maybe these fixes work

backend/tests/daily/connectors/gmail/conftest.py

@@ -14,27 +14,52 @@
 from danswer.connectors.google_utils.shared_constants import (
     DB_CREDENTIALS_PRIMARY_ADMIN_KEY,
 )
+from tests.load_env_vars import load_env_vars
 
 
-def load_env_vars(env_file: str = ".env") -> None:
-    current_dir = os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__))
-    env_path = os.path.join(current_dir, env_file)
-    try:
-        with open(env_path, "r") as f:
-            for line in f:
-                line = line.strip()
-                if line and not line.startswith("#"):
-                    key, value = line.split("=", 1)
-                    os.environ[key] = value.strip()
-        print("Successfully loaded environment variables")
-    except FileNotFoundError:
-        print(f"File {env_file} not found")
+# def load_env_vars(env_file: str = ".env") -> None:
+#     current_dir = os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__))
+#     env_path = os.path.join(current_dir, env_file)
+#     try:
+#         with open(env_path, "r") as f:
+#             for line in f:
+#                 line = line.strip()
+#                 if line and not line.startswith("#"):
+#                     key, value = line.split("=", 1)
+#                     os.environ[key] = value.strip()
+#         print("Successfully loaded environment variables")
+#     except FileNotFoundError:
+#         print(f"File {env_file} not found")
 
 
 # Load environment variables at the module level
 load_env_vars()
 
 
+def parse_credentials(env_str: str) -> dict:
+    """
+    Parse a double-escaped JSON string from environment variables into a Python dictionary.
+
+    Args:
+        env_str (str): The double-escaped JSON string from environment variables
+
+    Returns:
+        dict: Parsed OAuth credentials
+    """
+    # first try normally
+    try:
+        return json.loads(env_str)
+    except Exception:
+        # First, try remove extra escaping backslashes
+        unescaped = env_str.replace('\\"', '"')
+
+        # remove leading / trailing quotes
+        unescaped = unescaped.strip('"')
+
+        # Now parse the JSON
+        return json.loads(unescaped)
+
+
 @pytest.fixture
 def google_gmail_oauth_connector_factory() -> Callable[..., GmailConnector]:
     def _connector_factory(
@@ -43,7 +68,7 @@ def _connector_factory(
         connector = GmailConnector()
 
         json_string = os.environ["GOOGLE_GMAIL_OAUTH_CREDENTIALS_JSON_STR"]
-        refried_json_string = json.loads(json_string)
+        refried_json_string = json.loads(parse_credentials(json_string))
 
         credentials_json = {
             DB_CREDENTIALS_DICT_TOKEN_KEY: refried_json_string,
@@ -64,7 +89,7 @@ def _connector_factory(
         connector = GmailConnector()
 
         json_string = os.environ["GOOGLE_GMAIL_SERVICE_ACCOUNT_JSON_STR"]
-        refried_json_string = json.loads(json_string)
+        refried_json_string = json.loads(parse_credentials(json_string))
 
         # Load Service Account Credentials
         connector.load_credentials(

backend/tests/daily/connectors/google_drive/conftest.py

@@ -14,21 +14,21 @@
 from danswer.connectors.google_utils.shared_constants import (
     DB_CREDENTIALS_PRIMARY_ADMIN_KEY,
 )
-
-
-def load_env_vars(env_file: str = ".env") -> None:
-    current_dir = os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__))
-    env_path = os.path.join(current_dir, env_file)
-    try:
-        with open(env_path, "r") as f:
-            for line in f:
-                line = line.strip()
-                if line and not line.startswith("#"):
-                    key, value = line.split("=", 1)
-                    os.environ[key] = value.strip()
-        print("Successfully loaded environment variables")
-    except FileNotFoundError:
-        print(f"File {env_file} not found")
+from tests.load_env_vars import load_env_vars
+
+# def load_env_vars(env_file: str = ".env") -> None:
+#     current_dir = os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__))
+#     env_path = os.path.join(current_dir, env_file)
+#     try:
+#         with open(env_path, "r") as f:
+#             for line in f:
+#                 line = line.strip()
+#                 if line and not line.startswith("#"):
+#                     key, value = line.split("=", 1)
+#                     os.environ[key] = value.strip()
+#         print("Successfully loaded environment variables")
+#     except FileNotFoundError:
+#         print(f"File {env_file} not found")
 
 
 # Load environment variables at the module level

backend/tests/daily/connectors/google_drive/test_google_drive_slim_docs.py

@@ -140,6 +140,7 @@ def test_all_permissions(
         + list(range(45, 50))  # Folder 2
         + list(range(50, 55))  # Folder 2_1
         + list(range(55, 60))  # Folder 2_2
+        + [61]  # Sections
     )
 
     # Should get everything