From ad205367127dde02e9560e92038c1127a4531a4a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Pedro Lobato <69770518+Lob26@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Tue, 10 Feb 2026 09:25:36 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] Update behaviour for named tuples

---
 fastapi/encoders.py | 25 +++++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 25 insertions(+)

diff --git a/fastapi/encoders.py b/fastapi/encoders.py
index 6040a1c2b..481bb8239 100644
--- a/fastapi/encoders.py
+++ b/fastapi/encoders.py
@@ -206,6 +206,18 @@ def jsonable_encoder(
             """
         ),
     ] = True,
+    named_tuple_as_dict: Annotated[
+        bool,
+        Doc(
+            """
+            Whether to encode named tuples as dicts instead of lists.
+
+            This is useful when you want to preserve the field names of named tuples
+            in the JSON output, which can make it easier to understand and work with
+            the data on the client side.
+            """
+        ),
+    ] = False,
 ) -> Any:
     """
     Convert any object to something that can be encoded in JSON.
@@ -323,6 +335,19 @@ def jsonable_encoder(
             )
         return encoded_list
 
+    if named_tuple_as_dict and getattr(obj, "_asdict", None) is not None and callable(obj._asdict):
+        return jsonable_encoder(
+            obj._asdict(),
+            include=include,
+            exclude=exclude,
+            by_alias=by_alias,
+            exclude_unset=exclude_unset,
+            exclude_defaults=exclude_defaults,
+            exclude_none=exclude_none,
+            custom_encoder=custom_encoder,
+            sqlalchemy_safe=sqlalchemy_safe,
+        )
+
     if type(obj) in ENCODERS_BY_TYPE:
         return ENCODERS_BY_TYPE[type(obj)](obj)
     for encoder, classes_tuple in encoders_by_class_tuples.items():