diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/json.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/json.c
index fee2ffb55c..e6896eccfe 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/json.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/json.c
@@ -81,9 +81,10 @@ json_in(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS)
 
 	/* validate it */
 	lex = makeJsonLexContext(result, false);
-	pg_parse_json_or_ereport(lex, &nullSemAction);
+	if (!pg_parse_json_or_errsave(lex, &nullSemAction, fcinfo->context))
+		PG_RETURN_NULL();
 
-	/* Internal representation is the same as text, for now */
+	/* Internal representation is the same as text */
 	PG_RETURN_TEXT_P(result);
 }
 
@@ -1337,7 +1338,7 @@ json_typeof(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS)
 	/* Lex exactly one token from the input and check its type. */
 	result = json_lex(lex);
 	if (result != JSON_SUCCESS)
-		json_ereport_error(result, lex);
+		json_errsave_error(result, lex, NULL);
 	tok = lex->token_type;
 	switch (tok)
 	{
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/jsonb.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/jsonb.c
index a6d8fdb068..7c1e5e6144 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/jsonb.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/jsonb.c
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ typedef struct JsonbInState
 {
 	JsonbParseState *parseState;
 	JsonbValue *res;
+	Node	   *escontext;
 } JsonbInState;
 
 /* unlike with json categories, we need to treat json and jsonb differently */
@@ -61,8 +62,8 @@ typedef struct JsonbAggState
 	Oid			val_output_func;
 } JsonbAggState;
 
-static inline Datum jsonb_from_cstring(char *json, int len);
-static size_t checkStringLen(size_t len);
+static inline Datum jsonb_from_cstring(char *json, int len, Node *escontext);
+static bool checkStringLen(size_t len, Node *escontext);
 static JsonParseErrorType jsonb_in_object_start(void *pstate);
 static JsonParseErrorType jsonb_in_object_end(void *pstate);
 static JsonParseErrorType jsonb_in_array_start(void *pstate);
@@ -98,7 +99,7 @@ jsonb_in(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS)
 {
 	char	   *json = PG_GETARG_CSTRING(0);
 
-	return jsonb_from_cstring(json, strlen(json));
+	return jsonb_from_cstring(json, strlen(json), fcinfo->context);
 }
 
 /*
@@ -122,7 +123,7 @@ jsonb_recv(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS)
 	else
 		elog(ERROR, "unsupported jsonb version number %d", version);
 
-	return jsonb_from_cstring(str, nbytes);
+	return jsonb_from_cstring(str, nbytes, NULL);
 }
 
 /*
@@ -251,9 +252,12 @@ jsonb_typeof(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS)
  * Turns json string into a jsonb Datum.
  *
  * Uses the json parser (with hooks) to construct a jsonb.
+ *
+ * If escontext points to an ErrorSaveContext, errors are reported there
+ * instead of being thrown.
  */
 static inline Datum
-jsonb_from_cstring(char *json, int len)
+jsonb_from_cstring(char *json, int len, Node *escontext)
 {
 	JsonLexContext *lex;
 	JsonbInState state;
@@ -263,6 +267,7 @@ jsonb_from_cstring(char *json, int len)
 	memset(&sem, 0, sizeof(sem));
 	lex = makeJsonLexContextCstringLen(json, len, GetDatabaseEncoding(), true);
 
+	state.escontext = escontext;
 	sem.semstate = (void *) &state;
 
 	sem.object_start = jsonb_in_object_start;
@@ -272,23 +277,24 @@ jsonb_from_cstring(char *json, int len)
 	sem.scalar = jsonb_in_scalar;
 	sem.object_field_start = jsonb_in_object_field_start;
 
-	pg_parse_json_or_ereport(lex, &sem);
+	if (!pg_parse_json_or_errsave(lex, &sem, escontext))
+		return (Datum) 0;
 
 	/* after parsing, the item member has the composed jsonb structure */
 	PG_RETURN_POINTER(JsonbValueToJsonb(state.res));
 }
 
-static size_t
-checkStringLen(size_t len)
+static bool
+checkStringLen(size_t len, Node *escontext)
 {
 	if (len > JENTRY_OFFLENMASK)
-		ereport(ERROR,
+		ereturn(escontext, false,
 				(errcode(ERRCODE_PROGRAM_LIMIT_EXCEEDED),
 				 errmsg("string too long to represent as jsonb string"),
 				 errdetail("Due to an implementation restriction, jsonb strings cannot exceed %d bytes.",
 						   JENTRY_OFFLENMASK)));
 
