Repository: akuity/kargo

Issue:
Visualize Soak Time in Pipeline
# Proposed Feature

The recently introduced soak time feature doesn't yet visualize in the pipeline. 

Since the time remaining requires two pieces of information: the stage and freight, this will likely need to be context aware. e.g. The user would first select the promote option on a stage, then freight timeline might show a timer on something that is not yet eligible due to the delay.

However, I'm open to other ways to show this.

# Motivation

UI parity on feature.



Hints from issue comments:
@wanghong230: This will be great

Solution patch:
diff --git a/docs/docs/50-user-guide/30-patterns/index.md b/docs/docs/50-user-guide/30-patterns/index.md
index 1b957879..3783d082 100644
--- a/docs/docs/50-user-guide/30-patterns/index.md
+++ b/docs/docs/50-user-guide/30-patterns/index.md
@@ -563,9 +563,7 @@ such as Argo CD. There are a few viable options by which to approach this:
 
    :::info
    The practice of storing stage-specific configuration in dedicated branches
-   seems to have been unfairly maligned through misunderstanding of a certain
-   infamous blog post, which was actually asserting that _GitFlow_ has no place
-   in GitOps.
+   seems to have been unfairly misunderstood as being the same as _GitFlow_.
 
    Some users also object to this approach on the grounds that they don't wish
    to maintain a large number of branches. In fact (this is not GitFlow), it is
diff --git a/docs/docs/50-user-guide/60-reference-docs/30-promotion-steps/git-open-pr.md b/docs/docs/50-user-guide/60-reference-docs/30-promotion-steps/git-open-pr.md
index 80dafe37..a3d9cd11 100644
--- a/docs/docs/50-user-guide/60-reference-docs/30-promotion-steps/git-open-pr.md
+++ b/docs/docs/50-user-guide/60-reference-docs/30-promotion-steps/git-open-pr.md
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ GitLab pull/merge requests.
 | `targetBranch` | `string` | N | The branch to which the changes should be merged. |
 | `createTargetBranch` | `boolean` | N | Indicates whether a new, empty orphaned branch should be created and pushed to the remote if the target branch does not already exist there. Default is `false`. |
 | `title` | `string` | N | The title for the pull request. Kargo generates a title based on the commit messages if it is not explicitly specified. |
+| `description` | `string` | N | The description for the pull request. Kargo generates a title based on the commit messages if it is not explicitly specified. |
 | `labels` | `[]string` | N | Labels to add to the pull request. |
 
 ## Output
diff --git a/docs/docs/50-user-guide/60-reference-docs/30-promotion-steps/http.md b/docs/docs/50-user-guide/60-reference-docs/30-promotion-steps/http.md
index dcd613c6..ec490f4a 100644
--- a/docs/docs/50-user-guide/60-reference-docs/30-promotion-steps/http.md
+++ b/docs/docs/50-user-guide/60-reference-docs/30-promotion-steps/http.md
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ with a wide variety of external services.
 | `queryParams` | `[]object` | N | A list of query parameters to include in the request. |
 | `queryParams[].name` | `string` | Y | The name of the query parameter. |
 | `queryParams[].value` | `string` | Y | The value of the query parameter. The provided value will automatically be URL-encoded if necessary. |
-| `body` | `string` | N | The body of the request. __Note:__ As this field is a `string`, take care to utilize [`quote()`](../40-expressions.md#quote) if the body is a valid JSON `object`. Refer to the example below of posting a message to a Slack channel. |
+| `body` | `string` | N | The body of the request. __Note:__ As this field is a `string`, take care to utilize [`quote()`](../40-expressions.md#quotevalue) if the body is a valid JSON `object`. Refer to the example below of posting a message to a Slack channel. |
 | `insecureSkipTLSVerify` | `boolean` | N | Indicates whether to bypass TLS certificate verification when making the request. Setting this to `true` is highly discouraged. |
 | `timeout` | `string` | N | A string representation of the maximum time interval to wait for a request to complete. _This is the timeout for an individual HTTP request. If a request is retried, each attempt is independently subject to this timeout._ See Go's [`time` package docs](https://pkg.go.dev/time#ParseDuration) for a description of the accepted format. |
 | `successExpression` | `string` | N | An [expr-lang] expression that can evaluate the response to determine success. If this is left undefined and `failureExpression` _is_ defined, the default success criteria will be the inverse of the specified failure criteria. If both are left undefined, success is `true` when the HTTP status code is `2xx`. If `successExpression` and `failureExpression` are both defined and both evaluate to `true`, the failure takes precedence. Note that this expression should _not_ be offset by `${{` and `}}`. See examples for more details. |
diff --git a/docs/docs/50-user-guide/60-reference-docs/40-expressions.md b/docs/docs/50-user-guide/60-reference-docs/40-expressions.md
index 5877e9bb..537615f0 100644
--- a/docs/docs/50-user-guide/60-reference-docs/40-expressions.md
+++ b/docs/docs/50-user-guide/60-reference-docs/40-expressions.md
@@ -258,14 +258,36 @@ one required argument:
 - `value` (Required): A value of any type to be converted to a string.
 
 This is useful for scenarios where an expression evaluates to a non-`string`
-JSON type, but you wish to treat it as a `string` regardless.
+JSON type, but you wish to treat it as a `string` regardless. For string inputs,
+it produces clean output without visible quotation marks.
 
 Example:
 
 ```yaml
 config:
-  numField: ${{ 40 + 2 }} # Will be treated as a number
-  strField: ${{ quote(40 + 2) }} # Will be treated as a string
+  numField: ${{ 40 + 2 }} # Will be treated as a number (42)
+  strField: ${{ quote(40 + 2) }} # Will be treated as a string ("42")
+  rawField: ${{ quote("string") }} # Will result in "string"
+```
+
+### `unsafeQuote(value)`
+
+The `unsafeQuote()` function converts any value to its string representation. It
+has one required argument:
+
+- `value` (Required): A value of any type to be converted to a string.
+
+Compared to [`quote()`](#quotevalue) this function is considered "unsafe"
+because it adds escaped quotes around input values that are already considered
+strings. For non-string values, it behaves similarly to `quote()`.
+
+Example:
+
+```yaml
+config:
+  numField: ${{ 40 + 2 }} # Will be treated as a number (42)
+  strField: ${{ unsafeQuote(40 + 2) }} # Will result in "42"
+  rawField: ${{ unsafeQuote("string") }} # Will result in "\"string\""
 ```
 
