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pipecat/tests/test_serializers.py
Aleix Conchillo Flaqué d07ba562eb Separate bus messages from pipeline frames
BusMessage was a mixin tacked onto DataFrame / SystemFrame so the bus
could reuse the frame priority machinery. That made every bus message
also a Frame, which is misleading — bus messages travel on the bus, not
through pipelines. If a worker actually needs to ship a frame, it wraps
it in BusFrameMessage.

BusMessage is now a plain dataclass base carrying source/target.
BusDataMessage and BusSystemMessage are empty subclasses that exist
only as priority markers. The bus router and the priority queue check
``isinstance(item, BusSystemMessage)`` directly instead of
``isinstance(item, SystemFrame)``.

The serializer test that round-tripped DataFrame.name (a non-init
field) is rewritten against a local _MessageWithNonInit(BusDataMessage)
subclass so the serializer's init=False path stays covered.
2026-05-21 19:07:13 -07:00

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#
# Copyright (c) 2026, Daily
#
# SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD 2-Clause License
#
import unittest
from dataclasses import dataclass, field
from pydantic import BaseModel
from pipecat.bus.messages import (
BusActivateWorkerMessage,
BusCancelMessage,
BusDataMessage,
BusEndMessage,
BusFrameMessage,
BusJobRequestMessage,
BusJobResponseMessage,
BusMessage,
)
from pipecat.bus.serializers import JSONMessageSerializer
from pipecat.frames.frames import TextFrame
from pipecat.pipeline.job_context import JobStatus
from pipecat.processors.frame_processor import FrameDirection
class _Address(BaseModel):
city: str
zip_code: str
class _UserInfo(BaseModel):
name: str
age: int
address: _Address | None = None
@dataclass(kw_only=True)
class _MessageWithNonInit(BusDataMessage):
tag: str = field(init=False, default="default")
class TestJSONMessageSerializer(unittest.TestCase):
def setUp(self):
self.serializer = JSONMessageSerializer()
def test_round_trip_simple_message(self):
"""BusMessage serializes and deserializes correctly."""
msg = BusDataMessage(source="task_a", target="task_b")
data = self.serializer.serialize(msg)
restored = self.serializer.deserialize(data)
self.assertIsInstance(restored, BusMessage)
self.assertEqual(restored.source, "task_a")
self.assertEqual(restored.target, "task_b")
def test_round_trip_broadcast_message(self):
"""Broadcast message (no target) round-trips."""
msg = BusDataMessage(source="task_a")
data = self.serializer.serialize(msg)
restored = self.serializer.deserialize(data)
self.assertIsInstance(restored, BusMessage)
self.assertEqual(restored.source, "task_a")
self.assertIsNone(restored.target)
def test_round_trip_activate_message(self):
"""BusActivateWorkerMessage with args round-trips."""
msg = BusActivateWorkerMessage(
source="parent",
target="child",
args={"messages": [{"role": "user", "content": "hello"}]},
)
data = self.serializer.serialize(msg)
restored = self.serializer.deserialize(data)
self.assertIsInstance(restored, BusActivateWorkerMessage)
self.assertEqual(restored.source, "parent")
self.assertEqual(restored.target, "child")
self.assertEqual(restored.args["messages"][0]["content"], "hello")
def test_round_trip_end_message(self):
"""BusEndMessage round-trips."""
msg = BusEndMessage(source="task_a", reason="done")
data = self.serializer.serialize(msg)
restored = self.serializer.deserialize(data)
self.assertIsInstance(restored, BusEndMessage)
self.assertEqual(restored.reason, "done")
def test_round_trip_cancel_message(self):
"""BusCancelMessage round-trips."""
msg = BusCancelMessage(source="task_a", reason="abort")
data = self.serializer.serialize(msg)
restored = self.serializer.deserialize(data)
self.assertIsInstance(restored, BusCancelMessage)
self.assertEqual(restored.reason, "abort")
def test_round_trip_job_request(self):
"""BusJobRequestMessage with payload round-trips."""
msg = BusJobRequestMessage(
source="parent",
target="worker",
job_id="t-123",
payload={"key": "value"},
)
data = self.serializer.serialize(msg)
restored = self.serializer.deserialize(data)
self.assertIsInstance(restored, BusJobRequestMessage)
self.assertEqual(restored.job_id, "t-123")
self.assertEqual(restored.payload, {"key": "value"})