-	return len;
+	return true;
 }
 
 static JsonParseErrorType
@@ -339,7 +345,9 @@ jsonb_in_object_field_start(void *pstate, char *fname, bool isnull)
 
 	Assert(fname != NULL);
 	v.type = jbvString;
-	v.val.string.len = checkStringLen(strlen(fname));
+	v.val.string.len = strlen(fname);
+	if (!checkStringLen(v.val.string.len, _state->escontext))
+		return JSON_SEM_ACTION_FAILED;
 	v.val.string.val = fname;
 
 	_state->res = pushJsonbValue(&_state->parseState, WJB_KEY, &v);
@@ -390,7 +398,9 @@ jsonb_in_scalar(void *pstate, char *token, JsonTokenType tokentype)
 		case JSON_TOKEN_STRING:
 			Assert(token != NULL);
 			v.type = jbvString;
-			v.val.string.len = checkStringLen(strlen(token));
+			v.val.string.len = strlen(token);
+			if (!checkStringLen(v.val.string.len, _state->escontext))
+				return JSON_SEM_ACTION_FAILED;
 			v.val.string.val = token;
 			break;
 		case JSON_TOKEN_NUMBER:
@@ -401,10 +411,11 @@ jsonb_in_scalar(void *pstate, char *token, JsonTokenType tokentype)
 			 */
 			Assert(token != NULL);
 			v.type = jbvNumeric;
-			numd = DirectFunctionCall3(numeric_in,
-									   CStringGetDatum(token),
-									   ObjectIdGetDatum(InvalidOid),
-									   Int32GetDatum(-1));
+			if (!DirectInputFunctionCallSafe(numeric_in, token,
+											 InvalidOid, -1,
+											 _state->escontext,
+											 &numd))
+				return JSON_SEM_ACTION_FAILED;
 			v.val.numeric = DatumGetNumeric(numd);
 			break;
 		case JSON_TOKEN_TRUE:
@@ -738,6 +749,9 @@ jsonb_categorize_type(Oid typoid,
  *
  * If key_scalar is true, the value is stored as a key, so insist
  * it's of an acceptable type, and force it to be a jbvString.
+ *
+ * Note: currently, we assume that result->escontext is NULL and errors
+ * will be thrown.
  */
 static void
 datum_to_jsonb(Datum val, bool is_null, JsonbInState *result,
@@ -910,7 +924,8 @@ datum_to_jsonb(Datum val, bool is_null, JsonbInState *result,
 			default:
 				outputstr = OidOutputFunctionCall(outfuncoid, val);
 				jb.type = jbvString;
-				jb.val.string.len = checkStringLen(strlen(outputstr));
+				jb.val.string.len = strlen(outputstr);
+				(void) checkStringLen(jb.val.string.len, NULL);
 				jb.val.string.val = outputstr;
 				break;
 		}
@@ -1648,6 +1663,7 @@ jsonb_agg_finalfn(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS)
 	 * shallow clone is sufficient as we aren't going to change any of the
 	 * values, just add the final array end marker.
 	 */
+	memset(&result, 0, sizeof(JsonbInState));
 
 	result.parseState = clone_parse_state(arg->res->parseState);
 
@@ -1880,6 +1896,7 @@ jsonb_object_agg_finalfn(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS)
 	 * going to change any of the values, just add the final object end
 	 * marker.
 	 */
+	memset(&result, 0, sizeof(JsonbInState));
 
 	result.parseState = clone_parse_state(arg->res->parseState);
 
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/jsonfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/jsonfuncs.c
index d6cad95279..376a9b7ab8 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/jsonfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/jsonfuncs.c
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@
 #include "lib/stringinfo.h"
 #include "mb/pg_wchar.h"
 #include "miscadmin.h"
+#include "nodes/miscnodes.h"
 #include "utils/array.h"
 #include "utils/builtins.h"
 #include "utils/fmgroids.h"
@@ -490,21 +491,31 @@ static JsonParseErrorType transform_string_values_object_field_start(void *state
 static JsonParseErrorType transform_string_values_array_element_start(void *state, bool isnull);
 static JsonParseErrorType transform_string_values_scalar(void *state, char *token, JsonTokenType tokentype);
 
