diff --git a/tests/storage/test_redaction.py b/tests/storage/test_redaction.py
index d961b81d48..0c9f3c7071 100644
--- a/tests/storage/test_redaction.py
+++ b/tests/storage/test_redaction.py
@@ -17,6 +17,8 @@
from mock import Mock
+from canonicaljson import json
+
from twisted.internet import defer
from synapse.api.constants import EventTypes, Membership
@@ -286,3 +288,72 @@ class RedactionTestCase(unittest.HomeserverTestCase):
self.assertEqual(
fetched.unsigned["redacted_because"].event_id, redaction_event_id2
)
+
+ def test_redact_censor(self):
+ """Test that a redacted event gets censored in the DB after a month
+ """
+
+ self.get_success(
+ self.inject_room_member(self.room1, self.u_alice, Membership.JOIN)
+ )
+
+ msg_event = self.get_success(self.inject_message(self.room1, self.u_alice, "t"))
+
+ # Check event has not been redacted:
+ event = self.get_success(self.store.get_event(msg_event.event_id))
+
+ self.assertObjectHasAttributes(
+ {
+ "type": EventTypes.Message,
+ "user_id": self.u_alice.to_string(),
+ "content": {"body": "t", "msgtype": "message"},
+ },
+ event,
+ )
+
+ self.assertFalse("redacted_because" in event.unsigned)
+
+ # Redact event
+ reason = "Because I said so"
+ self.get_success(
+ self.inject_redaction(self.room1, msg_event.event_id, self.u_alice, reason)
+ )
+
+ event = self.get_success(self.store.get_event(msg_event.event_id))
+
+ self.assertTrue("redacted_because" in event.unsigned)
+
+ self.assertObjectHasAttributes(
+ {
+ "type": EventTypes.Message,
+ "user_id": self.u_alice.to_string(),
+ "content": {},
+ },
+ event,
+ )
+
+ event_json = self.get_success(
+ self.store._simple_select_one_onecol(
+ table="event_json",
+ keyvalues={"event_id": msg_event.event_id},
+ retcol="json",
+ )
+ )
+
+ self.assert_dict(
+ {"content": {"body": "t", "msgtype": "message"}}, json.loads(event_json)
+ )
+
+ # Advance by 30 days
+ self.reactor.advance(60 * 60 * 24 * 31)
+ self.reactor.advance(60 * 60 * 2)
+
+ event_json = self.get_success(
+ self.store._simple_select_one_onecol(
+ table="event_json",
+ keyvalues={"event_id": msg_event.event_id},
+ retcol="json",
+ )
+ )
+
+ self.assert_dict({"content": {}}, json.loads(event_json))
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