 ### `configMap(name)`
diff --git a/internal/expressions/json_templates.go b/internal/expressions/json_templates.go
index 8e639be4..823b9be3 100644
--- a/internal/expressions/json_templates.go
+++ b/internal/expressions/json_templates.go
@@ -108,22 +108,21 @@ func EvaluateTemplate(template string, env map[string]any, exprOpts ...expr.Opti
 		return template, nil
 	}
 	if exprOpts == nil {
-		exprOpts = make([]expr.Option, 0, 1)
+		exprOpts = make([]expr.Option, 0, 2)
 	}
-	exprOpts = append(exprOpts, expr.Function(
-		"quote",
-		func(a ...any) (any, error) {
-			if str, ok := a[0].(string); ok {
-				return fmt.Sprintf("%q", str), nil
-			}
-			jsonBytes, err := json.Marshal(a[0])
-			if err != nil {
-				return nil, fmt.Errorf("error applying quote() function: %w", err)
-			}
-			return fmt.Sprintf(`"%s"`, jsonBytes), nil
-		},
-		new(func(any) string),
-	))
+	exprOpts = append(
+		exprOpts,
+		expr.Function(
+			"quote",
+			quoteFunc,
+			new(func(any) string),
+		),
+		expr.Function(
+			"unsafeQuote",
+			unsafeQuoteFunc,
+			new(func(any) string),
+		),
+	)
 	t, err := fasttemplate.NewTemplate(template, "${{", "}}")
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("error parsing template: %w", err)
@@ -209,3 +208,24 @@ func getExpressionEvaluator(env map[string]any, exprOpts ...expr.Option) fasttem
 		return out.Write(resJSON)
 	}
 }
+
+// quoteFunc formats a value as a quoted string, with special handling for
+// string inputs. For string inputs, it produces a clean string without visible
+// quotation marks. For non-string inputs, it delegates to unsafeQuoteFunc.
+func quoteFunc(a ...any) (any, error) {
+	if str, ok := a[0].(string); ok {
+		return fmt.Sprintf("%q", str), nil
+	}
+	return unsafeQuoteFunc(a...)
+}
+
+// unsafeQuoteFunc converts any value to JSON and preserves the escape sequences.
+// Unlike quoteFunc, this function retains the literal escape sequences in the
+// output, producing a string with visible escaped quotation marks.
+func unsafeQuoteFunc(a ...any) (any, error) {
+	jsonBytes, err := json.Marshal(a[0])
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("error applying quote() function: %w", err)
+	}
+	return fmt.Sprintf(`"%s"`, jsonBytes), nil
+}
diff --git a/internal/promotion/runner/builtin/git_pr_opener.go b/internal/promotion/runner/builtin/git_pr_opener.go
index 00cd698b..ccd645c4 100644
--- a/internal/promotion/runner/builtin/git_pr_opener.go
+++ b/internal/promotion/runner/builtin/git_pr_opener.go
@@ -10,11 +10,12 @@ import (
 	"github.com/xeipuuv/gojsonschema"
 
 	kargoapi "github.com/akuity/kargo/api/v1alpha1"
+	"github.com/akuity/kargo/pkg/promotion"
+	"github.com/akuity/kargo/pkg/x/promotion/runner/builtin"
+
 	"github.com/akuity/kargo/internal/controller/git"
 	"github.com/akuity/kargo/internal/credentials"
 	"github.com/akuity/kargo/internal/gitprovider"
-	"github.com/akuity/kargo/pkg/promotion"
-	"github.com/akuity/kargo/pkg/x/promotion/runner/builtin"
 
 	_ "github.com/akuity/kargo/internal/gitprovider/azure"     // Azure provider registration
 	_ "github.com/akuity/kargo/internal/gitprovider/bitbucket" // Bitbucket provider registration
@@ -186,13 +187,21 @@ func (g *gitPROpener) run(
 	title := cfg.Title
 	description := commitMsg
 
+	if cfg.Description != "" {
+		description = cfg.Description
+	}
+
 	if title == "" {
 		parts := strings.SplitN(commitMsg, "\n", 2)
 		title = parts[0]
-		description = ""
 
-		if len(parts) > 1 {
-			description = parts[1]
+		// Only override the description if it has not been set in the config.
+		if cfg.Description == "" {
+			if len(parts) > 1 {
+				description = parts[1]
+			} else {
+				description = "" // The commit message is just a title.
+			}
 		}
 	}
 
diff --git a/internal/promotion/runner/builtin/helm_chart_updater.go b/internal/promotion/runner/builtin/helm_chart_updater.go
index 7aad0d99..87935ceb 100644
--- a/internal/promotion/runner/builtin/helm_chart_updater.go
+++ b/internal/promotion/runner/builtin/helm_chart_updater.go
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ func (h *helmChartUpdater) run(
 		return promotion.StepResult{Status: kargoapi.PromotionStepStatusErrored}, err
 	}
 
-	if err = intyaml.SetStringsInFile(chartFilePath, changes); err != nil {
+	if err = intyaml.SetValuesInFile(chartFilePath, changes); err != nil {
 		return promotion.StepResult{
 			Status: kargoapi.PromotionStepStatusErrored,
 		}, fmt.Errorf("failed to update chart dependencies in %q: %w", chartFilePath, err)
diff --git a/internal/promotion/runner/builtin/schemas/git-open-pr-config.json b/internal/promotion/runner/builtin/schemas/git-open-pr-config.json
index 02087e23..93833c20 100644
--- a/internal/promotion/runner/builtin/schemas/git-open-pr-config.json
+++ b/internal/promotion/runner/builtin/schemas/git-open-pr-config.json
@@ -39,6 +39,11 @@
       "description": "The title for the pull request. Kargo generates a title based on the commit messages if it is not explicitly specified.",
       "minLength": 1
     },
+    "description": {
+      "type": "string",
+      "description": "The description of the pull request. Kargo generates a description based on the commit messages if it is not explicitly specified.",
+      "minLength": 1
+    },
     "labels": {
       "type": "array",
       "description": "Labels to add to the pull request.",
diff --git a/internal/promotion/runner/builtin/schemas/yaml-update-config.json b/internal/promotion/runner/builtin/schemas/yaml-update-config.json
index a61fdeb0..ae0c250e 100644
--- a/internal/promotion/runner/builtin/schemas/yaml-update-config.json
+++ b/internal/promotion/runner/builtin/schemas/yaml-update-config.json
@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@
           "minLength": 1
         },
         "value": {
-          "type": "string",
           "description": "The new value for the specified key."
         }
       },
diff --git a/internal/promotion/runner/builtin/yaml_updater.go b/internal/promotion/runner/builtin/yaml_updater.go
index 9950a095..42e5a55d 100644
--- a/internal/promotion/runner/builtin/yaml_updater.go
+++ b/internal/promotion/runner/builtin/yaml_updater.go
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/xeipuuv/gojsonschema"
 