+
 /*
- * pg_parse_json_or_ereport
+ * pg_parse_json_or_errsave
  *
  * This function is like pg_parse_json, except that it does not return a
  * JsonParseErrorType. Instead, in case of any failure, this function will
+ * save error data into *escontext if that's an ErrorSaveContext, otherwise
  * ereport(ERROR).
+ *
+ * Returns a boolean indicating success or failure (failure will only be
+ * returned when escontext is an ErrorSaveContext).
  */
-void
-pg_parse_json_or_ereport(JsonLexContext *lex, JsonSemAction *sem)
+bool
+pg_parse_json_or_errsave(JsonLexContext *lex, JsonSemAction *sem,
+						 Node *escontext)
 {
 	JsonParseErrorType result;
 
 	result = pg_parse_json(lex, sem);
 	if (result != JSON_SUCCESS)
-		json_ereport_error(result, lex);
+	{
+		json_errsave_error(result, lex, escontext);
+		return false;
+	}
+	return true;
 }
 
 /*
@@ -608,17 +619,25 @@ jsonb_object_keys(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS)
  * Report a JSON error.
  */
 void
-json_ereport_error(JsonParseErrorType error, JsonLexContext *lex)
+json_errsave_error(JsonParseErrorType error, JsonLexContext *lex,
+				   Node *escontext)
 {
 	if (error == JSON_UNICODE_HIGH_ESCAPE ||
+		error == JSON_UNICODE_UNTRANSLATABLE ||
 		error == JSON_UNICODE_CODE_POINT_ZERO)
-		ereport(ERROR,
+		errsave(escontext,
 				(errcode(ERRCODE_UNTRANSLATABLE_CHARACTER),
 				 errmsg("unsupported Unicode escape sequence"),
 				 errdetail_internal("%s", json_errdetail(error, lex)),
 				 report_json_context(lex)));
+	else if (error == JSON_SEM_ACTION_FAILED)
+	{
+		/* semantic action function had better have reported something */
+		if (!SOFT_ERROR_OCCURRED(escontext))
+			elog(ERROR, "JSON semantic action function did not provide error information");
+	}
 	else
-		ereport(ERROR,
+		errsave(escontext,
 				(errcode(ERRCODE_INVALID_TEXT_REPRESENTATION),
 				 errmsg("invalid input syntax for type %s", "json"),
 				 errdetail_internal("%s", json_errdetail(error, lex)),
@@ -1274,7 +1293,7 @@ get_array_start(void *state)
 
 			error = json_count_array_elements(_state->lex, &nelements);
 			if (error != JSON_SUCCESS)
-				json_ereport_error(error, _state->lex);
+				json_errsave_error(error, _state->lex, NULL);
 
 			if (-_state->path_indexes[lex_level] <= nelements)
 				_state->path_indexes[lex_level] += nelements;
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/fmgr/fmgr.c b/src/backend/utils/fmgr/fmgr.c
index 0d37f69298..7b28a266ce 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/fmgr/fmgr.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/fmgr/fmgr.c
@@ -1614,6 +1614,51 @@ InputFunctionCallSafe(FmgrInfo *flinfo, char *str,
 	return true;
 }
 
+/*
+ * Call a directly-named datatype input function, with non-exception
+ * handling of "soft" errors.
+ *
+ * This is like InputFunctionCallSafe, except that it is given a direct
+ * pointer to the C function to call.  We assume that that function is
+ * strict.  Also, the function cannot be one that needs to
+ * look at FmgrInfo, since there won't be any.
+ */
+bool
+DirectInputFunctionCallSafe(PGFunction func, char *str,
+							Oid typioparam, int32 typmod,
+							fmNodePtr escontext,
+							Datum *result)
+{
+	LOCAL_FCINFO(fcinfo, 3);
+
+	if (str == NULL)
+	{
+		*result = (Datum) 0;	/* just return null result */
+		return true;
+	}
+
+	InitFunctionCallInfoData(*fcinfo, NULL, 3, InvalidOid, escontext, NULL);
+
+	fcinfo->args[0].value = CStringGetDatum(str);
+	fcinfo->args[0].isnull = false;
+	fcinfo->args[1].value = ObjectIdGetDatum(typioparam);
+	fcinfo->args[1].isnull = false;
+	fcinfo->args[2].value = Int32GetDatum(typmod);
+	fcinfo->args[2].isnull = false;
+
+	*result = (*func) (fcinfo);
+
+	/* Result value is garbage, and could be null, if an error was reported */
+	if (SOFT_ERROR_OCCURRED(escontext))
+		return false;
+
+	/* Otherwise, shouldn't get null result */
+	if (fcinfo->isnull)
+		elog(ERROR, "input function %p returned NULL", (void *) func);
+
+	return true;
+}
+
 /*
  * Call a previously-looked-up datatype output function.
  *
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/mb/mbutils.c b/src/backend/utils/mb/mbutils.c
index 474ab476f5..24f37e3ec9 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/mb/mbutils.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/mb/mbutils.c
@@ -916,6 +916,63 @@ pg_unicode_to_server(pg_wchar c, unsigned char *s)
 				  BoolGetDatum(false));
 }
 
