diff --git a/ionc/ion_writer.c b/ionc/ion_writer.c
index 3ba2c37..527ce0f 100644
--- a/ionc/ion_writer.c
+++ b/ionc/ion_writer.c
@@ -1096,6 +1096,10 @@ iERR ion_writer_add_annotation(hWRITER hwriter, iSTRING annotation)
     if (!annotation || !annotation->value) FAILWITH(IERR_INVALID_ARG);
     if (annotation->length < 0)  FAILWITH(IERR_INVALID_ARG);
 
+    if (ION_TEXT_WRITER_IS_JSON()) {
+        SUCCEED();
+    }
+
     annotation_prev = pwriter->annotation_curr;
 
     IONCHECK(_ion_writer_add_annotation_helper(pwriter, annotation));
@@ -1115,6 +1119,10 @@ iERR _ion_writer_add_annotation_helper(ION_WRITER *pwriter, ION_STRING *annotati
     ASSERT(!ION_STRING_IS_NULL(annotation));
     ASSERT(annotation->length >= 0);
 
+    if (ION_TEXT_WRITER_IS_JSON()) {
+        SUCCEED();
+    }
+
     if (!pwriter->annotations) {
         int final_max_annotation_count = (pwriter->options.max_annotation_count > DEFAULT_ANNOTATION_LIMIT)
                 ? pwriter->options.max_annotation_count : DEFAULT_ANNOTATION_LIMIT;
diff --git a/ionc/ion_writer_text.c b/ionc/ion_writer_text.c
index 31464eb..aed37f3 100644
--- a/ionc/ion_writer_text.c
+++ b/ionc/ion_writer_text.c
@@ -657,6 +657,8 @@ iERR _ion_writer_text_write_double_json(ION_WRITER *pwriter, double value) {
       FAILWITH(IERR_UNRECOGNIZED_FLOAT);
    }
 
+   IONCHECK(_ion_writer_text_close_value(pwriter));
+
 fail:
    return err;
 }
diff --git a/test/test_ion_text.cpp b/test/test_ion_text.cpp
index 6ee3515..ad470b4 100644
--- a/test/test_ion_text.cpp
+++ b/test/test_ion_text.cpp
@@ -1409,6 +1409,7 @@ TEST(IonTextDownconvert, IntsFloatsAndDecimals) {
     IONJSON_CMP("1.5e0", "1.5");
     IONJSON_CMP("1e-5", "1e-05");
     IONJSON_CMP("0.1",  "0.1");
+    IONJSON_CMP("[1.0e0, 1.0e0]", "[1,1]");
 
     // Decimals
     // Decimal formatting does not follow the same pattern as float formatting.
@@ -1419,6 +1420,7 @@ TEST(IonTextDownconvert, IntsFloatsAndDecimals) {
     IONJSON_CMP("1.5d0", "1.5");
     IONJSON_CMP("1d-5", "0.00001");
     IONJSON_CMP("1d+5", "1E+5");
+    IONJSON_CMP("[1d0, 1d0]", "[1,1]");
 }
 
 TEST(IonTextDownconvert, Lists) {
@@ -1465,3 +1467,40 @@ TEST(IonTextDownconvert, BlobsAndClobs) {
     IONJSON_CMP("{{ \" \\r \" }}", "\" \\r \"");   // Carriage Return
     IONJSON_CMP("{{ \" \\t \" }}", "\" \\t \"");   // Tab
 }
+
+TEST(IonTextDownconvert, Annotations) {
+   // This test validates that annotations are not included when converting to JSON.
+   // It also validates a fix where annotations were still being added to the writer's
+   // annotation list when performing JSON downconverion. Since the annotations were
+   // not written, the annotation list was not cleared, resulting in the writer potentially
+   // reaching the max annotation limit. In this test we write 2 values with 8 annotations,
+   // and validate that both values are serialized correctly, and without annotations.
+   const char *ion_text = "a::a::a::a::a::a::a::a::'hello'";
+   const char *json_expected = "\"hello\" \"hello\"";
+   char json_text[1024];
+   iERR err = IERR_OK;
+   hREADER reader = NULL;
+   hWRITER writer = NULL;
+   ION_WRITER_OPTIONS woptions = {0};
+   ION_READER_OPTIONS roptions = {0};
+
+   woptions.json_downconvert = TRUE;
+   memset((void*)json_text, 0, 1024);
+
+   IONCHECK(ion_writer_open_buffer(&writer, (BYTE*)json_text, sizeof(json_text), &woptions));
+
+   IONCHECK(ion_reader_open_buffer(&reader, (BYTE*)ion_text, strlen(ion_text), &roptions));
+   IONCHECK(ion_writer_write_all_values(writer, reader));
+   IONCHECK(ion_reader_close(reader));
+
+   IONCHECK(ion_reader_open_buffer(&reader, (BYTE*)ion_text, strlen(ion_text), &roptions));
+   IONCHECK(ion_writer_write_all_values(writer, reader));
+
+   EXPECT_STREQ(json_text, json_expected);
+fail:
+   if (writer != NULL)
+      ion_writer_close(writer);
+   if (reader != NULL)
+      ion_reader_close(reader);
+   EXPECT_EQ(err, IERR_OK);
+}