 	kargoapi "github.com/akuity/kargo/api/v1alpha1"
+	"github.com/akuity/kargo/internal/yaml"
 	intyaml "github.com/akuity/kargo/internal/yaml"
 	"github.com/akuity/kargo/pkg/promotion"
 	"github.com/akuity/kargo/pkg/x/promotion/runner/builtin"
@@ -92,7 +93,7 @@ func (y *yamlUpdater) updateFile(workDir string, path string, updates []intyaml.
 	if err != nil {
 		return fmt.Errorf("error joining path %q: %w", path, err)
 	}
-	if err := intyaml.SetStringsInFile(absValuesFile, updates); err != nil {
+	if err := intyaml.SetValuesInFile(absValuesFile, updates); err != nil {
 		return fmt.Errorf("error updating image references in values file %q: %w", path, err)
 	}
 	return nil
@@ -106,7 +107,13 @@ func (y *yamlUpdater) generateCommitMessage(path string, updates []builtin.YAMLU
 	var commitMsg strings.Builder
 	_, _ = commitMsg.WriteString(fmt.Sprintf("Updated %s\n", path))
 	for _, update := range updates {
-		_, _ = commitMsg.WriteString(fmt.Sprintf("\n- %s: %q", update.Key, update.Value))
+		_, _ = commitMsg.WriteString(
+			fmt.Sprintf(
+				"\n- %s: %v",
+				update.Key,
+				yaml.QuoteIfNecessary(update.Value),
+			),
+		)
 	}
 
 	return commitMsg.String()
diff --git a/internal/yaml/quote.go b/internal/yaml/quote.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..b1bccdc2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/internal/yaml/quote.go
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+package yaml
+
+import (
+	"encoding/json"
+	"fmt"
+	"strconv"
+)
+
+// QuoteIfNecessary takes a value and returns it as-is if it is not a string. If
+// it is a string, it ascertains whether a YAML parser would interpret it as
+// another type. If so, it returns the string with additional quotes around it.
+// If not, it returns the string as-is.
+func QuoteIfNecessary(val any) any {
+	valStr, ok := val.(string)
+	if !ok {
+		return val
+	}
+	// If valStr is parseable as a float64, return that. float64 is used because
+	// it can represent all JSON numbers.
+	//
+	// NB: This is attempted prior to attempting to parse valStr as a boolean so
+	// that "0" and "1" will be interpreted as numbers.
+	if _, err := strconv.ParseFloat(valStr, 64); err == nil {
+		return fmt.Sprintf("%q", valStr)
+	}
+	// If valStr is parseable as a bool return that.
+	if _, err := strconv.ParseBool(valStr); err == nil {
+		return fmt.Sprintf("%q", valStr)
+	}
+	// If valStr is valid JSON, return its unmarshaled value. This could be an
+	// object, array, or null.
+	if json.Valid([]byte(valStr)) {
+		return fmt.Sprintf("%q", valStr)
+	}
+	// If we get to here, just return the string.
+	return val
+}
diff --git a/internal/yaml/yaml.go b/internal/yaml/yaml.go
index 488cf484..175b095b 100644
--- a/internal/yaml/yaml.go
+++ b/internal/yaml/yaml.go
@@ -16,16 +16,16 @@ type Update struct {
 	// Key is the dot-separated path to the field to update.
 	Key string
 	// Value is the new value to set for the field.
-	Value string
+	Value any
 }
 
-// SetStringsInFile overwrites the specified file with the changes specified by
+// SetValuesInFile overwrites the specified file with the changes specified by
 // the the list of Updates. Keys are of the form <key 0>.<key 1>...<key n>.
 // Integers may be used as keys in cases where a specific node needs to be
 // selected from a sequence. An error is returned for any attempted update to a
 // key that does not exist or does not address a scalar node. Importantly, all
 // comments and style choices in the input bytes are preserved in the output.
-func SetStringsInFile(file string, updates []Update) error {
+func SetValuesInFile(file string, updates []Update) error {
 	inBytes, err := os.ReadFile(file)
 	if err != nil {
 		return fmt.Errorf(
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ func SetStringsInFile(file string, updates []Update) error {
 			err,
 		)
 	}
-	outBytes, err := SetStringsInBytes(inBytes, updates)
+	outBytes, err := SetValuesInBytes(inBytes, updates)
 	if err != nil {
 		return fmt.Errorf("error mutating bytes: %w", err)
 	}
@@ -53,13 +53,13 @@ func SetStringsInFile(file string, updates []Update) error {
 	return nil
 }
 
-// SetStringsInBytes returns a copy of the provided bytes with the changes
+// SetValuesInBytes returns a copy of the provided bytes with the changes
 // specified by Updates applied. Keys are of the form <key 0>.<key 1>...<key n>.
 // Integers may be used as keys in cases where a specific node needs to be
 // selected from a sequence. An error is returned for any attempted update to a
 // key that does not exist or does not address a scalar node. Importantly, all
 // comments and style choices in the input bytes are preserved in the output.
-func SetStringsInBytes(inBytes []byte, updates []Update) ([]byte, error) {
+func SetValuesInBytes(inBytes []byte, updates []Update) ([]byte, error) {
 	doc := &yaml.Node{}
 	if err := yaml.Unmarshal(inBytes, doc); err != nil {
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("error unmarshaling input: %w", err)
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ func SetStringsInBytes(inBytes []byte, updates []Update) ([]byte, error) {
 
 	type change struct {
 		col   int
-		value string
+		value any
 	}
 	changesByLine := map[int]change{}
 	for _, update := range updates {
@@ -107,7 +107,9 @@ func SetStringsInBytes(inBytes []byte, updates []Update) ([]byte, error) {
 					return nil, fmt.Errorf("%s: %w", errMsg, err)
 				}
 			}
-			if _, err := outBuf.WriteString(change.value); err != nil {
+			if _, err := outBuf.WriteString(
+				fmt.Sprintf("%v", QuoteIfNecessary(change.value)),
+			); err != nil {
 				return nil, fmt.Errorf("%s: %w", errMsg, err)
 			}
 			if _, err := outBuf.WriteString("\n"); err != nil {
diff --git a/pkg/x/promotion/runner/builtin/zz_config_types.go b/pkg/x/promotion/runner/builtin/zz_config_types.go
index 3df28bd6..9331046b 100644
--- a/pkg/x/promotion/runner/builtin/zz_config_types.go
+++ b/pkg/x/promotion/runner/builtin/zz_config_types.go
@@ -174,6 +174,9 @@ type GitOpenPRConfig struct {
 	// Indicates whether a new, empty orphan branch should be created and pushed to the remote
 	// if the target branch does not already exist there. Default is false.
 	CreateTargetBranch bool `json:"createTargetBranch,omitempty"`
+	// The description of the pull request. Kargo generates a description based on the commit
+	// messages if it is not explicitly specified.
+	Description string `json:"description,omitempty"`
 	// Indicates whether to skip TLS verification when cloning the repository. Default is false.
 	InsecureSkipTLSVerify bool `json:"insecureSkipTLSVerify,omitempty"`
 	// Labels to add to the pull request.
@@ -432,7 +435,7 @@ type YAMLUpdate struct {
 	// The key whose value needs to be updated. For nested values, use a YAML dot notation path.
 	Key string `json:"key"`
 	// The new value for the specified key.
-	Value string `json:"value"`
+	Value interface{} `json:"value"`
 }
 
