diff --git a/src/services/commonServices/baseService/utils.py b/src/services/commonServices/baseService/utils.py
index 8acb0bab..777b5100 100644
--- a/src/services/commonServices/baseService/utils.py
+++ b/src/services/commonServices/baseService/utils.py
@@ -195,10 +195,28 @@ async def send_message(cred, data ):
     except Exception as e:
         logger.error(f'Unexpected send message error=>, {str(e)}')
 
+def _coerce_json_payload(payload, success):
+    if not success:
+        return payload
+
+    data_section = payload.get('data')
+    if not isinstance(data_section, dict):
+        return payload
+
+    json_content = data_section.get('content')
+    if not isinstance(json_content, str):
+        return payload
+
+    try:
+        data_section['content'] = json.loads(json_content)
+    except json.JSONDecodeError:
+        logger.error("Failed to parse JSON response; returning raw string")
+    return payload
 
 async def sendResponse(response_format, data, success = False, variables={}):
+    formatted = _coerce_json_payload(data, success)
     data_to_send = {
-        'response' if success else 'error': data,
+        'response' if success else 'error': formatted,
         'success': success
     }
     match response_format['type']:
diff --git a/src/services/utils/common_utils.py b/src/services/utils/common_utils.py
index 53691c9d..bc56a254 100644
--- a/src/services/utils/common_utils.py
+++ b/src/services/utils/common_utils.py
@@ -1052,7 +1052,7 @@ async def orchestrator_agent_chat(agent_config, body=None, user=None):
         if not parsed_data['is_playground']:
             if result.get('response') and result['response'].get('data'):
                 result['response']['data']['message_id'] = parsed_data['message_id']
-            await sendResponse(parsed_data['response_format'], result["response"], success=True, variables=parsed_data.get('variables',{}))
+            await sendResponse(parsed_data['response_format'], result["response"], success=True, variables=parsed_data.get('variables', {}))
             # Update usage metrics for successful API calls
             update_usage_metrics(parsed_data, params, latency, result=result, success=True)
             await process_background_tasks(parsed_data, result, params, thread_info)