Revert "fix: updating generated answer and extracted answers serialisation (#11805)" (#11895)

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Sebastian Husch Lee
2026-07-07 10:10:13 +02:00
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parent da17b3e151
commit 8d037f2ceb
4 changed files with 122 additions and 217 deletions
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@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
from dataclasses import asdict, dataclass, field
from typing import Any, Optional, Protocol, runtime_checkable
from haystack.core.serialization import default_from_dict, default_to_dict
from haystack.dataclasses import ChatMessage, Document
from haystack.utils.dataclasses import _warn_on_inplace_mutation
@@ -53,16 +54,20 @@ class ExtractedAnswer:
:returns:
Serialized dictionary representation of the object.
"""
return {
"data": self.data,
"query": self.query,
"document": self.document.to_dict(flatten=False) if self.document is not None else None,
"context": self.context,
"score": self.score,
"document_offset": asdict(self.document_offset) if self.document_offset is not None else None,
"context_offset": asdict(self.context_offset) if self.context_offset is not None else None,
"meta": self.meta,
}
document = self.document.to_dict(flatten=False) if self.document is not None else None
document_offset = asdict(self.document_offset) if self.document_offset is not None else None
context_offset = asdict(self.context_offset) if self.context_offset is not None else None
return default_to_dict(
self,
data=self.data,
query=self.query,
document=document,
context=self.context,
score=self.score,
document_offset=document_offset,
context_offset=context_offset,
meta=self.meta,
)
@classmethod
def from_dict(cls, data: dict[str, Any]) -> "ExtractedAnswer":
@@ -74,32 +79,16 @@ class ExtractedAnswer:
:returns:
Deserialized object.
"""
# backward compat: old format wrapped fields in init_parameters
if "init_parameters" in data:
data = data["init_parameters"]
init_params = data.get("init_parameters", {})
if (doc := init_params.get("document")) is not None:
data["init_parameters"]["document"] = Document.from_dict(doc)
document = data.get("document")
if document is not None:
document = Document.from_dict(document)
if (offset := init_params.get("document_offset")) is not None:
data["init_parameters"]["document_offset"] = ExtractedAnswer.Span(**offset)
document_offset = data.get("document_offset")
if document_offset is not None:
document_offset = ExtractedAnswer.Span(**document_offset)
context_offset = data.get("context_offset")
if context_offset is not None:
context_offset = ExtractedAnswer.Span(**context_offset)
return cls(
data=data.get("data"),
query=data["query"],
score=data["score"],
document=document,
context=data.get("context"),
document_offset=document_offset,
context_offset=context_offset,
meta=data.get("meta", {}),
)
if (offset := init_params.get("context_offset")) is not None:
data["init_parameters"]["context_offset"] = ExtractedAnswer.Span(**offset)
return default_from_dict(cls, data)
@_warn_on_inplace_mutation
@@ -121,18 +110,17 @@ class GeneratedAnswer:
:returns:
Serialized dictionary representation of the object.
"""
# all_messages is either a list of ChatMessage objects or a list of strings
documents = [doc.to_dict(flatten=False) for doc in self.documents]
# Serialize ChatMessage objects to dicts
meta = self.meta
all_messages = meta.get("all_messages")
# all_messages is either a list of ChatMessage objects or a list of strings
if all_messages and isinstance(all_messages[0], ChatMessage):
meta = {**meta, "all_messages": [msg.to_dict() for msg in all_messages]}
return {
"data": self.data,
"query": self.query,
"documents": [doc.to_dict(flatten=False) for doc in self.documents],
"meta": meta,
}
return default_to_dict(self, data=self.data, query=self.query, documents=documents, meta=meta)
@classmethod
def from_dict(cls, data: dict[str, Any]) -> "GeneratedAnswer":
@@ -145,15 +133,14 @@ class GeneratedAnswer:
:returns:
Deserialized object.