 // The name of the Git provider to use. Currently 'azure', 'bitbucket', 'gitea', 'github',
diff --git a/ui/src/features/project/pipelines/freight/duration-to-seconds.ts b/ui/src/features/project/pipelines/freight/duration-to-seconds.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..22b1a185
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ui/src/features/project/pipelines/freight/duration-to-seconds.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+import { Duration } from 'date-fns';
+
+export const durationToSeconds = (duration: Duration): number => {
+  const {
+    years = 0,
+    months = 0,
+    weeks = 0,
+    days = 0,
+    hours = 0,
+    minutes = 0,
+    seconds = 0
+  } = duration;
+
+  const totalSeconds =
+    years * 365.25 * 24 * 60 * 60 +
+    months * 30.44 * 24 * 60 * 60 +
+    weeks * 7 * 24 * 60 * 60 +
+    days * 24 * 60 * 60 +
+    hours * 60 * 60 +
+    minutes * 60 +
+    seconds;
+
+  return Math.floor(totalSeconds);
+};
diff --git a/ui/src/features/project/pipelines/freight/freight-card.tsx b/ui/src/features/project/pipelines/freight/freight-card.tsx
index 64c05d9f..86b636bc 100644
--- a/ui/src/features/project/pipelines/freight/freight-card.tsx
+++ b/ui/src/features/project/pipelines/freight/freight-card.tsx
@@ -9,10 +9,10 @@ import {
   IconDefinition
 } from '@fortawesome/free-solid-svg-icons';
 import { FontAwesomeIcon } from '@fortawesome/react-fontawesome';
-import { Button, Divider, Dropdown, Flex, Typography } from 'antd';
+import { Button, Divider, Dropdown, Flex, Progress, Typography } from 'antd';
 import classNames from 'classnames';
-import { formatDistance } from 'date-fns';
-import { ReactNode, useMemo } from 'react';
+import { Duration, formatDistance, formatDuration } from 'date-fns';
+import { ReactNode, useEffect, useMemo, useRef } from 'react';
 import { generatePath, useNavigate } from 'react-router-dom';
 
 import { paths } from '@ui/config/paths';
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ import { timestampDate } from '@ui/utils/connectrpc-utils';
 
 import { DeleteFreightModal } from './delete-freight-modal';
 import { FreightArtifact } from './freight-artifact';
+import { useSoakTimeCounter, useSoakTimePercentage } from './use-soak-time-counter';
 
 type FreightCardProps = {
   freight: Freight;
@@ -38,6 +39,7 @@ type FreightCardProps = {
   promote?: boolean;
   onReviewAndPromote?(): void;
   onExpand(): void;
+  soakTime?: Duration;
 
   // count of stacked freights
   count?: number;
@@ -75,6 +77,20 @@ export const FreightCard = (props: FreightCardProps) => {
     props.viewingFreight?.metadata?.name === props.freight?.metadata?.name ||
     actionContext?.action?.freight?.metadata?.name === props.freight?.metadata?.name;
 
+  const soakTime = useSoakTimeCounter(props.soakTime);
+
+  const frozenInitialSoakTime = useRef(props.soakTime);
+
+  useEffect(() => {
+    if (!frozenInitialSoakTime.current) {
+      frozenInitialSoakTime.current = props.soakTime;
+    }
+  }, [props.soakTime]);
+
+  const soakTimePercentage = useSoakTimePercentage(frozenInitialSoakTime.current, soakTime);
+
+  const soakTimeFormatted = useMemo(() => (soakTime ? formatDuration(soakTime) : ''), [soakTime]);
+
   let CardContent: ReactNode;
 
   if (props.count) {
@@ -241,6 +257,20 @@ export const FreightCard = (props: FreightCardProps) => {
     >
       {CardContent}
 
+      {soakTimeFormatted && !props.promote && (
+        <div className='px-1 pb-1'>
+          <Button
+            disabled
+            onClick={(e) => e.stopPropagation()}
+            size='small'
+            className='text-[10px] text-center w-[230px] flex font-semibold'
+          >
+            <span className='mr-auto'>Soak: {soakTimeFormatted}</span>
+            <Progress strokeWidth={12} type='circle' size={14} percent={soakTimePercentage} />
+          </Button>
+        </div>
+      )}
+
       {props.promote && (
         <div className='px-1 pb-1'>
           <Button
diff --git a/ui/src/features/project/pipelines/freight/freight-timeline.tsx b/ui/src/features/project/pipelines/freight/freight-timeline.tsx
index e80fec22..c09dc045 100644
--- a/ui/src/features/project/pipelines/freight/freight-timeline.tsx
+++ b/ui/src/features/project/pipelines/freight/freight-timeline.tsx
@@ -20,6 +20,8 @@ import { FreightTimelineFilters } from './freight-timeline-filters';
 import { PromotionModeHeader } from './promotion-mode-header';
 import { filterFreightBySource, filterFreightByTimerange } from './source-catalogue-utils';
 import { usePromotionEligibleFreight } from './use-promotion-eligible-freight';
+import { useSoakTime } from './use-soak-time';
+
 import './freight-timeline.less';
 
 export const FreightTimeline = (props: { freights: Freight[]; project: string }) => {
@@ -37,6 +39,8 @@ export const FreightTimeline = (props: { freights: Freight[]; project: string })
   const { promotionEligibleFreight, ...getPromotionEligibleFreightQuery } =
     usePromotionEligibleFreight(props.project);
 
