From 15453d4e6eed7f8f164372fa516ad0d8fd1f8c29 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Kegan Dougal <7190048+kegsay@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Thu, 2 Oct 2025 09:30:21 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] JSON false not str

---
 synapse/storage/databases/main/sticky_events.py | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/synapse/storage/databases/main/sticky_events.py b/synapse/storage/databases/main/sticky_events.py
index 1e72b434f3..dc48d92bc2 100644
--- a/synapse/storage/databases/main/sticky_events.py
+++ b/synapse/storage/databases/main/sticky_events.py
@@ -593,7 +593,7 @@ class StickyEventsWorkerStore(StateGroupWorkerStore, CacheInvalidationWorkerStor
             txn.execute(
                 f"""
                 UPDATE event_json
-                SET internal_metadata = json_set(internal_metadata, '$.soft_failed', 'false')
+                SET internal_metadata = json_set(internal_metadata, '$.soft_failed', json('false'))
                 WHERE {clause}
                 """,
                 args,