fix: Add fallback for json.loads in ServerClient

Handle cases where global_config_dict_yaml from head server is valid
YAML but not valid JSON by falling back to direct OmegaConf.create().

Signed-off-by: Wedu <wedu@nvidia.com>

Author: wedu-nvidia

nemo_gym/server_utils.py

@@ -218,7 +218,10 @@ def load_from_global_config(cls, head_server_config: Optional[BaseServerConfig]
             ) from e
 
         global_config_dict_yaml = response.content.decode()
-        global_config_dict = OmegaConf.create(json.loads(global_config_dict_yaml))
+        try:
+            global_config_dict = OmegaConf.create(json.loads(global_config_dict_yaml))
+        except (json.JSONDecodeError, ValueError):
+            global_config_dict = OmegaConf.create(global_config_dict_yaml)
 
         return cls(head_server_config=head_server_config, global_config_dict=global_config_dict)