Patch v1.29.0-139.1 (#8183)

Patch release 1.29.0 with PR(s):
- [#8179](#8179)

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Co-authored-by: Stephan Behnke <[email protected]>
Co-authored-by: temporal-cicd[bot] <temporal-cicd[bot]@users.noreply.github.com>

Author: temporal-cicd[bot]

common/headers/version_checker.go

@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ const (
 
 	// ServerVersion value can be changed by the create-tag Github workflow.
 	// If you change the var name or move it, be sure to update the workflow.
-	ServerVersion = "1.29.0-139.0"
+	ServerVersion = "1.29.0-139.1"
 
 	// SupportedServerVersions is used by CLI and inter role communication.
 	SupportedServerVersions = ">=1.0.0 <2.0.0"

common/persistence/serialization/codec.go

@@ -49,9 +49,6 @@ func Decode(data *commonpb.DataBlob, result proto.Message) error {
 	if data == nil {
 		return NewDeserializationError(enumspb.ENCODING_TYPE_UNSPECIFIED, errors.New("cannot decode nil"))
 	}
-	if data.Data == nil {
-		return nil
-	}
 
 	switch data.EncodingType {
 	case enumspb.ENCODING_TYPE_JSON:

common/persistence/serialization/codec_test.go

@@ -42,6 +42,16 @@ func TestProtoDecode(t *testing.T) {
 		assert.Contains(t, err.Error(), "cannot decode nil")
 	})
 
+	t.Run("empty data blob", func(t *testing.T) {
+		blob := &commonpb.DataBlob{}
+
+		var result persistencespb.ShardInfo
+		err := Decode(blob, &result)
+		require.Error(t, err)
+		assert.IsType(t, &UnknownEncodingTypeError{}, err)
+		assert.Contains(t, err.Error(), "unknown or unsupported encoding type Unspecified")
+	})
+
 	t.Run("nil data field", func(t *testing.T) {
 		blob := &commonpb.DataBlob{
 			Data:         nil,