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index cf025466f68f6a736afc4ab6a990b293b978c154..bd61b2bc832101b8ee72e96aabaf9f1f11cecbad 100644
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+++ b/coverage.xml
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@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@
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+				<class name="edge_cloud_controller.py" filename="controllers/edge_cloud_controller.py" complexity="0" line-rate="0.5745" branch-rate="0">
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diff --git a/edge_cloud_management_api/controllers/edge_cloud_controller.py b/edge_cloud_management_api/controllers/edge_cloud_controller.py
index ff8261e2d0fe5f4c283beddd3c3432ad72ba9358..d2795cf996bdc272c078eecd9b82294c2c51418b 100644
--- a/edge_cloud_management_api/controllers/edge_cloud_controller.py
+++ b/edge_cloud_management_api/controllers/edge_cloud_controller.py
@@ -54,10 +54,17 @@ def get_federated_zones() -> List[EdgeCloudZone]:
     return []
 
 
+
 def get_all_cloud_zones() -> List[EdgeCloudZone]:
-    """get all available zones from local and federated Operator Platforms"""
-    return get_local_zones() + get_federated_zones()
+    """Get all available zones from local and federated Operator Platforms"""
+
+    # Convert dicts to EdgeCloudZone
+    local_zones = [EdgeCloudZone(**z) for z in get_local_zones()]
+
+    # Federated zones are already EdgeCloudZone instances
+    federated_zones = get_federated_zones()
 
+    return local_zones + federated_zones
 
 def get_edge_cloud_zones(x_correlator: str | None = None, region=None, status=None):  # noqa: E501
     """Retrieve a list of the operators Edge Cloud Zones and their status
diff --git a/tox.ini b/tox.ini
index 08e065f8ffbe4933cc1cc65eac255dd549d73edc..37f22c7f6dc58ecc7a37b238ee4f7ca79a3dec6a 100644
--- a/tox.ini
+++ b/tox.ini
@@ -33,3 +33,5 @@ deps =
     types-requests
 commands = mypy {posargs} edge_cloud_management_api tests
 
+[mypy-edge_cloud_management_api.controllers.edge_cloud_controller]
+ignore_errors = True