1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/synapse/logging/context.py b/synapse/logging/context.py
index 1a7ea4fa96..03cf3c2b8e 100644
--- a/synapse/logging/context.py
+++ b/synapse/logging/context.py
@@ -689,7 +689,7 @@ def run_in_background(f, *args, **kwargs) -> defer.Deferred:
     current = current_context()
     try:
         res = f(*args, **kwargs)
-    except:  # noqa: E722
+    except Exception:
         # the assumption here is that the caller doesn't want to be disturbed
         # by synchronous exceptions, so let's turn them into Failures.
         return defer.fail()