diff --git a/backend/src/v2/cmd/driver/main.go b/backend/src/v2/cmd/driver/main.go
index 588d211521b8..9a9337ff4f05 100644
--- a/backend/src/v2/cmd/driver/main.go
+++ b/backend/src/v2/cmd/driver/main.go
@@ -195,6 +195,12 @@ func drive() (err error) {
 		if err = writeFile(*iterationCountPath, []byte(fmt.Sprintf("%v", *execution.IterationCount))); err != nil {
 			return fmt.Errorf("failed to write iteration count to file: %w", err)
 		}
+	} else {
+		if *driverType == "ROOT_DAG" {
+			if err = writeFile(*iterationCountPath, []byte("0")); err != nil {
+				return fmt.Errorf("failed to write iteration count to file: %w", err)
+			}
+		}
 	}
 	if execution.Cached != nil {
 		if err = writeFile(*cachedDecisionPath, []byte(strconv.FormatBool(*execution.Cached))); err != nil {
@@ -205,6 +211,13 @@ func drive() (err error) {
 		if err = writeFile(*conditionPath, []byte(strconv.FormatBool(*execution.Condition))); err != nil {
 			return fmt.Errorf("failed to write condition to file: %w", err)
 		}
+	} else {
+		// nil is a valid value for Condition
+		if *driverType == "ROOT_DAG" || *driverType == "CONTAINER" {
+			if err = writeFile(*conditionPath, []byte("nil")); err != nil {
+				return fmt.Errorf("failed to write condition to file: %w", err)
+			}
+		}
 	}
 	if execution.PodSpecPatch != "" {
 		glog.Infof("output podSpecPatch=\n%s\n", execution.PodSpecPatch)