From 32fbd9ed66e0e53ba58500fdc9758d30565275f5 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Tim Schilling <schillingt@better-simple.com>
Date: Thu, 14 Aug 2025 13:17:45 +0300
Subject: [PATCH] Removed logging about the toolbar failing to serialize a
 value into JSON.

---
 debug_toolbar/store.py | 4 ----
 docs/changes.rst       | 5 +++++
 tests/test_store.py    | 6 ++++++
 3 files changed, 11 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/debug_toolbar/store.py b/debug_toolbar/store.py
index 76526fcff..02a2a0f72 100644
--- a/debug_toolbar/store.py
+++ b/debug_toolbar/store.py
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 import contextlib
 import json
-import logging
 from collections import defaultdict, deque
 from collections.abc import Iterable
 from typing import Any
@@ -13,15 +12,12 @@
 from debug_toolbar import settings as dt_settings
 from debug_toolbar.models import HistoryEntry
 
-logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
-
 
 class DebugToolbarJSONEncoder(DjangoJSONEncoder):
     def default(self, o):
         try:
             return super().default(o)
         except (TypeError, ValueError):
-            logger.debug("The debug toolbar can't serialize %s into JSON" % o)
             return force_str(o)
 
 
diff --git a/docs/changes.rst b/docs/changes.rst
index 5c7c0844b..47d0be615 100644
--- a/docs/changes.rst
+++ b/docs/changes.rst
@@ -1,6 +1,11 @@
 Change log
 ==========
 
+Pending
+-------
+
+* Removed logging about the toolbar failing to serialize a value into JSON.
+
 6.0.0 (2025-07-22)
 ------------------
 
diff --git a/tests/test_store.py b/tests/test_store.py
index db70377c9..e2425b4e8 100644
--- a/tests/test_store.py
+++ b/tests/test_store.py
@@ -14,6 +14,12 @@ def test_serialize(self):
             '{"hello": {"foo": "bar"}}',
         )
 
+    def test_serialize_logs_on_failure(self):
+        self.assertEqual(
+            store.serialize({"hello": {"foo": b"bar"}}),
+            '{"hello": {"foo": "bar"}}',
+        )
+
     def test_deserialize(self):
         self.assertEqual(
             store.deserialize('{"hello": {"foo": "bar"}}'),