"""
# backward compatibility: old format wrapped fields in init_parameters
if "init_parameters" in data:
data = data["init_parameters"]
init_params = data.get("init_parameters", {})
documents = [Document.from_dict(d) for d in data.get("documents", [])]
if (documents := init_params.get("documents")) is not None:
init_params["documents"] = [Document.from_dict(d) for d in documents]
# copy to avoid mutating the caller's input dict when converting all_messages
meta = dict(data.get("meta", {}))
meta = init_params.get("meta", {})
if (all_messages := meta.get("all_messages")) and isinstance(all_messages[0], dict):
meta["all_messages"] = [ChatMessage.from_dict(m) for m in all_messages]
init_params["meta"] = meta
return cls(data=data["data"], query=data["query"], documents=documents, meta=meta)
return default_from_dict(cls, data)
@@ -1,8 +0,0 @@
---
fixes:
- |
``GeneratedAnswer`` and ``ExtractedAnswer`` now serialize to the same flat format as
all other Haystack dataclasses (``Document``, ``ChatMessage``, etc.), removing an
inconsistency that caused redundant type metadata to be embedded in pipeline
snapshots and ``State`` objects. Deserialization is backward compatible: ``from_dict()``
still accepts the old ``{"type": "...", "init_parameters": {...}}`` format.
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@@ -57,17 +57,20 @@ class TestExtractedAnswer:
meta={"meta_key": "meta_value"},
)
assert answer.to_dict() == {
"data": "42",
"query": "What is the answer?",
"document": document.to_dict(flatten=False),
"context": "The answer is 42.",
"score": 1.0,
"document_offset": {"start": 42, "end": 44},
"context_offset": {"start": 14, "end": 16},
"meta": {"meta_key": "meta_value"},
"type": "haystack.dataclasses.answer.ExtractedAnswer",
"init_parameters": {
"data": "42",
"query": "What is the answer?",
"document": document.to_dict(flatten=False),
"context": "The answer is 42.",
"score": 1.0,
"document_offset": {"start": 42, "end": 44},
"context_offset": {"start": 14, "end": 16},
"meta": {"meta_key": "meta_value"},
},
}
def test_from_dict_legacy(self):
def test_from_dict(self):
answer = ExtractedAnswer.from_dict(
{
"type": "haystack.dataclasses.answer.ExtractedAnswer",
@@ -98,34 +101,6 @@ class TestExtractedAnswer:
assert answer.context_offset == ExtractedAnswer.Span(14, 16)
assert answer.meta == {"meta_key": "meta_value"}
def test_from_dict(self):
answer = ExtractedAnswer.from_dict(
{
"data": "42",
"query": "What is the answer?",
"document": {
"id": "8f800a524b139484fc719ecc35f971a080de87618319bc4836b784d69baca57f",
"content": "I thought a lot about this. The answer is 42.",
},
"context": "The answer is 42.",
"score": 1.0,
"document_offset": {"start": 42, "end": 44},
"context_offset": {"start": 14, "end": 16},
"meta": {"meta_key": "meta_value"},
}
)
assert answer.data == "42"
assert answer.query == "What is the answer?"
assert answer.document == Document(
id="8f800a524b139484fc719ecc35f971a080de87618319bc4836b784d69baca57f",
content="I thought a lot about this. The answer is 42.",
)
assert answer.context == "The answer is 42."
