fix json

pioreactor/tests/test_utils.py

@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 from time import sleep
 
 import pytest
+from msgspec.json import encode as dumps
 
 from pioreactor.background_jobs.stirring import start_stirring
 from pioreactor.pubsub import subscribe_and_callback
@@ -322,6 +323,22 @@ def test_upsert_setting_insert(job_manager, job_id):
     assert result[0] == value
 
 
+def test_upsert_setting_insert_complex_types(job_manager, job_id):
+    setting = "settingDict"
+    value = {"A": 1, "B": {"C": 2}}
+
+    # Call the upsert_setting function
+    job_manager.upsert_setting(job_id, setting, value)
+
+    # Verify the setting was inserted correctly
+    job_manager.cursor.execute(
+        "SELECT value FROM pio_job_published_settings WHERE job_id=? AND setting=?", (job_id, setting)
+    )
+    result = job_manager.cursor.fetchone()
+    assert result is not None
+    assert result[0] == dumps(value).decode() == r'{"A":1,"B":{"C":2}}'
+
+
 def test_upsert_setting_update(job_manager, job_id):
     # First insert a setting-value pair
     setting = "setting1"

pioreactor/utils/__init__.py

@@ -627,7 +627,7 @@ def upsert_setting(self, job_id: JobMetadataKey, setting: str, value: Any) -> No
                 UPDATE SET value = :value;
             """
             if isinstance(value, dict):
-                value = dumps(value)
+                value = dumps(value).decode()  # back to string, not bytes
             else:
                 value = str(value)