fix(config): preserve integer precision in Configuration unmarshaling

config/types/configuration.go

@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 package types
 
 import (
+	"bytes"
+	"encoding/json"
 	"fmt"
 	"os"
 	"path/filepath"
@@ -26,6 +28,51 @@ func (e MissingKeyError) Error() string {
 	return fmt.Sprintf("configuration%s: key %s not found", e.Path, e.Key)
 }
 
+// UnmarshalJSON overrides the default JSON unmarshaling to preserve integer
+// precision. Without it, all numbers become float64 and values >= 1e6 render
+// as scientific notation in Go templates (e.g. "2e+06").
+func (c *Configuration) UnmarshalJSON(data []byte) error {
+	dec := json.NewDecoder(bytes.NewReader(data))
+	dec.UseNumber()
+	var raw map[string]any
+	if err := dec.Decode(&raw); err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	if raw == nil {
+		*c = nil
+		return nil
+	}
+	*c = Configuration(convertJSONNumbers(raw).(map[string]any))
+	return nil
+}
+
+// convertJSONNumbers recursively walks a decoded JSON value and converts
+// json.Number to int64 (whole numbers) or float64 (fractional).
+func convertJSONNumbers(v any) any {
+	switch val := v.(type) {
+	case map[string]any:
+		for k, inner := range val {
+			val[k] = convertJSONNumbers(inner)
+		}
+		return val
+	case []any:
+		for i, inner := range val {
+			val[i] = convertJSONNumbers(inner)
+		}
+		return val
+	case json.Number:
+		if i, err := val.Int64(); err == nil {
+			return i
+		}
+		if f, err := val.Float64(); err == nil {
+			return f
+		}
+		return val.String()
+	default:
+		return val
+	}
+}
+
 func (v Configuration) GetByPath(path string) (any, error) {
 	keys := strings.Split(path, ".")
 	var current any = map[string]any(v)

config/types/configuration_test.go

@@ -1,10 +1,76 @@
 package types
 
 import (
+	"bytes"
+	"encoding/json"
 	"path/filepath"
 	"testing"
+	"text/template"
+
+	"sigs.k8s.io/yaml"
 )
 
+func TestConfiguration_UnmarshalJSON_NestedAndArrays(t *testing.T) {
+	input := `{
+		"nested": {"count": 5000000},
+		"items": [3000000, 1.5, "text"]
+	}`
+
+	var cfg Configuration
+	if err := json.Unmarshal([]byte(input), &cfg); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("UnmarshalJSON failed: %v", err)
+	}
+
+	nested, ok := cfg["nested"].(map[string]any)
+	if !ok {
+		t.Fatalf("nested is %T, want map[string]any", cfg["nested"])
+	}
+	if v := nested["count"]; v != int64(5000000) {
+		t.Errorf("nested.count = %v (%T), want int64(5000000)", v, v)
+	}
+
+	items, ok := cfg["items"].([]any)
+	if !ok {
+		t.Fatalf("items is %T, want []any", cfg["items"])
+	}
+	if items[0] != int64(3000000) {
+		t.Errorf("items[0] = %v (%T), want int64(3000000)", items[0], items[0])
+	}
+	if items[1] != float64(1.5) {
+		t.Errorf("items[1] = %v (%T), want float64(1.5)", items[1], items[1])
+	}
+	if items[2] != "text" {
+		t.Errorf("items[2] = %v (%T), want \"text\"", items[2], items[2])
+	}
+}
+
+func TestConfiguration_UnmarshalJSON_Null(t *testing.T) {
+	var cfg Configuration
+	if err := json.Unmarshal([]byte("null"), &cfg); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("UnmarshalJSON failed: %v", err)
+	}
+	if cfg != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("cfg = %#v, want nil", cfg)
+	}
+}
+
+func TestConfiguration_TemplateRendering_NoScientificNotation(t *testing.T) {
+	input := `largeInt: 2000000`
+	var cfg Configuration
+	if err := yaml.Unmarshal([]byte(input), &cfg); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("yaml.Unmarshal failed: %v", err)
+	}
+
+	tmpl := template.Must(template.New("t").Parse("{{ .largeInt }}"))
+	var buf bytes.Buffer
+	if err := tmpl.Execute(&buf, map[string]any(cfg)); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("template.Execute failed: %v", err)
+	}
+	if got := buf.String(); got != "2000000" {
+		t.Errorf("template rendered %q, want %q", got, "2000000")
+	}
+}
+
 func TestResolveSchemaPath(t *testing.T) {
 	tests := []struct {
 		name           string