assert answer.score == 1.0
assert answer.document_offset == ExtractedAnswer.Span(42, 44)
assert answer.context_offset == ExtractedAnswer.Span(14, 16)
assert answer.meta == {"meta_key": "meta_value"}
def test_no_warning_on_init(self):
with warnings.catch_warnings():
warnings.simplefilter("error", Warning)
@@ -183,7 +158,10 @@ class TestGeneratedAnswer:
def test_to_dict(self):
answer = GeneratedAnswer(data="42", query="What is the answer?", documents=[])
assert answer.to_dict() == {"data": "42", "query": "What is the answer?", "documents": [], "meta": {}}
assert answer.to_dict() == {
"type": "haystack.dataclasses.answer.GeneratedAnswer",
"init_parameters": {"data": "42", "query": "What is the answer?", "documents": [], "meta": {}},
}
def test_to_dict_with_meta(self):
answer = GeneratedAnswer(
@@ -193,10 +171,13 @@ class TestGeneratedAnswer:
meta={"meta_key": "meta_value", "all_messages": ["What is the answer?"]},
)
assert answer.to_dict() == {
"data": "42",
"query": "What is the answer?",
"documents": [],
"meta": {"meta_key": "meta_value", "all_messages": ["What is the answer?"]},
"type": "haystack.dataclasses.answer.GeneratedAnswer",
"init_parameters": {
"data": "42",
"query": "What is the answer?",
"documents": [],
"meta": {"meta_key": "meta_value", "all_messages": ["What is the answer?"]},
},
}
def test_to_dict_with_chat_message_in_meta(self):
@@ -212,16 +193,19 @@ class TestGeneratedAnswer:
meta={"meta_key": "meta_value", "all_messages": [ChatMessage.from_user("What is the answer?")]},
)
assert answer.to_dict() == {
"data": "42",
"query": "What is the answer?",
"documents": [d.to_dict(flatten=False) for d in documents],
"meta": {
"meta_key": "meta_value",
"all_messages": [ChatMessage.from_user("What is the answer?").to_dict()],
"type": "haystack.dataclasses.answer.GeneratedAnswer",
"init_parameters": {
"data": "42",
"query": "What is the answer?",
"documents": [d.to_dict(flatten=False) for d in documents],
"meta": {
"meta_key": "meta_value",
"all_messages": [ChatMessage.from_user("What is the answer?").to_dict()],
},
},
}
def test_from_dict_legacy(self):
def test_from_dict(self):
answer = GeneratedAnswer.from_dict(
{
"type": "haystack.dataclasses.answer.GeneratedAnswer",
@@ -233,7 +217,7 @@ class TestGeneratedAnswer:
assert answer.documents == []
assert answer.meta == {}
def test_from_dict_with_meta_legacy(self):
def test_from_dict_with_meta(self):
answer = GeneratedAnswer.from_dict(
{
"type": "haystack.dataclasses.answer.GeneratedAnswer",
@@ -251,7 +235,7 @@ class TestGeneratedAnswer:
assert answer.meta["meta_key"] == "meta_value"
assert answer.meta["all_messages"] == ["What is the answer?"]
def test_from_dict_with_chat_message_in_meta_legacy(self):
def test_from_dict_with_chat_message_in_meta(self):
answer = GeneratedAnswer.from_dict(
{
"type": "haystack.dataclasses.answer.GeneratedAnswer",
@@ -280,7 +264,7 @@ class TestGeneratedAnswer:
assert answer.meta["meta_key"] == "meta_value"
assert answer.meta["all_messages"] == [ChatMessage.from_user("What is the answer?")]
def test_from_dict_with_empty_all_messages_legacy(self):
def test_from_dict_with_empty_all_messages(self):
# An empty `all_messages` list must not crash deserialization: `is not None`
# let `[]` through and then indexed `all_messages[0]`, raising IndexError.
answer = GeneratedAnswer.from_dict(
@@ -296,73 +280,6 @@ class TestGeneratedAnswer:
)
assert answer.meta["all_messages"] == []
def test_from_dict(self):
answer = GeneratedAnswer.from_dict({"data": "42", "query": "What is the answer?", "documents": [], "meta": {}})
assert answer.data == "42"
assert answer.query == "What is the answer?"
assert answer.documents == []
assert answer.meta == {}
def test_from_dict_with_meta(self):
answer = GeneratedAnswer.from_dict(
{
"data": "42",
"query": "What is the answer?",
"documents": [],
"meta": {"meta_key": "meta_value", "all_messages": ["What is the answer?"]},
}
)
assert answer.data == "42"
assert answer.query == "What is the answer?"
assert answer.documents == []
assert answer.meta["meta_key"] == "meta_value"
assert answer.meta["all_messages"] == ["What is the answer?"]
def test_from_dict_with_chat_message_in_meta(self):
answer = GeneratedAnswer.from_dict(
{
"data": "42",
"query": "What is the answer?",
"documents": [
{"id": "1", "content": "The answer is 42."},
{"id": "2", "content": "I believe the answer is 42."},
{"id": "3", "content": "42 is definitely the answer."},
],
"meta": {
"meta_key": "meta_value",
"all_messages": [ChatMessage.from_user("What is the answer?").to_dict()],
},
}
)
assert answer.data == "42"
assert answer.query == "What is the answer?"
