Double encoding of JSON responses

[atoulme]

Component(s)

receiver/splunkhec

What happened?

Description

Steps to Reproduce

• Run the collector with splunkhecreceiver
• Send malformed data

Expected Result

The result should be a JSON object that exposes the error message related to the handling of the data.

Actual Result

The result is a JSON string representation of the JSON object.

Collector version

0.87.0

Environment information

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OpenTelemetry Collector configuration

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Log output

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Additional context

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