+  const soakTime = useSoakTime(props.freights);
+
   if (!freightTimelineControllerContext) {
     throw new Error('missing context freightTimelineControllerContext');
   }
@@ -182,9 +186,14 @@ export const FreightTimeline = (props: { freights: Freight[]; project: string })
         >
           <div className='flex gap-1 relative transition-all right-0' ref={freightListStyleRef}>
             {filteredFreights.map((freight) => {
-              const promotionEligible = Boolean(
-                promotionEligibleFreight?.find((f) => f?.metadata?.name === freight?.metadata?.name)
-              );
+              const freightSoakTime = soakTime?.[freight?.metadata?.name || ''];
+
+              const promotionEligible =
+                Boolean(
+                  promotionEligibleFreight?.find(
+                    (f) => f?.metadata?.name === freight?.metadata?.name
+                  )
+                ) && !freightSoakTime;
 
               return (
                 <FreightCard
@@ -221,6 +230,7 @@ export const FreightTimeline = (props: { freights: Freight[]; project: string })
                       hideUnusedFreights: false
                     })
                   }
+                  soakTime={freightSoakTime}
                 />
               );
             })}
diff --git a/ui/src/features/project/pipelines/freight/get-soak-time.ts b/ui/src/features/project/pipelines/freight/get-soak-time.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..38cb5e83
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ui/src/features/project/pipelines/freight/get-soak-time.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,57 @@
+import { add, intervalToDuration, isBefore } from 'date-fns';
+
+import { Freight, Stage } from '@ui/gen/api/v1alpha1/generated_pb';
+import { Duration } from '@ui/gen/k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1/generated_pb';
+import { timestampDate } from '@ui/utils/connectrpc-utils';
+
+// freight is in stage since X
+// required soak time is Y duration
+// add Y duration in X
+// if it is in past, then freight is soaked
+// if it is in future then difference between future time and current time is how much time it needs to soak
+export const getSoakTime = (payload: {
+  freight: Freight;
+  // only relevant stages
+  // for example,
+  // in normal promotion stage-A -> stage-B, soak time for stage-B is decide upon how much time stage-A contains that freight
+  // stage-B -> stage-C, stage-D, stage-E, soak time for stage-C, stage-D, stage-E is decide upon how much time stage-B contains that freight
+  freightInStage: Stage;
+  // time duration - 1h, 1h2m, 10m
+  requiredSoakTime: Duration;
+}) => {
+  if (!payload.requiredSoakTime) {
+    return '';
+  }
+
+  const sourceStageName = payload.freightInStage?.metadata?.name || '';
+
+  const inSourceStageSince = timestampDate(
+    payload.freight?.status?.currentlyIn?.[sourceStageName].since
+  );
+
+  if (!inSourceStageSince) {
+    return '';
+  }
+
+  const requiredSoakTime = durationToHMS(payload.requiredSoakTime);
+
+  const calculateSoakTimeSinceInFreight = add(inSourceStageSince, requiredSoakTime);
+
+  const now = new Date();
+
+  if (isBefore(now, calculateSoakTimeSinceInFreight)) {
+    return intervalToDuration({ start: now, end: calculateSoakTimeSinceInFreight });
+  }
+
+  return null;
+};
+
+const durationToHMS = (duration: Duration) => {
+  const totalSeconds = Number(duration.duration / 1_000_000_000n); // Convert to seconds
+
+  const hours = Math.floor(totalSeconds / 3600);
+  const minutes = Math.floor((totalSeconds % 3600) / 60);
+  const seconds = totalSeconds % 60;
+
+  return { hours, minutes, seconds };
+};
diff --git a/ui/src/features/project/pipelines/freight/use-soak-time-counter.ts b/ui/src/features/project/pipelines/freight/use-soak-time-counter.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..60b50f6e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ui/src/features/project/pipelines/freight/use-soak-time-counter.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,69 @@
+import { Duration } from 'date-fns';
+import { useEffect, useMemo, useState } from 'react';
+
+import { queryCache } from '@ui/features/utils/cache';
+
+import { durationToSeconds } from './duration-to-seconds';
+
+export const useSoakTimeCounter = (soakTime?: Duration) => {
+  const [counter, setCounter] = useState(soakTime);
+
+  useEffect(() => {
+    const interval = setInterval(() => {
+      setCounter((prev) => {
+        if (!prev) {
+          return prev;
+        }
+
+        const newCounter = { ...prev };
+        if (newCounter.seconds !== undefined) {
+          newCounter.seconds -= 1;
+        }
+
+        if ((newCounter?.seconds || 0) < 0) {
+          newCounter.seconds = 59;
+
+          if (newCounter.minutes !== undefined) {
+            newCounter.minutes -= 1;
+          }
+        }
+
+        if ((newCounter?.minutes || 0) < 0) {
+          newCounter.minutes = 59;
+
+          if (newCounter.hours !== undefined) {
+            newCounter.hours -= 1;
+          }
+        }
+
+        if ((prev?.seconds || 0) === 0 && (prev?.minutes || 0) === 0 && (prev?.hours || 0) === 0) {
+          clearInterval(interval);
+          queryCache.freight.refetchQueryFreight();
+          return undefined;
+        }
+
+        return newCounter;
+      });
+    }, 1000);
+
+    return () => clearInterval(interval);
+  }, []);
+
+  useEffect(() => {
+    setCounter(soakTime);
+  }, [soakTime]);
+
+  return counter;
+};
+
+export const useSoakTimePercentage = (initialSoakTime?: Duration, soakTimeLeft?: Duration) =>
+  useMemo(() => {
+    if (!initialSoakTime || !soakTimeLeft) {
+      return 0;
+    }
+
+    const initialSoakTimeSeconds = durationToSeconds(initialSoakTime);
+    const soakTimeLeftSeconds = durationToSeconds(soakTimeLeft);
+
+    return (soakTimeLeftSeconds * 100) / initialSoakTimeSeconds;
+  }, [initialSoakTime, soakTimeLeft]);
diff --git a/ui/src/features/project/pipelines/freight/use-soak-time.ts b/ui/src/features/project/pipelines/freight/use-soak-time.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..f97c6fc6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ui/src/features/project/pipelines/freight/use-soak-time.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,138 @@
+import { Duration } from 'date-fns';
+import { useMemo } from 'react';
+
+import { IAction, useActionContext } from '@ui/features/project/pipelines/context/action-context';
+import { useDictionaryContext } from '@ui/features/project/pipelines/context/dictionary-context';
+import { Freight, Stage } from '@ui/gen/api/v1alpha1/generated_pb';
+
+import { durationToSeconds } from './duration-to-seconds';
+import { getSoakTime } from './get-soak-time';
+
+/**
+ * soak time calculation:
+ *
+ * when pipeline is in promotion mode, we will calculate soak time for each freight
+ *
+ * first find if currently promoting stage has required soak time from upstream stage(s)
+ * if it is then for each promotion ineligible freight, find how much time it is in upstream stage(s) of currently promoting stage
+ * if there are multiple upstream stages then find longest time since the freight is in one of stage
+ * then compare it with currently promoting stages required soak time
+ *
+ * above process is for "promote to stage"
+ * for promote to downstream, we have to calculate for each downstream stages required soak time and pick the longest one
+ */
+
+const soakTimeForPromotingStage = (payload: {
+  stage: Stage;
+  subscribersByStage: Record<string, Set<string>>;
+  freights: Freight[];
+  stageByName: Record<string, Stage>;
+  soakTimesByFreight: Record<string, Duration>;
+}) => {
+  const currentlyPromotingStage = payload.stage;
+  const currentlyPromotingStageName = currentlyPromotingStage?.metadata?.name || '';
+  const sourcesOfCurrentlyPromotingStage: string[] = [];
+
+  for (const [source, dest] of Object.entries(payload.subscribersByStage)) {
+    if (dest.has(currentlyPromotingStageName)) {
+      sourcesOfCurrentlyPromotingStage.push(source);
+    }
+  }
+
+  for (const freight of payload.freights) {
+    const freightName = freight?.metadata?.name || '';
+    const freightOrigin = freight?.origin?.name || '';
+    const freightInStages = Object.keys(freight?.status?.currentlyIn || {});
+
+    const requireSoakTime = currentlyPromotingStage?.spec?.requestedFreight?.find(
+      (f) => f?.origin?.name === freightOrigin
+    )?.sources?.requiredSoakTime;
+
+    // there will be multiple soak times due to the fact that there are potentially multiple source
+    // in that case we just need to find longest soak time
+    const soakTimesForFreight: Duration[] = [];
+
+    for (const stage of freightInStages) {
+      if (!sourcesOfCurrentlyPromotingStage.includes(stage)) {
+        continue;
+      }
+
+      const stageDetails = payload.stageByName?.[stage];
+
+      if (stageDetails && requireSoakTime) {
+        const soakTime = getSoakTime({
+          freight,
+          freightInStage: payload.stageByName?.[stage],
+          requiredSoakTime: requireSoakTime
+        });
+
+        if (soakTime) {
+          soakTimesForFreight.push(soakTime);
+        }
+      }
+    }
+
+    if (soakTimesForFreight.length > 0) {
+      const maxSoakTime = soakTimesForFreight.reduce((max, curr) =>
+        durationToSeconds(curr) > durationToSeconds(max) ? curr : max
+      );
+
+      if (!payload.soakTimesByFreight[freightName]) {
+        payload.soakTimesByFreight[freightName] = maxSoakTime;
+      } else {
+        // if we find soak time already calculated for that freight
+        // that means we are looking for "downstream" promotion mode
+        const existingSoakTime = payload.soakTimesByFreight[freightName];
+        payload.soakTimesByFreight[freightName] =
+          durationToSeconds(existingSoakTime) > durationToSeconds(maxSoakTime)
+            ? existingSoakTime
+            : maxSoakTime;
+      }
+    }
+  }
+
+  return payload.soakTimesByFreight;
+};
+
+export const useSoakTime = (freights: Freight[]) => {
+  const actionContext = useActionContext();
+  const dictionaryContext = useDictionaryContext();
+
+  return useMemo(() => {
+    let soakTimes: Record<string, Duration> = {};
+
+    if (
+      actionContext?.action?.type !== IAction.PROMOTE &&
+      actionContext?.action?.type !== IAction.PROMOTE_DOWNSTREAM
+    ) {
+      return soakTimes;
+    }
+
+    // for normal promotion mode, currently promoting stage is selected stage
+    // for downstream, it is subscribers of the selected stage
+    const currentlyPromotingStages: string[] = [];
+
+    if (actionContext?.action?.type === IAction.PROMOTE) {
+      currentlyPromotingStages.push(actionContext?.action?.stage?.metadata?.name || '');
+    } else {
+      const subscribers =
+        dictionaryContext?.subscribersByStage?.[actionContext?.action?.stage?.metadata?.name || ''];
+
+      for (const subscriber of subscribers || []) {
+        currentlyPromotingStages.push(subscriber);
+      }
+    }
+
+    for (const currentlyPromotingStage of currentlyPromotingStages) {
+      soakTimes = soakTimeForPromotingStage({
+        stage: dictionaryContext?.stageByName?.[currentlyPromotingStage] as Stage,
+        freights,
+        soakTimesByFreight: soakTimes,
+        stageByName: dictionaryContext?.stageByName as Record<string, Stage>,
+        subscribersByStage: dictionaryContext?.subscribersByStage as Record<string, Set<string>>
+      });
+    }
+
+    return soakTimes;
+  }, [actionContext, freights, dictionaryContext]);
+};
diff --git a/ui/src/features/project/pipelines/pipelines.tsx b/ui/src/features/project/pipelines/pipelines.tsx
index da713f56..0628c061 100644
--- a/ui/src/features/project/pipelines/pipelines.tsx
+++ b/ui/src/features/project/pipelines/pipelines.tsx
@@ -132,6 +132,8 @@ export const Pipelines = (props: { creatingStage?: boolean; creatingWarehouse?:
     freightName
   );
 
