diff --git a/CHANGES.md b/CHANGES.md
index f4f61db5d4..d26bc7a86f 100644
--- a/CHANGES.md
+++ b/CHANGES.md
@@ -1,3 +1,12 @@
+Synapse 1.6.0rc2 (2019-11-25)
+=============================
+
+Bugfixes
+--------
+
+- Fix a bug which could cause the background database update hander for event labels to get stuck in a loop raising exceptions. ([\#6407](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/6407))
+
+
Synapse 1.6.0rc1 (2019-11-20)
=============================
diff --git a/synapse/__init__.py b/synapse/__init__.py
index 1d962f5dc8..051c83774e 100644
--- a/synapse/__init__.py
+++ b/synapse/__init__.py
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ try:
except ImportError:
pass
-__version__ = "1.6.0rc1"
+__version__ = "1.6.0rc2"
if bool(os.environ.get("SYNAPSE_TEST_PATCH_LOG_CONTEXTS", False)):
# We import here so that we don't have to install a bunch of deps when
diff --git a/synapse/storage/data_stores/main/events_bg_updates.py b/synapse/storage/data_stores/main/events_bg_updates.py
index 0ed59ef48e..aa87f9abc5 100644
--- a/synapse/storage/data_stores/main/events_bg_updates.py
+++ b/synapse/storage/data_stores/main/events_bg_updates.py
@@ -530,24 +530,31 @@ class EventsBackgroundUpdatesStore(BackgroundUpdateStore):
nbrows = 0
last_row_event_id = ""
for (event_id, event_json_raw) in results:
- event_json = json.loads(event_json_raw)
-
- self._simple_insert_many_txn(
- txn=txn,
- table="event_labels",
- values=[
- {
- "event_id": event_id,
- "label": label,
- "room_id": event_json["room_id"],
- "topological_ordering": event_json["depth"],
- }
- for label in event_json["content"].get(
- EventContentFields.LABELS, []
- )
- if isinstance(label, str)
- ],
- )
+ try:
+ event_json = json.loads(event_json_raw)
+
+ self._simple_insert_many_txn(
+ txn=txn,
+ table="event_labels",
+ values=[
+ {
+ "event_id": event_id,
+ "label": label,
+ "room_id": event_json["room_id"],
+ "topological_ordering": event_json["depth"],
+ }
+ for label in event_json["content"].get(
+ EventContentFields.LABELS, []
+ )
+ if isinstance(label, str)
+ ],
+ )
+ except Exception as e:
+ logger.warning(
+ "Unable to load event %s (no labels will be imported): %s",
+ event_id,
+ e,
+ )
nbrows += 1
last_row_event_id = event_id
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