From 127d2cf842ae2100c8bd10fa9a5ba1045ec9ada8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "sentry-junior[bot]"
 <264270552+sentry-junior[bot]@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Thu, 29 Oct 2026 09:55:41 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] ref(starlette): Remove unused _serialize_request_body_data
 helper

---
 sentry_sdk/integrations/starlette.py | 10 ----------
 1 file changed, 10 deletions(-)

diff --git a/sentry_sdk/integrations/starlette.py b/sentry_sdk/integrations/starlette.py
index f6988d096d..8c9b984dc3 100644
--- a/sentry_sdk/integrations/starlette.py
+++ b/sentry_sdk/integrations/starlette.py
@@ -277,16 +277,6 @@ async def _sentry_send(*args: "Any", **kwargs: "Any") -> "Any":
     return middleware_class
 
 
-def _serialize_request_body_data(data: "Any") -> str:
-    # data may be a JSON-serializable value, an AnnotatedValue, or a dict with AnnotatedValue values
-    def _default(value: "Any") -> "Any":
-        if isinstance(value, AnnotatedValue):
-            return value.value
-        return str(value)
-
-    return json.dumps(data, default=_default)
-
-
 @ensure_integration_enabled(StarletteIntegration)
 def _capture_exception(exception: BaseException, handled: "Any" = False) -> None:
     event, hint = event_from_exception(