+  const freights = getFreightQuery.data?.groups?.['']?.freight || [];
+
   if (loading) {
     return <LoadingState />;
   }
@@ -171,10 +173,7 @@ export const Pipelines = (props: { creatingStage?: boolean; creatingWarehouse?:
           }}
         >
           <ColorContext.Provider value={{ stageColorMap, warehouseColorMap }}>
-            <FreightTimeline
-              freights={getFreightQuery.data?.groups?.['']?.freight || []}
-              project={projectName || ''}
-            />
+            <FreightTimeline freights={freights} project={projectName || ''} />
 
             <div className='w-full h-full relative'>
               <Flex gap={12} className='absolute z-10 top-2 right-2 left-2'>
diff --git a/ui/src/features/utils/cache/freight.ts b/ui/src/features/utils/cache/freight.ts
index 4b744cfa..8bb47873 100644
--- a/ui/src/features/utils/cache/freight.ts
+++ b/ui/src/features/utils/cache/freight.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,10 @@
 import { createConnectQueryKey } from '@connectrpc/connect-query';
 
 import { queryClient } from '@ui/config/query-client';
-import { getFreight } from '@ui/gen/api/service/v1alpha1/service-KargoService_connectquery';
+import {
+  getFreight,
+  queryFreight
+} from '@ui/gen/api/service/v1alpha1/service-KargoService_connectquery';
 
