Using the Output JSON data returned from a nested Step Function

Question

Im creating a POC with nested Step Functions (SF) and have hit the following issue.

• I have SF A that has a sync task that starts the execution of SF B (using t

Answer 1

I ran into the same issue. I used "OutputPath": "$.Output" at first and that returned the escaped json. I removed that and added "ResultPath": "$.Output", This works, it returns the output as json including the escaped version. Its ok for now until AWS addresses this.

Answer 2

Not sure it's new since you asked the question but the answer is in the link you provided: Use "arn:aws:states:::states:startExecution.sync:2" in the task resource field instead of "arn:aws:states:::states:startExecution.sync"