From 6a182b6a3091d1baf0645978afacd0b066808ced Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Mike Farah <mikefarah@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 19 Aug 2026 13:50:34 +1000
Subject: [PATCH] Fixing HCL non string key issue #2795

---
 pkg/yqlib/decoder_hcl.go |  8 +++-----
 pkg/yqlib/hcl_test.go    | 35 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 pkg/yqlib/toml_test.go   |  2 +-
 3 files changed, 39 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/pkg/yqlib/decoder_hcl.go b/pkg/yqlib/decoder_hcl.go
index 11cd0030..321f1156 100644
--- a/pkg/yqlib/decoder_hcl.go
+++ b/pkg/yqlib/decoder_hcl.go
@@ -300,8 +300,7 @@ func convertHclExprToNode(expr hclsyntax.Expression, src []byte) *CandidateNode
 			it := v.ElementIterator()
 			for it.Next() {
 				key, val := it.Element()
-				keyStr := key.AsString()
-				keyNode := createStringScalarNode(keyStr)
+				keyNode := convertCtyValueToNode(key)
 				valNode := convertCtyValueToNode(val)
 				m.AddKeyValueChild(keyNode, valNode)
 			}
@@ -338,8 +337,7 @@ func convertHclExprToNode(expr hclsyntax.Expression, src []byte) *CandidateNode
 				}
 				continue
 			}
-			keyStr := keyVal.AsString()
-			keyNode := createStringScalarNode(keyStr)
+			keyNode := convertCtyValueToNode(keyVal)
 			valNode := convertHclExprToNode(item.ValueExpr, src)
 			m.AddKeyValueChild(keyNode, valNode)
 		}
@@ -460,7 +458,7 @@ func convertCtyValueToNode(v cty.Value) *CandidateNode {
 		it := v.ElementIterator()
 		for it.Next() {
 			key, val := it.Element()
-			keyNode := createStringScalarNode(key.AsString())
+			keyNode := convertCtyValueToNode(key)
 			valNode := convertCtyValueToNode(val)
 			m.AddKeyValueChild(keyNode, valNode)
 		}
diff --git a/pkg/yqlib/hcl_test.go b/pkg/yqlib/hcl_test.go
index a8f22065..08618446 100644
--- a/pkg/yqlib/hcl_test.go
+++ b/pkg/yqlib/hcl_test.go
@@ -176,6 +176,41 @@ var hclFormatScenarios = []formatScenario{
 		expected:     "obj: {a: 1, b: \"two\"}\n",
 		scenarioType: "decode",
 	},
+	{
+		description:  "object with integer keys",
+		skipDoc:      true,
+		input:        `obj = { 1 = "one", 2 = "two" }`,
+		expected:     "obj: {1: \"one\", 2: \"two\"}\n",
+		scenarioType: "decode",
+	},
+	{
+		description:  "object with boolean keys",
+		skipDoc:      true,
+		input:        `obj = { (true) = "yes", (false) = "no" }`,
+		expected:     "obj: {true: \"yes\", false: \"no\"}\n",
+		scenarioType: "decode",
+	},
+	{
+		description:  "object with float keys",
+		skipDoc:      true,
+		input:        `obj = { (3.14) = "pi" }`,
+		expected:     "obj: {3.14: \"pi\"}\n",
+		scenarioType: "decode",
+	},
+	{
+		description:  "object with mixed scalar keys",
+		skipDoc:      true,
+		input:        `obj = { a = 1, 1 = "one", (true) = "yes" }`,
+		expected:     "obj: {a: 1, 1: \"one\", true: \"yes\"}\n",
+		scenarioType: "decode",
+	},
+	{
+		description:  "nested object with integer keys",
+		skipDoc:      true,
+		input:        `config = { levels = { 1 = "debug", 2 = "info" } }`,
+		expected:     "config: {levels: {1: \"debug\", 2: \"info\"}}\n",
+		scenarioType: "decode",
+	},
 	{
 		description:  "nested block",
 		skipDoc:      true,
diff --git a/pkg/yqlib/toml_test.go b/pkg/yqlib/toml_test.go
index d36c10cd..634dd15c 100644
--- a/pkg/yqlib/toml_test.go
+++ b/pkg/yqlib/toml_test.go
@@ -369,7 +369,7 @@ var tomlScenarios = []formatScenario{
 		skipDoc:       true,
 		description:   "blank",
 		input:         `A = "hello`,
-		expectedError: `bad file 'sample.yml': basic string not terminated by "`,
+		expectedError: `bad file 'sample.yml': unterminated basic string`,
 		scenarioType:  "decode-error",
 	},
 	{