diff --git a/src/modules/aix/server/api/aix.wiretypes.ts b/src/modules/aix/server/api/aix.wiretypes.ts
index 9b2d36057..4ff4bdd4e 100644
--- a/src/modules/aix/server/api/aix.wiretypes.ts
+++ b/src/modules/aix/server/api/aix.wiretypes.ts
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ export namespace OpenAPI_Schema {
     format: z.string().optional(),
 
     // [object] properties (recursively)
-    properties: z.record(z.any() /* could refer to self using z.lazy().... */).optional(),
+    properties: z.record(z.string(), z.any() /* could refer to self using z.lazy().... */).optional(),
     // [object] required properties
     required: z.array(z.string()).optional(),
 
@@ -315,7 +315,7 @@ export namespace AixWire_Tooling {
      */
     input_schema: z.object({
       // type: z.literal('object'), // Note: every protocol adapter adds this in the structure, here's we're just opting to not add it
-      properties: z.record(OpenAPI_Schema.Object_schema),
+      properties: z.record(z.string(), OpenAPI_Schema.Object_schema),
       required: z.array(z.string()).optional(),
     }).optional(),
   });
diff --git a/src/modules/browse/browse.router.ts b/src/modules/browse/browse.router.ts
index 50a4d3044..2a8e07c76 100644
--- a/src/modules/browse/browse.router.ts
+++ b/src/modules/browse/browse.router.ts
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ const fetchPageWorkerOutputSchema = z.object({
   url: z.string(),
   title: z.string(),
 
-  content: z.record(pageTransformSchema, z.string()).optional(), // either...
+  content: z.partialRecord(pageTransformSchema, z.string()).optional(), // either...
   file: z.object({ // ...or
     mimeType: z.string(),
     encoding: z.literal('base64'),
diff --git a/src/modules/t2i/t2i.server.ts b/src/modules/t2i/t2i.server.ts
index 0f144e40c..64a4b6bac 100644
--- a/src/modules/t2i/t2i.server.ts
+++ b/src/modules/t2i/t2i.server.ts
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ const t2iCreateImageOutputSchema = z.object({
 
   // origin
   generatorName: z.string(),
-  parameters: z.record(z.any()),
+  parameters: z.record(z.string(), z.any()),
   generatedAt: z.string(),
 
 });
diff --git a/src/modules/trade/server/chatgpt.ts b/src/modules/trade/server/chatgpt.ts
index c897cd78e..ca5ecdc8d 100644
--- a/src/modules/trade/server/chatgpt.ts
+++ b/src/modules/trade/server/chatgpt.ts
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ const chatGptMessageSchema = z.object({
   id: z.string(),
   author: z.object({
     role: z.enum(['user', 'assistant', 'system', 'tool']),
-    metadata: z.record(z.unknown()),
+    metadata: z.record(z.string(), z.unknown()),
   }),
   create_time: z.optional(z.number()),
   content: z.object({
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ const chatGptMessageSchema = z.object({
   status: z.string(),
   end_turn: z.optional(z.boolean()),
   weight: z.number(),
-  metadata: z.record(z.unknown()),
+  metadata: z.record(z.string(), z.unknown()),
   recipient: z.string(), // wazs: z.enum(['all', 'python']), but can be a plugin full name too
 });
 
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ export const chatGptSharedChatSchema = z.object({
   title: z.string(),
   create_time: z.number(),
   update_time: z.number(),
-  // mapping: z.record(chatGptNodeSchema), // comment out, to reduce the data transfer - 'duplicate' of linear_conversation
+  // mapping: z.record(z.string(), chatGptNodeSchema), // comment out, to reduce the data transfer - 'duplicate' of linear_conversation
   moderation_results: z.array(z.unknown()),
   current_node: z.string(),
   is_public: z.boolean(),
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ export const chatGptSharedChatSchema = z.object({
     description: z.string(),
     tags: z.array(z.string()),
   }),
-  moderation_state: z.record(z.unknown()),
+  moderation_state: z.record(z.string(), z.unknown()),
 });
 
 export type ChatGptSharedChatSchema = z.infer<typeof chatGptSharedChatSchema>;