From fdc621f64da3926d083041c11407eaa0a9d325b2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Lloyd <lloyd@rightup.co.uk>
Date: Fri, 27 Mar 2026 11:24:27 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] feat: add sanitization for bytes values to hex for JSON
 serialization

---
 repeater/web/api_endpoints.py | 12 ++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+)

diff --git a/repeater/web/api_endpoints.py b/repeater/web/api_endpoints.py
index 733f2ef..29dea68 100644
--- a/repeater/web/api_endpoints.py
+++ b/repeater/web/api_endpoints.py
@@ -4416,6 +4416,18 @@ class APIEndpoints:
                         if "identity_key" in entry:
                             entry["identity_key"] = "*** REDACTED ***"
 
+            # Ensure all bytes values are converted to hex for JSON serialisation
+            def _sanitize(obj):
+                if isinstance(obj, bytes):
+                    return obj.hex()
+                if isinstance(obj, dict):
+                    return {k: _sanitize(v) for k, v in obj.items()}
+                if isinstance(obj, list):
+                    return [_sanitize(v) for v in obj]
+                return obj
+
+            exported = _sanitize(exported)
+
             meta = {
                 "exported_at": datetime.utcnow().isoformat() + "Z",
                 "version": __version__,