 export default {
   refetch: () => {
@@ -11,5 +14,14 @@ export default {
         cardinality: 'finite'
       })
     });
+  },
+  refetchQueryFreight: () => {
+    queryClient.refetchQueries({
+      exact: false,
+      queryKey: createConnectQueryKey({
+        schema: queryFreight,
+        cardinality: 'finite'
+      })
+    });
   }
 };
diff --git a/ui/src/gen/directives/git-open-pr-config.json b/ui/src/gen/directives/git-open-pr-config.json
index 772272c7..2c0f3c37 100644
--- a/ui/src/gen/directives/git-open-pr-config.json
+++ b/ui/src/gen/directives/git-open-pr-config.json
@@ -44,6 +44,11 @@
    "description": "The title for the pull request. Kargo generates a title based on the commit messages if it is not explicitly specified.",
    "minLength": 1
   },
+  "description": {
+   "type": "string",
+   "description": "The description of the pull request. Kargo generates a description based on the commit messages if it is not explicitly specified.",
+   "minLength": 1
+  },
   "labels": {
    "type": "array",
    "description": "Labels to add to the pull request.",
diff --git a/ui/src/gen/directives/yaml-update-config.json b/ui/src/gen/directives/yaml-update-config.json
index 18ef87e0..cef63d2b 100644
--- a/ui/src/gen/directives/yaml-update-config.json
+++ b/ui/src/gen/directives/yaml-update-config.json
@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@
      "minLength": 1
     },
     "value": {
-     "type": "string",
      "description": "The new value for the specified key."
     }
    }
@@ -39,7 +38,6 @@
       "minLength": 1
      },
      "value": {
-      "type": "string",
       "description": "The new value for the specified key."
      }
     }
diff --git a/ui/src/plugins/pr-plugin/deep-link/promotion-step.tsx b/ui/src/plugins/pr-plugin/deep-link/promotion-step.tsx
index 500581d1..aef4f0f7 100644
--- a/ui/src/plugins/pr-plugin/deep-link/promotion-step.tsx
+++ b/ui/src/plugins/pr-plugin/deep-link/promotion-step.tsx
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ const plugin: DeepLinkPluginsInstallation['PromotionStep'] = {
       );
     }
 
-    const url = getPullRequestLink(props.step, props.output || {});
+    const url = getPullRequestLink(props.output || {});
 
     nodes.push(
       <a href={url} target='_blank'>
diff --git a/ui/src/plugins/pr-plugin/deep-link/promotion.tsx b/ui/src/plugins/pr-plugin/deep-link/promotion.tsx
index 9ccb30fd..81ba9c39 100644
--- a/ui/src/plugins/pr-plugin/deep-link/promotion.tsx
+++ b/ui/src/plugins/pr-plugin/deep-link/promotion.tsx
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ const plugin: DeepLinkPluginsInstallation['Promotion'] = {
         const alias = getPromotionStepAlias(step, idx);
 
         try {
-          const deepLink = getPullRequestLink(step, promotionState[alias]);
+          const deepLink = getPullRequestLink(promotionState[alias]);
 
           deepLinks.push([alias, deepLink]);
         } catch {
diff --git a/ui/src/plugins/pr-plugin/get-pr-link.ts b/ui/src/plugins/pr-plugin/get-pr-link.ts
index 1a911760..883f2c4f 100644
--- a/ui/src/plugins/pr-plugin/get-pr-link.ts
+++ b/ui/src/plugins/pr-plugin/get-pr-link.ts
@@ -1,40 +1,2 @@
-import gitUrlParse from 'git-url-parse';
-
-import { PromotionStep } from '@ui/gen/api/v1alpha1/generated_pb';
-import { getPromotionStepConfig } from '@ui/plugins/atoms/plugin-helper';
-
-export const getPullRequestLink = (
-  promotionStep: PromotionStep,
-  promotionStepOutput: Record<string, unknown>
-) => {
-  const stepConfig = getPromotionStepConfig(promotionStep);
-
-  // plugins responsibility to keep up to date with actual promotion step config
-  const provider =
-    (stepConfig?.provider as 'github' | 'gitlab') || 'github'; /* default provider is github */
-
-  const repoURL = stepConfig?.repoURL as string;
-
-  const prNumber = promotionStepOutput?.prNumber;
-
-  if (typeof prNumber !== 'number' || !repoURL) {
-    // TODO: Throw plugin identified error to handle it at plugin level
-    throw new Error(
-      `cannot generate pull request link, either promotion step didn't return proper output or promotion step config is corrupted`
-    );
-  }
-
-  const parsedUrl = gitUrlParse(repoURL);
-
-  const url = `${parsedUrl.protocol}://${parsedUrl.resource}/${parsedUrl.full_name}`;
-
-  if (provider === 'github') {
-    return `${url}/pull/${prNumber}`;
-  }
-
-  if (provider === 'gitlab') {
-    return `${url}/merge_requests/${prNumber}`;
-  }
-
-  throw new Error(`provider ${provider} not supported by this plugin`);
-};
+export const getPullRequestLink = (promotionStepOutput: Record<string, unknown>) =>
+  (promotionStepOutput as { pr: { url: string } }).pr.url;



Test patch:
diff --git a/internal/expressions/json_templates_test.go b/internal/expressions/json_templates_test.go
index ae3d9f21..5fb5b9f5 100644
--- a/internal/expressions/json_templates_test.go
+++ b/internal/expressions/json_templates_test.go
@@ -230,6 +230,16 @@ func TestEvaluateJSONTemplate(t *testing.T) {
 				require.Equal(t, "foo", parsed.AString)
 			},
 		},
+		{
+			name:         "unsafeQuote function does double quote string input",
+			jsonTemplate: `{ "AString": "${{ unsafeQuote('foo') }}" }`,
+			assertions: func(t *testing.T, jsonOutput []byte, err error) {
+				require.NoError(t, err)
+				parsed := testStruct{}
+				require.NoError(t, json.Unmarshal(jsonOutput, &parsed))
+				require.Equal(t, "\"foo\"", parsed.AString)
+			},
+		},
 		{
 			name: "a variety of tricky cases dealing with YAML and quotes",
 			yamlTemplate: `
diff --git a/internal/promotion/runner/builtin/git_pr_opener_test.go b/internal/promotion/runner/builtin/git_pr_opener_test.go
index 0dacd682..d9eaf201 100644
--- a/internal/promotion/runner/builtin/git_pr_opener_test.go
+++ b/internal/promotion/runner/builtin/git_pr_opener_test.go
@@ -102,6 +102,42 @@ func Test_gitPROpener_validate(t *testing.T) {
 				"title":        "custom title",
 			},
 		},
+		{
+			name: "invalid with empty title",
+			config: promotion.Config{
+				"provider":     "github",
+				"repoURL":      "https://github.com/example/repo.git",
+				"sourceBranch": "fake-branch",
+				"targetBranch": "another-fake-branch",
+				"title":        "",
+			},
+			expectedProblems: []string{
+				"title: String length must be greater than or equal to 1",
+			},
+		},
+		{
+			name: "valid with custom description",
+			config: promotion.Config{
+				"provider":     "github",
+				"repoURL":      "https://github.com/example/repo.git",
+				"sourceBranch": "fake-branch",
+				"targetBranch": "another-fake-branch",
+				"description":  "custom description",
+			},
+		},
+		{
+			name: "invalid with empty description",
+			config: promotion.Config{
+				"provider":     "github",
+				"repoURL":      "https://github.com/example/repo.git",
+				"sourceBranch": "fake-branch",
+				"targetBranch": "another-fake-branch",
+				"description":  "",
+			},
+			expectedProblems: []string{
+				"description: String length must be greater than or equal to 1",
+			},
+		},
 	}
 