def test_round_trip_job_response(self):
"""BusJobResponseMessage round-trips."""
msg = BusJobResponseMessage(
source="worker",
target="parent",
job_id="t-123",
status=JobStatus.COMPLETED,
response={"result": 42},
)
data = self.serializer.serialize(msg)
restored = self.serializer.deserialize(data)
self.assertIsInstance(restored, BusJobResponseMessage)
self.assertEqual(restored.job_id, "t-123")
self.assertEqual(restored.response, {"result": 42})
self.assertEqual(restored.status, JobStatus.COMPLETED)
def test_round_trip_frame_message(self):
"""BusFrameMessage with TextFrame round-trips via adapter."""
msg = BusFrameMessage(
source="task_a",
frame=TextFrame(text="hello world"),
direction=FrameDirection.DOWNSTREAM,
)
data = self.serializer.serialize(msg)
restored = self.serializer.deserialize(data)
self.assertIsInstance(restored, BusFrameMessage)
self.assertIsInstance(restored.frame, TextFrame)
self.assertEqual(restored.frame.text, "hello world")
self.assertEqual(restored.direction, FrameDirection.DOWNSTREAM)
self.assertEqual(restored.source, "task_a")
def test_frame_message_upstream_direction(self):
"""UPSTREAM direction preserved in round-trip."""
msg = BusFrameMessage(
source="task_a",
frame=TextFrame(text="up"),
direction=FrameDirection.UPSTREAM,
)
data = self.serializer.serialize(msg)
restored = self.serializer.deserialize(data)
self.assertEqual(restored.direction, FrameDirection.UPSTREAM)
def test_unregistered_frame_warns_and_skips(self):
"""Serializing a frame with no adapter warns and skips the field."""
serializer = JSONMessageSerializer() # no adapters registered
msg = BusFrameMessage(
source="task_a",
frame=TextFrame(text="hello"),
direction=FrameDirection.DOWNSTREAM,
)
# Should not raise — unserializable field is skipped with a warning
data = serializer.serialize(msg)
self.assertIsInstance(data, bytes)
def test_unknown_message_type_returns_none(self):
"""Deserializing an unknown message type returns None."""
bad_data = b'{"__type__":"bogus.BogusMessage","__data__":{"source":"a"}}'
result = self.serializer.deserialize(bad_data)
self.assertIsNone(result)
def test_serialized_is_bytes(self):
"""serialize() returns bytes."""
msg = BusDataMessage(source="a")
data = self.serializer.serialize(msg)
self.assertIsInstance(data, bytes)
def test_adapter_mro_lookup(self):
"""Adapter registered for a parent class handles subclasses."""
class CustomTextFrame(TextFrame):
pass
msg = BusFrameMessage(
source="a",
frame=CustomTextFrame(text="sub"),
direction=FrameDirection.DOWNSTREAM,
)
# TextTypeAdapter is registered for TextFrame, should handle subclass
data = self.serializer.serialize(msg)
self.assertIsInstance(data, bytes)
def test_round_trip_pydantic_base_model(self):
"""Pydantic BaseModel round-trips preserving the type."""
msg = BusJobResponseMessage(
source="worker",
target="parent",
job_id="t-456",
status=JobStatus.COMPLETED,
response={"user": _UserInfo(name="Alice", age=30)},
)
data = self.serializer.serialize(msg)
restored = self.serializer.deserialize(data)
self.assertIsInstance(restored, BusJobResponseMessage)
user = restored.response["user"]
self.assertIsInstance(user, _UserInfo)
self.assertEqual(user.name, "Alice")
self.assertEqual(user.age, 30)
def test_round_trip_nested_pydantic_base_model(self):
"""Nested Pydantic BaseModels round-trip preserving types."""
user = _UserInfo(name="Alice", age=30, address=_Address(city="NYC", zip_code="10001"))
msg = BusJobResponseMessage(
source="worker",
target="parent",
job_id="t-789",
status=JobStatus.COMPLETED,
response={"user": user},
)
data = self.serializer.serialize(msg)
restored = self.serializer.deserialize(data)
self.assertIsInstance(restored, BusJobResponseMessage)
restored_user = restored.response["user"]
self.assertIsInstance(restored_user, _UserInfo)
self.assertIsInstance(restored_user.address, _Address)
self.assertEqual(restored_user.address.city, "NYC")
self.assertEqual(restored_user.address.zip_code, "10001")
def test_non_init_fields_preserved(self):
"""Non-init dataclass fields survive round-trip via setattr."""
msg = _MessageWithNonInit(source="worker_a", target="worker_b")
msg.tag = "custom_tag"
data = self.serializer.serialize(msg)
restored = self.serializer.deserialize(data)
self.assertEqual(restored.tag, "custom_tag")
if __name__ == "__main__":
unittest.main()