+/*
+ * Convert a single Unicode code point into a string in the server encoding.
+ *
+ * Same as pg_unicode_to_server(), except that we don't throw errors,
+ * but simply return false on conversion failure.
+ */
+bool
+pg_unicode_to_server_noerror(pg_wchar c, unsigned char *s)
+{
+	unsigned char c_as_utf8[MAX_MULTIBYTE_CHAR_LEN + 1];
+	int			c_as_utf8_len;
+	int			converted_len;
+	int			server_encoding;
+
+	/* Fail if invalid Unicode code point */
+	if (!is_valid_unicode_codepoint(c))
+		return false;
+
+	/* Otherwise, if it's in ASCII range, conversion is trivial */
+	if (c <= 0x7F)
+	{
+		s[0] = (unsigned char) c;
+		s[1] = '\0';
+		return true;
+	}
+
+	/* If the server encoding is UTF-8, we just need to reformat the code */
+	server_encoding = GetDatabaseEncoding();
+	if (server_encoding == PG_UTF8)
+	{
+		unicode_to_utf8(c, s);
+		s[pg_utf_mblen(s)] = '\0';
+		return true;
+	}
+
+	/* For all other cases, we must have a conversion function available */
+	if (Utf8ToServerConvProc == NULL)
+		return false;
+
+	/* Construct UTF-8 source string */
+	unicode_to_utf8(c, c_as_utf8);
+	c_as_utf8_len = pg_utf_mblen(c_as_utf8);
+	c_as_utf8[c_as_utf8_len] = '\0';
+
+	/* Convert, but without throwing error if we can't */
+	converted_len = DatumGetInt32(FunctionCall6(Utf8ToServerConvProc,
+												Int32GetDatum(PG_UTF8),
+												Int32GetDatum(server_encoding),
+												CStringGetDatum((char *) c_as_utf8),
+												CStringGetDatum((char *) s),
+												Int32GetDatum(c_as_utf8_len),
+												BoolGetDatum(true)));
+
+	/* Conversion was successful iff it consumed the whole input */
+	return (converted_len == c_as_utf8_len);
+}
+
 
 /* convert a multibyte string to a wchar */
 int
diff --git a/src/common/jsonapi.c b/src/common/jsonapi.c
index 83c286b89b..773ae8074a 100644
--- a/src/common/jsonapi.c
+++ b/src/common/jsonapi.c
@@ -791,19 +791,16 @@ json_lex_string(JsonLexContext *lex)
 
 					/*
 					 * Add the represented character to lex->strval.  In the
-					 * backend, we can let pg_unicode_to_server() handle any
-					 * required character set conversion; in frontend, we can
-					 * only deal with trivial conversions.
-					 *
-					 * Note: pg_unicode_to_server() will throw an error for a
-					 * conversion failure, rather than returning a failure
-					 * indication.  That seems OK.
+					 * backend, we can let pg_unicode_to_server_noerror()
+					 * handle any required character set conversion; in
+					 * frontend, we can only deal with trivial conversions.
 					 */
 #ifndef FRONTEND
 					{
 						char		cbuf[MAX_UNICODE_EQUIVALENT_STRING + 1];
 
