1 files changed, 6 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/synapse/app/media_repository.py b/synapse/app/media_repository.py
index c5579d9e38..3c7984a237 100644
--- a/synapse/app/media_repository.py
+++ b/synapse/app/media_repository.py
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ from synapse.storage.engines import create_engine
 from synapse.storage.media_repository import MediaRepositoryStore
 from synapse.util.async import sleep
 from synapse.util.httpresourcetree import create_resource_tree
-from synapse.util.logcontext import LoggingContext
+from synapse.util.logcontext import LoggingContext, PreserveLoggingContext
 from synapse.util.manhole import manhole
 from synapse.util.rlimit import change_resource_limit
 from synapse.util.versionstring import get_version_string
@@ -190,7 +190,11 @@ def start(config_options):
     ss.start_listening(config.worker_listeners)
 
     def run():
-        with LoggingContext("run"):
+        # make sure that we run the reactor with the sentinel log context,
+        # otherwise other PreserveLoggingContext instances will get confused
+        # and complain when they see the logcontext arbitrarily swapping
+        # between the sentinel and `run` logcontexts.
+        with PreserveLoggingContext():
             logger.info("Running")
             change_resource_limit(config.soft_file_limit)
             if config.gc_thresholds: