StackStorm / StackStorm/st2

Preserve type in ActionChain publish variables

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Description

Since ActionChain publishing uses Jinja the types for published variables are not preserved and everything gets a string representation.

Fix either by switch all this to YAQL or some other post-jinja magic.

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Research direction

Start by tracing ActionChain publishing and its Jinja-based variable rendering. Compare the current behavior with YAQL or another available post-Jinja approach, using published variables of non-string types to reproduce the conversion. Done means published variables retain their original types rather than becoming string representations.

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Assessment

Tech stack
python
Domain
backend, devops
Issue type
Bug
Difficulty
5/5
Estimated time
Over a week
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Needs clarification
Newbie friendliness
20/100

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