diff --git a/src/ZB.MOM.WW.ScadaBridge.SiteRuntime/Actors/DeploymentManagerActor.cs b/src/ZB.MOM.WW.ScadaBridge.SiteRuntime/Actors/DeploymentManagerActor.cs
index d412572e..40a86b40 100644
--- a/src/ZB.MOM.WW.ScadaBridge.SiteRuntime/Actors/DeploymentManagerActor.cs
+++ b/src/ZB.MOM.WW.ScadaBridge.SiteRuntime/Actors/DeploymentManagerActor.cs
@@ -954,7 +954,18 @@ public class DeploymentManagerActor : ReceiveActor, IWithTimers
                     {
                         var result = t.Result;
                         return new RouteToCallResponse(
-                            request.CorrelationId, result.Success, result.ReturnValue,
+                            request.CorrelationId, result.Success,
+                            // The routed script's return value crosses the Central↔Site
+                            // PROCESS boundary inside this response. A script's natural
+                            // `return new { ... }` is an anonymous type, which Akka's
+                            // cross-process serializer cannot round-trip — the reply is
+                            // silently dropped and the caller's Route.To().Call() Ask
+                            // times out even though the script succeeded. Project the
+                            // value to a plain CLR graph (Dictionary/List/primitive) that
+                            // round-trips the wire and reproduces the same JSON shape on
+                            // the inbound side (which JsonSerializer-serializes it for the
+                            // HTTP body / ReturnDefinition validation).
+                            NormalizeRoutedReturnValue(result.ReturnValue),
                             result.ErrorMessage, DateTimeOffset.UtcNow);
                     }
                     return new RouteToCallResponse(
@@ -972,6 +983,59 @@ public class DeploymentManagerActor : ReceiveActor, IWithTimers
         }
     }
 
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Projects a routed script's return value to a cross-process-serializable plain
+    /// CLR graph (<see cref="Dictionary{TKey,TValue}"/> / <see cref="List{T}"/> /
+    /// string / long / double / bool / null) via a JSON round-trip. A script's natural
+    /// <c>return new { ... }</c> is a compiler-generated anonymous type that Akka's
+    /// cross-process serializer cannot reconstruct on the receiving node, so the
+    /// <see cref="RouteToCallResponse"/> reply is silently dropped and the caller's
+    /// Ask times out. The projected graph round-trips the wire and re-serializes to the
+    /// same JSON shape the inbound API expects. Returns <paramref name="value"/>
+    /// unchanged on a (non-expected) serialization failure so a quirky value still has a
+    /// chance to deliver rather than being forced to null.
+    /// </summary>
+    private object? NormalizeRoutedReturnValue(object? value)
+    {
+        if (value is null)
+        {
+            return null;
+        }
+
+        try
+        {
+            var json = System.Text.Json.JsonSerializer.Serialize(value);
+            using var doc = System.Text.Json.JsonDocument.Parse(json);
+            return FromJsonElement(doc.RootElement);
+        }
+        catch (Exception ex)
+        {
+            _logger.LogWarning(ex,
+                "Failed to normalize routed script return value of type {Type} for transport; sending as-is",
+                value.GetType().Name);
+            return value;
+        }
+    }
+
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Converts a <see cref="System.Text.Json.JsonElement"/> to a plain CLR value
+    /// (string / long / double / bool / null, or nested Dictionary / List) — never a
+    /// <see cref="System.Text.Json.JsonElement"/> (which is itself not cross-process
+    /// serializable). Companion to <see cref="NormalizeRoutedReturnValue"/>.
+    /// </summary>
+    private static object? FromJsonElement(System.Text.Json.JsonElement e) => e.ValueKind switch
+    {
+        System.Text.Json.JsonValueKind.Object =>
+            e.EnumerateObject().ToDictionary(p => p.Name, p => FromJsonElement(p.Value)),
+        System.Text.Json.JsonValueKind.Array =>
+            e.EnumerateArray().Select(FromJsonElement).ToList(),
+        System.Text.Json.JsonValueKind.String => e.GetString(),
+        System.Text.Json.JsonValueKind.Number => e.TryGetInt64(out var l) ? l : e.GetDouble(),
+        System.Text.Json.JsonValueKind.True => true,
+        System.Text.Json.JsonValueKind.False => false,
+        _ => null,
+    };
+
     /// <summary>
     /// Reads attribute values from a deployed instance for a Route.To().GetAttribute(s)
     /// call (or a central Test Run bound to the instance). Asks the Instance Actor