you can't merge dictionaries if they're no longer dictionaries - sigh

apps/cli/utilities/aat_wrest/aat_wrest/metadata_wrester.py

@@ -454,7 +454,7 @@ class WrestWorkflowMetadata:
                 if data:
                     # This should have all the ancillary and science product names
                     # It returns from the query as a list of tuples, so it must be flattened
-                    make_json = json.dumps({"file_list": list(sum(data, ()))})
+                    make_json = {"file_list": list(sum(data, ()))}
                 else:
                     self.logger.error(f"ERROR: Failed to fetch products from product ID {product_group_id}")
             else:
@@ -470,8 +470,8 @@ class WrestWorkflowMetadata:
             cursor.execute(input_group_query, {"pg_id": product_group_id})
             input_data = cursor.fetchall()
             if input_data:
-                input_info = json.dumps({"input_group_locator": input_data[0][0]})
+                input_info = {"input_group_locator": input_data[0][0]}
                 make_json = {**make_json, **input_info}
         finally:
             self.conn.close()
-        return make_json
+        return json.dumps(make_json)

services/workflow/workflow/server.py

@@ -874,6 +874,7 @@ def main(global_config, **settings):
             factory=lookup_request,
         )
 
+        # route for retrieving a list of requests viable for clean up
         config.add_route(
             "list_stale_requests",
             "/workflows/requests/stale/{days}",