Parsing errors while DTFx processes the messages from queue in latest version of DurableTask.AzureStorage 2.0.0-rc.2.

Start with the stack trace locations in src/DurableTask.AzureStorage/Utils.cs, MessageManager.cs, and Messaging/WorkItemQueue.cs, focusing on how queue messages are deserialized after upgrading to 2.0.0-rc.2. Compare the message format and serialization behavior with the previous version; done means valid queue messages are processed without JsonReaderException and scheduled workflows execute reliably.

Hii,
We started consuming the 2.0.0-rc.2 version of DurableTask.AzureStorage nuget as previous versions contain reference of the deprecated versions of "WindowsAzure.Storage".

After consuming the nuget we deployed in the ECY Canary region for testing. After deployment, we started encountering the Json parsing issues while dtfx processes the queue messages. "Newtonsoft.Json.JsonReaderException: Unexpected character encountered while parsing value: e. Path '', line 0, position 0.".

Full exception message with stack trace:

An error occurred while processing messages on springboot-workitems: Newtonsoft.Json.JsonReaderException: Unexpected character encountered while parsing value: e. Path '', line 0, position 0.
   at Newtonsoft.Json.JsonTextReader.ParseValue()
   at Newtonsoft.Json.JsonReader.ReadForType(JsonContract contract, Boolean hasConverter)
   at Newtonsoft.Json.Serialization.JsonSerializerInternalReader.Deserialize(JsonReader reader, Type objectType, Boolean checkAdditionalContent)
   at Newtonsoft.Json.JsonSerializer.DeserializeInternal(JsonReader reader, Type objectType)
   at Newtonsoft.Json.JsonSerializer.Deserialize[T](JsonReader reader)
   at DurableTask.AzureStorage.Utils.DeserializeFromJson[T](JsonSerializer serializer, String jsonString) in /_/src/DurableTask.AzureStorage/Utils.cs:line 202
   at DurableTask.AzureStorage.MessageManager.DeserializeQueueMessageAsync(QueueMessage queueMessage, String queueName, CancellationToken cancellationToken) in /_/src/DurableTask.AzureStorage/MessageManager.cs:line 176
   at DurableTask.AzureStorage.Messaging.WorkItemQueue.GetMessageAsync(CancellationToken cancellationToken) in /_/src/DurableTask.AzureStorage/Messaging/WorkItemQueue.cs:line 48

We started encountering these issues after updating to the "2.0.0-rc.2", prior to that we didn't observe these issues. We observed that a periodic workflow which we run every 5 mins is not getting executed but there are few successful executions of other workflows as well.

Let me know if you need anything further to debug this issue.