diff --git a/pkg/config/v1/plugin.go b/pkg/config/v1/plugin.go
index 5602a813..3a7c8344 100644
--- a/pkg/config/v1/plugin.go
+++ b/pkg/config/v1/plugin.go
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ package v1
 import (
 	"bytes"
 	"encoding/json"
+	"errors"
 	"fmt"
 	"reflect"
 )
@@ -42,7 +43,7 @@ func (c *TypedClientPluginOptions) UnmarshalJSON(b []byte) error {
 
 	c.Type = typeStruct.Type
 	if c.Type == "" {
-		return nil
+		return errors.New("plugin type is empty")
 	}
 
 	v, ok := clientPluginOptionsTypeMap[typeStruct.Type]
@@ -63,6 +64,10 @@ func (c *TypedClientPluginOptions) UnmarshalJSON(b []byte) error {
 	return nil
 }
 
+func (c *TypedClientPluginOptions) MarshalJSON() ([]byte, error) {
+	return json.Marshal(c.ClientPluginOptions)
+}
+
 const (
 	PluginHTTP2HTTPS       = "http2https"
 	PluginHTTPProxy        = "http_proxy"
diff --git a/pkg/config/v1/proxy.go b/pkg/config/v1/proxy.go
index 8530e216..45c489f6 100644
--- a/pkg/config/v1/proxy.go
+++ b/pkg/config/v1/proxy.go
@@ -195,6 +195,10 @@ func (c *TypedProxyConfig) UnmarshalJSON(b []byte) error {
 	return nil
 }
 
+func (c *TypedProxyConfig) MarshalJSON() ([]byte, error) {
+	return json.Marshal(c.ProxyConfigurer)
+}
+
 type ProxyConfigurer interface {
 	Complete(namePrefix string)
 	GetBaseConfig() *ProxyBaseConfig
diff --git a/pkg/config/v1/visitor.go b/pkg/config/v1/visitor.go
index e9fa166e..51fe88a6 100644
--- a/pkg/config/v1/visitor.go
+++ b/pkg/config/v1/visitor.go
@@ -120,6 +120,10 @@ func (c *TypedVisitorConfig) UnmarshalJSON(b []byte) error {
 	return nil
 }
 
+func (c *TypedVisitorConfig) MarshalJSON() ([]byte, error) {
+	return json.Marshal(c.VisitorConfigurer)
+}
+
 func NewVisitorConfigurerByType(t VisitorType) VisitorConfigurer {
 	v, ok := visitorConfigTypeMap[t]
 	if !ok {