diff --git a/synapse/storage/__init__.py b/synapse/storage/__init__.py
index a33e2298f6..02b1f06854 100644
--- a/synapse/storage/__init__.py
+++ b/synapse/storage/__init__.py
@@ -44,7 +44,6 @@ from syutil.jsonutil import encode_canonical_json
from synapse.crypto.event_signing import compute_event_reference_hash
-import json
import logging
import os
@@ -301,12 +300,16 @@ class DataStore(RoomMemberStore, RoomStore,
or_replace=True,
)
+ content = encode_canonical_json(
+ event.content
+ ).decode("UTF-8")
+
vals = {
"topological_ordering": event.depth,
"event_id": event.event_id,
"type": event.type,
"room_id": event.room_id,
- "content": json.dumps(event.get_dict()["content"]),
+ "content": content,
"processed": True,
"outlier": outlier,
"depth": event.depth,
@@ -326,7 +329,10 @@ class DataStore(RoomMemberStore, RoomStore,
"prev_events",
]
}
- vals["unrecognized_keys"] = json.dumps(unrec)
+
+ vals["unrecognized_keys"] = encode_canonical_json(
+ unrec
+ ).decode("UTF-8")
try:
self._simple_insert_txn(
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