Merge commit 'c9c544cda' into anoa/dinsic_release_1_21_x

* commit 'c9c544cda':
  Remove `ChainedIdGenerator`. (#8123)
  Switch the JSON byte producer from a pull to a push producer. (#8116)
  Updated docs: Added note about missing 308 redirect support. (#8120)
  Be stricter about JSON that is accepted by Synapse (#8106)
  Convert runWithConnection to async. (#8121)
  Remove the unused inlineCallbacks code-paths in the caching code (#8119)
  Separate `get_current_token` into two. (#8113)
  Convert events worker database to async/await. (#8071)
  Add a link to the matrix-synapse-rest-password-provider. (#8111)

1 files changed, 2 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/synapse/http/servlet.py b/synapse/http/servlet.py

index a34e5ead88..53acba56cb 100644
--- a/synapse/http/servlet.py
+++ b/synapse/http/servlet.py
@@ -17,9 +17,8 @@
 
 import logging
 
-from canonicaljson import json
-
 from synapse.api.errors import Codes, SynapseError
+from synapse.util import json_decoder
 
 logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
@@ -215,7 +214,7 @@ def parse_json_value_from_request(request, allow_empty_body=False):
         return None
 
     try:
-        content = json.loads(content_bytes.decode("utf-8"))
+        content = json_decoder.decode(content_bytes.decode("utf-8"))
     except Exception as e:
         logger.warning("Unable to parse JSON: %s", e)
         raise SynapseError(400, "Content not JSON.", errcode=Codes.NOT_JSON)