[Fleet] Remove escaping numeric value in agent template (#114123)

x-pack/plugins/fleet/server/services/epm/agent/agent.test.ts

@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ foo: {{bar}}
 some_text_field: {{should_be_text}}
 multi_text_field:
 {{#each multi_text}}
-  - {{this}}
+  - !!str {{this}}
 {{/each}}
       `;
     const vars = {
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ multi_text_field:
       password: { type: 'password', value: '' },
       optional_field: { type: 'text', value: undefined },
       bar: { type: 'text', value: 'bar' },
-      should_be_text: { type: 'text', value: '1234' },
+      should_be_text: { type: 'text', value: 'textvalue' },
       multi_text: { type: 'text', value: ['1234', 'foo', 'bar'] },
     };
 
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ multi_text_field:
       processors: [{ add_locale: null }],
       password: '',
       foo: 'bar',
-      some_text_field: '1234',
+      some_text_field: 'textvalue',
       multi_text_field: ['1234', 'foo', 'bar'],
     });
   });
@@ -217,12 +217,13 @@ input: logs
     });
   });
 
-  it('should escape string values when necessary', () => {
+  it('should suport !!str for string values', () => {
     const stringTemplate = `
 my-package:
     asteriskOnly: {{asteriskOnly}}
     startsWithAsterisk: {{startsWithAsterisk}}
-    numeric: {{numeric}}
+    numeric_with_str: !!str {{numeric}}
+    numeric_without_str: {{numeric}}
     mixed: {{mixed}}
     concatenatedEnd: {{a}}{{b}}
     concatenatedMiddle: {{c}}{{d}}
@@ -245,7 +246,8 @@ my-package:
       'my-package': {
         asteriskOnly: '*',
         startsWithAsterisk: '*lala',
-        numeric: '100',
+        numeric_with_str: '100',
+        numeric_without_str: 100,
         mixed: '1s',
         concatenatedEnd: '/opt/package/*/logs/my.log*',
         concatenatedMiddle: '/opt/*/package/logs/*my.log',

x-pack/plugins/fleet/server/services/epm/agent/agent.ts

@@ -58,14 +58,6 @@ function replaceVariablesInYaml(yamlVariables: { [k: string]: any }, yaml: any)
   return yaml;
 }
 
-const maybeEscapeString = (value: string) => {
-  // Numeric strings need to be quoted to stay strings.
-  if (value.length && !isNaN(+value)) {
-    return `"${value}"`;
-  }
-  return value;
-};
-
 function buildTemplateVariables(variables: PackagePolicyConfigRecord, templateStr: string) {
   const yamlValues: { [k: string]: any } = {};
   const vars = Object.entries(variables).reduce((acc, [key, recordEntry]) => {
@@ -92,16 +84,6 @@ function buildTemplateVariables(variables: PackagePolicyConfigRecord, templateSt
       const yamlKeyPlaceholder = `##${key}##`;
       varPart[lastKeyPart] = recordEntry.value ? `"${yamlKeyPlaceholder}"` : null;
       yamlValues[yamlKeyPlaceholder] = recordEntry.value ? safeLoad(recordEntry.value) : null;
-    } else if (
-      recordEntry.type &&
-      (recordEntry.type === 'text' || recordEntry.type === 'string') &&
-      recordEntry.value?.length
-    ) {
-      if (Array.isArray(recordEntry.value)) {
-        varPart[lastKeyPart] = recordEntry.value.map((value: string) => maybeEscapeString(value));
-      } else {
-        varPart[lastKeyPart] = maybeEscapeString(recordEntry.value);
-      }
     } else {
       varPart[lastKeyPart] = recordEntry.value;
     }