 	r := newGitPROpener(nil)
@@ -207,6 +243,7 @@ func Test_gitPROpener_run(t *testing.T) {
 			CreateTargetBranch: true,
 			Provider:           ptr.To(builtin.Provider(fakeGitProviderName)),
 			Title:              "kargo",
+			Description:        "kargo description",
 		},
 	)
 	require.NoError(t, err)
diff --git a/internal/promotion/runner/builtin/yaml_updater_test.go b/internal/promotion/runner/builtin/yaml_updater_test.go
index 8d88d4b7..4b82c01d 100644
--- a/internal/promotion/runner/builtin/yaml_updater_test.go
+++ b/internal/promotion/runner/builtin/yaml_updater_test.go
@@ -95,6 +95,10 @@ func Test_yamlUpdater_validate(t *testing.T) {
 						"key":   "another-fake-key",
 						"value": "another-fake-value",
 					},
+					{
+						"key":   "yet-another-fake-key",
+						"value": 5,
+					},
 				},
 			},
 		},
@@ -135,22 +139,35 @@ func Test_yamlUpdater_run(t *testing.T) {
 				Path: "values.yaml",
 				Updates: []builtin.YAMLUpdate{
 					{Key: "image.tag", Value: "fake-tag"},
+					{Key: "image.numStr", Value: "42"},
+					{Key: "image.realNum", Value: 42},
 				},
 			},
 			files: map[string]string{
-				"values.yaml": "image:\n  tag: oldtag\n",
+				"values.yaml": `
+image:
+  tag: oldtag
+  numStr: "5"
+  realNum: 5
+`,
 			},
 			assertions: func(t *testing.T, workDir string, result promotion.StepResult, err error) {
 				assert.NoError(t, err)
 				assert.Equal(t, promotion.StepResult{
 					Status: kargoapi.PromotionStepStatusSucceeded,
 					Output: map[string]any{
-						"commitMessage": "Updated values.yaml\n\n- image.tag: \"fake-tag\"",
+						"commitMessage": `Updated values.yaml
+
+- image.tag: fake-tag
+- image.numStr: "42"
+- image.realNum: 42`,
 					},
 				}, result)
 				content, err := os.ReadFile(path.Join(workDir, "values.yaml"))
 				require.NoError(t, err)
-				assert.Contains(t, string(content), "tag: fake-tag")
+				assert.Contains(t, string(content), "  tag: fake-tag")
+				assert.Contains(t, string(content), `  numStr: "42"`)
+				assert.Contains(t, string(content), "  realNum: 42")
 			},
 		},
 		{
@@ -272,7 +289,7 @@ func Test_yamlUpdater_generateCommitMessage(t *testing.T) {
 			assertions: func(t *testing.T, result string) {
 				assert.Equal(t, `Updated values.yaml
 
-- image: "repo/image:tag1"`, result)
+- image: repo/image:tag1`, result)
 			},
 		},
 		{
@@ -281,12 +298,20 @@ func Test_yamlUpdater_generateCommitMessage(t *testing.T) {
 			updates: []builtin.YAMLUpdate{
 				{Key: "image1", Value: "repo1/image1:tag1"},
 				{Key: "image2", Value: "repo2/image2:tag2"},
+				{Key: "numStr", Value: "42"},
+				{Key: "realNum", Value: 42},
 			},
 			assertions: func(t *testing.T, result string) {
-				assert.Equal(t, `Updated chart/values.yaml
+				assert.Equal(
+					t,
+					`Updated chart/values.yaml
 
-- image1: "repo1/image1:tag1"
-- image2: "repo2/image2:tag2"`, result)
+- image1: repo1/image1:tag1
+- image2: repo2/image2:tag2
+- numStr: "42"
+- realNum: 42`,
+					result,
+				)
 			},
 		},
 	}
diff --git a/internal/yaml/quote_test.go b/internal/yaml/quote_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..7b820b4d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/internal/yaml/quote_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+package yaml
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
+)
+
+func TestQuoteIfNecessary(t *testing.T) {
+	tests := []struct {
+		input    any
+		expected any
+	}{
+		{123, 123},
+		{123.0, 123.0},
+		{true, true},
+		{false, false},
+		{nil, nil},
+		{"123", `"123"`},
+		{"true", `"true"`},
+		{"false", `"false"`},
+		{"null", `"null"`},
+		{"[1, 2, 3]", `"[1, 2, 3]"`},
+		{`{"key": "value"}`, `"{\"key\": \"value\"}"`},
+		{"string", "string"},
+	}
+	for i, test := range tests {
+		t.Run(fmt.Sprintf("%d", i), func(t *testing.T) {
+			require.Equal(t, test.expected, QuoteIfNecessary(test.input))
+		})
+	}
+}
diff --git a/internal/yaml/yaml_test.go b/internal/yaml/yaml_test.go
index 1783f5fd..5cf2a7bd 100644
--- a/internal/yaml/yaml_test.go
+++ b/internal/yaml/yaml_test.go
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ import (
 	yaml "sigs.k8s.io/yaml/goyaml.v3"
 )
 
-func TestSetStringsInBytes(t *testing.T) {
+func TestSetValuesInBytes(t *testing.T) {
 	testCases := []struct {
 		name       string
 		inBytes    []byte
@@ -28,6 +28,58 @@ characters:
 				require.Nil(t, bytes)
 			},
 		},
+		{
+			name: "no extra quotes around true number",
+			inBytes: []byte(`
+characters:
+- name: Arthur Dent
+  answer: idk
+`),
+			updates: []Update{
+				{
+					Key:   "characters.0.answer",
+					Value: 42,
+				},
+			},
+			assertions: func(t *testing.T, bytes []byte, err error) {
+				require.NoError(t, err)
+				require.Equal(
+					t,
+					[]byte(`
+characters:
+- name: Arthur Dent
+  answer: 42
+`),
+					bytes,
+				)
+			},
+		},
+		{
+			name: "extra quotes around string containing a valid number",
+			inBytes: []byte(`
+characters:
+- name: Arthur Dent
+  answer: idk
+`),
+			updates: []Update{
+				{
+					Key:   "characters.0.answer",
+					Value: "42",
+				},
+			},
+			assertions: func(t *testing.T, bytes []byte, err error) {
+				require.NoError(t, err)
+				require.Equal(
+					t,
+					[]byte(`
+characters:
+- name: Arthur Dent
+  answer: "42"
+`),
+					bytes,
+				)
+			},
+		},
 		{
 			name: "success",
 			inBytes: []byte(`
@@ -57,7 +109,7 @@ characters:
 	}
 	for _, testCase := range testCases {
 		t.Run(testCase.name, func(t *testing.T) {
-			b, err := SetStringsInBytes(testCase.inBytes, testCase.updates)
+			b, err := SetValuesInBytes(testCase.inBytes, testCase.updates)
 			testCase.assertions(t, b, err)
 		})
 	}