The connector should detect whether the incoming message payload is compressed (e.g., gzip, zlib/deflate, or base64-encoded binary) and transparently decompress it before any parsing or transformation occurs. If the payload is not compressed, the logic should safely fall back to using the raw body.

Additionally, if compressed data reaches the warehouse without being decompressed by the connector, converting the binary payload to a string makes the data permanently un-decompressable. To prevent this issue, the connector must perform decompression before converting the message body into UTF-8 text or JSON. This ensures the warehouse receives clean, readable, and properly decoded data.