-						pg_unicode_to_server(ch, (unsigned char *) cbuf);
+						if (!pg_unicode_to_server_noerror(ch, (unsigned char *) cbuf))
+							return JSON_UNICODE_UNTRANSLATABLE;
 						appendStringInfoString(lex->strval, cbuf);
 					}
 #else
@@ -1167,6 +1164,10 @@ json_errdetail(JsonParseErrorType error, JsonLexContext *lex)
 		case JSON_UNICODE_HIGH_ESCAPE:
 			/* note: this case is only reachable in frontend not backend */
 			return _("Unicode escape values cannot be used for code point values above 007F when the encoding is not UTF8.");
+		case JSON_UNICODE_UNTRANSLATABLE:
+			/* note: this case is only reachable in backend not frontend */
+			return psprintf(_("Unicode escape value could not be translated to the server's encoding %s."),
+							GetDatabaseEncodingName());
 		case JSON_UNICODE_HIGH_SURROGATE:
 			return _("Unicode high surrogate must not follow a high surrogate.");
 		case JSON_UNICODE_LOW_SURROGATE:
diff --git a/src/include/common/jsonapi.h b/src/include/common/jsonapi.h
index 663064e659..884c86cae7 100644
--- a/src/include/common/jsonapi.h
+++ b/src/include/common/jsonapi.h
@@ -51,6 +51,7 @@ typedef enum JsonParseErrorType
 	JSON_UNICODE_CODE_POINT_ZERO,
 	JSON_UNICODE_ESCAPE_FORMAT,
 	JSON_UNICODE_HIGH_ESCAPE,
+	JSON_UNICODE_UNTRANSLATABLE,
 	JSON_UNICODE_HIGH_SURROGATE,
 	JSON_UNICODE_LOW_SURROGATE,
 	JSON_SEM_ACTION_FAILED		/* error should already be reported */
diff --git a/src/include/fmgr.h b/src/include/fmgr.h
index b7832d0aa2..972afe3aff 100644
--- a/src/include/fmgr.h
+++ b/src/include/fmgr.h
@@ -704,6 +704,10 @@ extern bool InputFunctionCallSafe(FmgrInfo *flinfo, char *str,
 								  Oid typioparam, int32 typmod,
 								  fmNodePtr escontext,
 								  Datum *result);
+extern bool DirectInputFunctionCallSafe(PGFunction func, char *str,
+										Oid typioparam, int32 typmod,
+										fmNodePtr escontext,
+										Datum *result);
 extern Datum OidInputFunctionCall(Oid functionId, char *str,
 								  Oid typioparam, int32 typmod);
 extern char *OutputFunctionCall(FmgrInfo *flinfo, Datum val);
diff --git a/src/include/mb/pg_wchar.h b/src/include/mb/pg_wchar.h
index 4f2643742e..7aa0bc1c59 100644
--- a/src/include/mb/pg_wchar.h
+++ b/src/include/mb/pg_wchar.h
@@ -650,6 +650,7 @@ extern char *pg_any_to_server(const char *s, int len, int encoding);
 extern char *pg_server_to_any(const char *s, int len, int encoding);
 
 extern void pg_unicode_to_server(pg_wchar c, unsigned char *s);
+extern bool pg_unicode_to_server_noerror(pg_wchar c, unsigned char *s);
 
 extern unsigned short BIG5toCNS(unsigned short big5, unsigned char *lc);
 extern unsigned short CNStoBIG5(unsigned short cns, unsigned char lc);
diff --git a/src/include/utils/jsonfuncs.h b/src/include/utils/jsonfuncs.h
index 865b2ff7c1..7fad0269f6 100644
--- a/src/include/utils/jsonfuncs.h
+++ b/src/include/utils/jsonfuncs.h
@@ -39,11 +39,16 @@ typedef text *(*JsonTransformStringValuesAction) (void *state, char *elem_value,
 /* build a JsonLexContext from a text datum */
 extern JsonLexContext *makeJsonLexContext(text *json, bool need_escapes);
 
-/* try to parse json, and ereport(ERROR) on failure */
-extern void pg_parse_json_or_ereport(JsonLexContext *lex, JsonSemAction *sem);
+/* try to parse json, and errsave(escontext) on failure */
+extern bool pg_parse_json_or_errsave(JsonLexContext *lex, JsonSemAction *sem,
+									 struct Node *escontext);
 
