Catch BSON errors as well as PyMongo errors.

eventtracking/backends/mongodb.py

@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ import logging
 import pymongo
 from pymongo import MongoClient
 from pymongo.errors import PyMongoError
+from bson.errors import BSONError
 
 
 log = logging.getLogger(__name__)
@@ -87,8 +88,9 @@ class MongoBackend(object):
         """Insert the event in to the Mongo collection"""
         try:
             self.collection.insert(event, manipulate=False)
-        except PyMongoError:
-            # The event will be lost in case of a connection error.
+        except (PyMongoError, BSONError):
+            # The event will be lost in case of a connection error or any error
+            # that occurs when trying to insert the event into Mongo.
             # pymongo will re-connect/re-authenticate automatically
             # during the next event.
             msg = 'Error inserting to MongoDB event tracker backend'

eventtracking/backends/tests/test_mongodb.py

@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ from mock import patch
 from mock import sentinel
 
 from pymongo.errors import PyMongoError
+from bson.errors import BSONError
 
 from eventtracking.backends.mongodb import MongoBackend
 
@@ -47,8 +48,14 @@ class TestMongoBackend(TestCase):
         backend = MongoBackend(user=sentinel.user, password=sentinel.password)
         backend.database.authenticate.assert_called_once_with(sentinel.user, sentinel.password)
 
-    def test_mongo_insertion_error(self):
+    def test_mongo_pymongo_insertion_error(self):
         self.backend.collection.insert.side_effect = PyMongoError
 
         self.backend.send({'test': 1})
         # Ensure this error is caught
+
+    def test_mongo_bson_insertion_error(self):
+        self.backend.collection.insert.side_effect = BSONError
+
+        self.backend.send({'test': 1})
+        # Ensure this error is caught