From 44087bc706dfbe255c10c09546d6db0e1a72dcdd Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Purshotam Bohra <67221507+PBJI@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Fri, 15 Aug 2025 16:34:11 +0530
Subject: [PATCH] Fixes problematic json parsing in Iteration.ts (#5077)

Resolves the json parsing issue in Iteration.ts gracefully
---
 .../components/nodes/agentflow/Iteration/Iteration.ts | 11 ++++++++---
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/packages/components/nodes/agentflow/Iteration/Iteration.ts b/packages/components/nodes/agentflow/Iteration/Iteration.ts
index 048035fb2..53026bb53 100644
--- a/packages/components/nodes/agentflow/Iteration/Iteration.ts
+++ b/packages/components/nodes/agentflow/Iteration/Iteration.ts
@@ -39,12 +39,17 @@ class Iteration_Agentflow implements INode {
         const iterationInput = nodeData.inputs?.iterationInput
 
         // Helper function to clean JSON strings with redundant backslashes
-        const cleanJsonString = (str: string): string => {
-            return str.replace(/\\(["'[\]{}])/g, '$1')
+        const safeParseJson = (str: string): string => {
+            try {
+                return JSON.parse(str)
+            } catch {
+                // Try parsing after cleaning
+                return JSON.parse(str.replace(/\\(["'[\]{}])/g, '$1'))
+            }
         }
 
         const iterationInputArray =
-            typeof iterationInput === 'string' && iterationInput !== '' ? JSON.parse(cleanJsonString(iterationInput)) : iterationInput
+            typeof iterationInput === 'string' && iterationInput !== '' ? safeParseJson(iterationInput) : iterationInput
 
         if (!iterationInputArray || !Array.isArray(iterationInputArray)) {
             throw new Error('Invalid input array')