Test Kitchen: make sure action_context is always a string
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	cjming
	Dec 11 2025, 9:15 PM

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In the PHP and JS SDKs, action_context should be processed to always return a string to pre-empt validation errors related to this property.

Use JSON.stringify() on action_context before sending events

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SDKs ensure action_context is always a string
Include/update test cases

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cjming created this task.Dec 11 2025, 9:15 PM

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cjming updated the task description. (Show Details)Dec 11 2025, 9:18 PM

Notes:

To confirm, we're talking about when developers are using the Test Kitchen SDKs and not the Event Platform SDKs?
We need to ensure that we support developers using custom streams and schemas

I figure the solution looks something like:

Experiment.js

class Experiment {
  send( action, interactionData ) {
    // ...
    if ( event.action_context && typeof event.action_context !== 'string' ) {
      event.action_context = JSON.stringify( event.action_context );
    }
  }
}

JVanderhoop-WMF triaged this task as High priority.Dec 16 2025, 5:33 PM

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Test Kitchen: make sure action_context is always a string
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