From 71fcbbc86398f64449040d5246ddd0c3a10b4c3b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Andy Li <55300002+cliandy@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Mon, 9 Jun 2025 11:11:56 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] fix: unpacking non json values (#2684)

---
 letta/system.py | 4 +++-
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/letta/system.py b/letta/system.py
index dd9cae78..05b83c08 100644
--- a/letta/system.py
+++ b/letta/system.py
@@ -218,11 +218,13 @@ def get_token_limit_warning():
     return json_dumps(packaged_message)
 
 
-def unpack_message(packed_message) -> str:
+def unpack_message(packed_message: str) -> str:
     """Take a packed message string and attempt to extract the inner message content"""
 
     try:
         message_json = json.loads(packed_message)
+        if type(message_json) is not dict:
+            return packed_message
     except:
         return packed_message