Backport of Convert events metadata type to google.protobuf.Struct into release/1.13.x #19136
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Backport
This PR is auto-generated from #19130 to be assessed for backporting due to the inclusion of the label backport/1.13.x.
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The
bytes
type gets seralised as base64 byprotojson
when marshalled into JSON, whereasgoogle.protobuf.Struct
is the equivalent of a JSON object, so gives us a bit of structure, but still plenty of flexibility that fits in with common models of metadata, as well as nice human-readable serialisation over JSON.As JSON before:
As JSON after:
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