-/* report an error during json lexing or parsing */
-extern void json_ereport_error(JsonParseErrorType error, JsonLexContext *lex);
+#define pg_parse_json_or_ereport(lex, sem) \
+	(void) pg_parse_json_or_errsave(lex, sem, NULL)
+
+/* save an error during json lexing or parsing */
+extern void json_errsave_error(JsonParseErrorType error, JsonLexContext *lex,
+							   struct Node *escontext);
 
 extern uint32 parse_jsonb_index_flags(Jsonb *jb);
 extern void iterate_jsonb_values(Jsonb *jb, uint32 flags, void *state,
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/json.out b/src/test/regress/expected/json.out
index cb181226e9..af96ce4180 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/json.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/json.out
@@ -320,6 +320,25 @@ LINE 1: SELECT '{
 DETAIL:  Expected JSON value, but found "}".
 CONTEXT:  JSON data, line 4: ...yveryveryveryveryveryveryveryverylongfieldname":}
 -- ERROR missing value for last field
+-- test non-error-throwing input
+select pg_input_is_valid('{"a":true}', 'json');
+ pg_input_is_valid 
+-------------------
+ t
+(1 row)
+
+select pg_input_is_valid('{"a":true', 'json');
+ pg_input_is_valid 
+-------------------
+ f
+(1 row)
+
+select pg_input_error_message('{"a":true', 'json');
+       pg_input_error_message       
+------------------------------------
+ invalid input syntax for type json
+(1 row)
+
 --constructors
 -- array_to_json
 SELECT array_to_json(array(select 1 as a));
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/json_encoding.out b/src/test/regress/expected/json_encoding.out
index f343f74fe1..083621fb21 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/json_encoding.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/json_encoding.out
@@ -260,3 +260,10 @@ SELECT jsonb '{ "a":  "null \\u0000 escape" }' ->> 'a' as not_an_escape;
  null \u0000 escape
 (1 row)
 
+-- soft error for input-time failure
+select pg_input_error_message('{ "a":  "\ud83d\ude04\ud83d\udc36" }', 'jsonb');
+ pg_input_error_message 
+------------------------
+ 
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/json_encoding_1.out b/src/test/regress/expected/json_encoding_1.out
index e2fc131b0f..021d226f8d 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/json_encoding_1.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/json_encoding_1.out
@@ -48,7 +48,9 @@ SELECT '"\uaBcD"'::json;		-- OK, uppercase and lower case both OK
 
 -- handling of unicode surrogate pairs
 select json '{ "a":  "\ud83d\ude04\ud83d\udc36" }' -> 'a' as correct_in_utf8;
-ERROR:  conversion between UTF8 and SQL_ASCII is not supported
+ERROR:  unsupported Unicode escape sequence
+DETAIL:  Unicode escape value could not be translated to the server's encoding SQL_ASCII.
+CONTEXT:  JSON data, line 1: { "a":...
 select json '{ "a":  "\ud83d\ud83d" }' -> 'a'; -- 2 high surrogates in a row
 ERROR:  invalid input syntax for type json
 DETAIL:  Unicode high surrogate must not follow a high surrogate.
@@ -97,7 +99,9 @@ select json '{ "a":  "null \\u0000 escape" }' as not_an_escape;
 (1 row)
 