assert answer.documents == [
Document(id="1", content="The answer is 42."),
Document(id="2", content="I believe the answer is 42."),
Document(id="3", content="42 is definitely the answer."),
]
assert answer.meta["meta_key"] == "meta_value"
assert answer.meta["all_messages"] == [ChatMessage.from_user("What is the answer?")]
def test_from_dict_with_empty_all_messages(self):
answer = GeneratedAnswer.from_dict(
{"data": "42", "query": "What is the answer?", "documents": [], "meta": {"all_messages": []}}
)
assert answer.meta["all_messages"] == []
def test_from_dict_does_not_mutate_input(self):
# from_dict must not mutate the caller's input dict while converting
# `all_messages` dicts into ChatMessage objects (regression test).
meta = {"all_messages": [ChatMessage.from_user("What is the answer?").to_dict()]}
serialized = {"data": "42", "query": "What is the answer?", "documents": [], "meta": meta}
answer = GeneratedAnswer.from_dict(serialized)
# the deserialized answer still holds ChatMessage objects
assert answer.meta["all_messages"] == [ChatMessage.from_user("What is the answer?")]
# but the caller's meta dict is left untouched: it still holds plain dicts
assert isinstance(meta["all_messages"][0], dict)
assert meta["all_messages"] == [ChatMessage.from_user("What is the answer?").to_dict()]
def test_to_dict_from_dict_round_trip_with_empty_all_messages(self):
answer = GeneratedAnswer(data="42", query="What is the answer?", documents=[], meta={"all_messages": []})
assert GeneratedAnswer.from_dict(answer.to_dict()) == answer
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@@ -233,38 +233,44 @@ def test_serializing_and_deserializing_empty_structures(value, result):
"serialized_data": [
[
{
"data": "Paris",
"query": "What is the capital of France?",
"documents": [
{
"id": "1",
"content": "Paris is the capital of France",
"blob": None,
"meta": {},
"score": None,
"embedding": None,
"sparse_embedding": None,
}
],
"meta": {"page": 1},
"type": "haystack.dataclasses.answer.GeneratedAnswer",
"init_parameters": {
"data": "Paris",
"query": "What is the capital of France?",
"documents": [
{
"id": "1",
"content": "Paris is the capital of France",
"blob": None,
"meta": {},
"score": None,
"embedding": None,
"sparse_embedding": None,
}
],
"meta": {"page": 1},
},
}
],
[
{
"data": "Berlin",
"query": "What is the capital of Germany?",
"documents": [
{
"id": "2",
"content": "Berlin is the capital of Germany",
"blob": None,
"meta": {},
"score": None,
"embedding": None,
"sparse_embedding": None,
}
],
"meta": {"page": 1},
"type": "haystack.dataclasses.answer.GeneratedAnswer",
"init_parameters": {
"data": "Berlin",
"query": "What is the capital of Germany?",
"documents": [
{
"id": "2",
"content": "Berlin is the capital of Germany",
"blob": None,
"meta": {},
"score": None,
"embedding": None,
"sparse_embedding": None,
}
],
"meta": {"page": 1},
},
}
],
],
@@ -358,20 +364,23 @@ def test_serialize_and_deserialize_value_with_schema_with_various_types():
"list_of_dicts": [{"numbers": [1, 2, 3]}],
"answers": [
{
"data": "Paris",
"query": "What is the capital of France?",
"documents": [
{
"id": "2",
"content": "Paris is the capital of France",
"blob": None,
"meta": {},
"score": None,
"embedding": None,
"sparse_embedding": None,
}
],
"meta": {"page": 1},
"type": "haystack.dataclasses.answer.GeneratedAnswer",
"init_parameters": {
"data": "Paris",
"query": "What is the capital of France?",
"documents": [
{
"id": "2",
"content": "Paris is the capital of France",
"blob": None,
"meta": {},
"score": None,
"embedding": None,
"sparse_embedding": None,
}
],
"meta": {"page": 1},
},
}
],
},