fix(openapi): type-aware, order-insensitive example de-duplication

plugins/communication_protocols/http/pyproject.toml

@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
 
 [project]
 name = "utcp-http"
-version = "1.1.10"
+version = "1.1.11"
 authors = [
   { name = "UTCP Contributors" },
 ]

plugins/communication_protocols/http/src/utcp_http/openapi_converter.py

@@ -401,13 +401,21 @@ def _merge_examples(self, *objs: Optional[Dict[str, Any]]) -> Optional[List[Any]
         Used to combine examples that can appear at more than one level for the
         same value, e.g. a Media Type Object and the Schema Object beneath it.
         Returns a list suitable for the JSON Schema 'examples' keyword, or None.
+
+        De-duplication uses a canonical JSON serialization (sorted keys) as the
+        identity. This is order-insensitive for objects and type-aware, so it
+        does not collapse semantically distinct examples the way Python's ``==``
+        would (``True == 1``, ``False == 0``, ``1 == 1.0``).
         """
         merged: List[Any] = []
+        seen: set = set()
         for obj in objs:
             if not isinstance(obj, dict):
                 continue
             for ex in self._extract_examples(obj) or []:
-                if ex not in merged:
+                key = json.dumps(ex, sort_keys=True, default=str)
+                if key not in seen:
+                    seen.add(key)
                     merged.append(ex)
         return merged or None
 

plugins/communication_protocols/http/tests/test_openapi_converter.py

@@ -370,3 +370,56 @@ def test_openapi_converter_array_form_schema_examples():
     assert body_param.model_dump(by_alias=True).get("examples") == [{"name": "Gadget A"}, {"name": "Gadget B"}]
 
     assert tool.outputs.examples == ["ok", "done"]
+
+
+def test_openapi_converter_example_dedup_is_type_aware_and_order_insensitive():
+    """De-dup keeps distinct JSON types (true vs 1) and collapses key-reordered objects."""
+    openapi_spec = {
+        "openapi": "3.0.0",
+        "info": {"title": "Test API", "version": "1.0.0"},
+        "paths": {
+            "/items": {
+                "post": {
+                    "operationId": "createItem",
+                    "requestBody": {
+                        "content": {
+                            "application/json": {
+                                # media-type example with one key order...
+                                "examples": {"e1": {"value": {"a": 1, "b": 2}}},
+                                "schema": {
+                                    "type": "object",
+                                    # ...schema example with the other key order -> collapses to one
+                                    "examples": [{"b": 2, "a": 1}],
+                                },
+                            }
+                        }
+                    },
+                    "responses": {
+                        "200": {
+                            "description": "ok",
+                            "content": {
+                                "application/json": {
+                                    "schema": {
+                                        "type": "object",
+                                        # true and 1 are distinct; duplicate true removed
+                                        "examples": [True, 1, True],
+                                    }
+                                }
+                            },
+                        }
+                    },
+                }
+            }
+        },
+    }
+
+    converter = OpenApiConverter(openapi_spec)
+    manual = converter.convert()
+
+    tool = next((t for t in manual.tools if t.name == "createItem"), None)
+    assert tool is not None
+
+    # {a:1,b:2} and {b:2,a:1} are the same example -> collapsed to one
+    assert tool.inputs.properties.get("body").examples == [{"a": 1, "b": 2}]
+    # True vs 1 kept distinct (== would have collapsed them); duplicate True removed
+    assert tool.outputs.examples == [True, 1]