Xpath_json nest array

Hi. I’m really close to solving my issue and just need a little help getting over the last piece of data. I have a nested array “events” in this dataset:

{
    "count": 9,
    "limit": 200,
    "offset": 0,
    "items": [
        {
            "uid": "52e2e31a-19a9-4bf1-9259-cab75d722ea1",
            "status": "ACTIVE",
            "lastEventDate": "2025-07-10T03:26:25Z",
            "entityUid": "1e9b9771-0bcf-4e55-9e70-7fad82241b27",
            "entityName": "MGR",
            "events": []
        },
        {
            "uid": "a03431ca-893f-491c-924b-7053720b93a8",
            "status": "COMPLETED",
            "lastEventDate": "2025-07-10T02:56:27Z",
            "entityUid": "1e9b9771-0bcf-4e55-9e70-7fad82241b27",
            "entityName": "MGR",
            "events": [
                {
                    "description": "Read MGR device records successfully",
                    "username": "System User",
                    "date": "2025-07-10T02:56:27Z",
                    "action": "UPDATE"
                }
            ]
        }
    ]
}

I can get all of the data in the output, but the events array enumerates as a map[string]. I’m unsure how to unspool this inner array.

scc_changelog,host=cc05ab3969dd uid="a03431ca-893f-491c-924b-7053720b93a8",status="COMPLETED",entityName="MGR",entityUid="1e9b9771-0bcf-4e55-9e70-7fad82241b27",lastEventDate="2025-07-10T02:56:27Z",events="[map[action:UPDATE date:2025-07-10T02:56:27Z description:Read MGR device records successfully username:System User]]" 1752116187000000000

This is the part that I need help on:

events="[map[action:UPDATE date:2025-07-10T02:56:27Z description:Read MGR device records successfully username:System User]]"

I’m guessing it’s because I have the array as a field. I’m ok with just flattening the events array as a string minus the “map” syntax. But looking for someone with more mojo with this than I for advice.
Here is my config:

[[inputs.file]]
  name_override = "scc_changelog"
  files = ["/etc/telegraf/telegraf.d/test.json"]
  data_format = "xpath_json"
  xpath_allow_empty_selection = true
  xpath_native_types = true

  [[inputs.file.xpath]]
      metric_name = "'scc_changelog'"
      metric_selection = "//items/*"
      timestamp = "lastEventDate"
      timestamp_format = "2006-01-02T15:04:05.9999999Z"
      [inputs.file.xpath.fields]
        uid = "uid"
        status = "status"
        entityName = "entityName"
        entityUid = "entityUid"
        lastEventDate = "lastEventDate"
        events = "events"

[[outputs.file]]
  files = [ "stdout" ]

Thanks in advance!