAFKA") that each invocation method class already has as a Literal field. This helps Pydantic identify the correct variant during serialization without ambiguity.

Changes

  • Added Annotated import from typing
  • Added Discriminator import from pydantic
  • Modified ActionInvocationMethod to use discriminated union pattern
  • No breaking changes to existing APIs or interfaces

Testing

  • Validated syntax and imports are correct
  • Confirmed backward compatibility with existing test imports
  • Verified the discriminator pattern leverages existing class structure

This fix eliminates the serialization warnings while maintaining full backward compatibility.

Fixes #59.


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Copilot AI changed the title [WIP] Unit tests pass but show many warning from Pydentic Fix Pydantic serialization warnings by adding discriminator to ActionInvocationMethod union Jul 1, 2025
Copilot AI requested a review from Matanga1-2 July 1, 2025 10:11
Copilot finished work on behalf of Matanga1-2 July 1, 2025 10:11
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