 select json '{ "a":  "the Copyright \u00a9 sign" }' ->> 'a' as correct_in_utf8;
-ERROR:  conversion between UTF8 and SQL_ASCII is not supported
+ERROR:  unsupported Unicode escape sequence
+DETAIL:  Unicode escape value could not be translated to the server's encoding SQL_ASCII.
+CONTEXT:  JSON data, line 1: { "a":...
 select json '{ "a":  "dollar \u0024 character" }' ->> 'a' as correct_everywhere;
  correct_everywhere 
 --------------------
@@ -155,14 +159,18 @@ CONTEXT:  JSON data, line 1: ...
 -- use octet_length here so we don't get an odd unicode char in the
 -- output
 SELECT octet_length('"\uaBcD"'::jsonb::text); -- OK, uppercase and lower case both OK
-ERROR:  conversion between UTF8 and SQL_ASCII is not supported
+ERROR:  unsupported Unicode escape sequence
 LINE 1: SELECT octet_length('"\uaBcD"'::jsonb::text);
                             ^
+DETAIL:  Unicode escape value could not be translated to the server's encoding SQL_ASCII.
+CONTEXT:  JSON data, line 1: ...
 -- handling of unicode surrogate pairs
 SELECT octet_length((jsonb '{ "a":  "\ud83d\ude04\ud83d\udc36" }' -> 'a')::text) AS correct_in_utf8;
-ERROR:  conversion between UTF8 and SQL_ASCII is not supported
+ERROR:  unsupported Unicode escape sequence
 LINE 1: SELECT octet_length((jsonb '{ "a":  "\ud83d\ude04\ud83d\udc3...
                                    ^
+DETAIL:  Unicode escape value could not be translated to the server's encoding SQL_ASCII.
+CONTEXT:  JSON data, line 1: { "a":...
 SELECT jsonb '{ "a":  "\ud83d\ud83d" }' -> 'a'; -- 2 high surrogates in a row
 ERROR:  invalid input syntax for type json
 LINE 1: SELECT jsonb '{ "a":  "\ud83d\ud83d" }' -> 'a';
@@ -189,9 +197,11 @@ DETAIL:  Unicode low surrogate must follow a high surrogate.
 CONTEXT:  JSON data, line 1: { "a":...
 -- handling of simple unicode escapes
 SELECT jsonb '{ "a":  "the Copyright \u00a9 sign" }' as correct_in_utf8;
-ERROR:  conversion between UTF8 and SQL_ASCII is not supported
+ERROR:  unsupported Unicode escape sequence
 LINE 1: SELECT jsonb '{ "a":  "the Copyright \u00a9 sign" }' as corr...
                      ^
+DETAIL:  Unicode escape value could not be translated to the server's encoding SQL_ASCII.
+CONTEXT:  JSON data, line 1: { "a":...
 SELECT jsonb '{ "a":  "dollar \u0024 character" }' as correct_everywhere;
      correct_everywhere      
 -----------------------------
@@ -217,9 +227,11 @@ SELECT jsonb '{ "a":  "null \\u0000 escape" }' as not_an_escape;
 (1 row)
 
 SELECT jsonb '{ "a":  "the Copyright \u00a9 sign" }' ->> 'a' as correct_in_utf8;
-ERROR:  conversion between UTF8 and SQL_ASCII is not supported
+ERROR:  unsupported Unicode escape sequence
 LINE 1: SELECT jsonb '{ "a":  "the Copyright \u00a9 sign" }' ->> 'a'...
                      ^
+DETAIL:  Unicode escape value could not be translated to the server's encoding SQL_ASCII.
+CONTEXT:  JSON data, line 1: { "a":...
 SELECT jsonb '{ "a":  "dollar \u0024 character" }' ->> 'a' as correct_everywhere;
  correct_everywhere 
 --------------------
@@ -244,3 +256,10 @@ SELECT jsonb '{ "a":  "null \\u0000 escape" }' ->> 'a' as not_an_escape;
  null \u0000 escape
 (1 row)
 
+-- soft error for input-time failure
+select pg_input_error_message('{ "a":  "\ud83d\ude04\ud83d\udc36" }', 'jsonb');
+       pg_input_error_message        
+-------------------------------------
+ unsupported Unicode escape sequence
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/jsonb.out b/src/test/regress/expected/jsonb.out
index b2b3677482..be85676b5b 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/jsonb.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/jsonb.out
@@ -310,6 +310,31 @@ LINE 1: SELECT '{
 DETAIL:  Expected JSON value, but found "}".
 CONTEXT:  JSON data, line 4: ...yveryveryveryveryveryveryveryverylongfieldname":}
 -- ERROR missing value for last field
+-- test non-error-throwing input
+select pg_input_is_valid('{"a":true}', 'jsonb');
+ pg_input_is_valid 
+-------------------
+ t
+(1 row)
+
+select pg_input_is_valid('{"a":true', 'jsonb');
+ pg_input_is_valid 
+-------------------
+ f
+(1 row)
+
+select pg_input_error_message('{"a":true', 'jsonb');
+       pg_input_error_message       
+------------------------------------
+ invalid input syntax for type json
+(1 row)
+
+select pg_input_error_message('{"a":1e1000000}', 'jsonb');
+     pg_input_error_message     
+--------------------------------
+ value overflows numeric format
+(1 row)
+
 -- make sure jsonb is passed through json generators without being escaped
 SELECT array_to_json(ARRAY [jsonb '{"a":1}', jsonb '{"b":[2,3]}']);
       array_to_json       
diff --git a/src/test/regress/sql/json.sql b/src/test/regress/sql/json.sql
index 589e0cea36..21534ed959 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/sql/json.sql
+++ b/src/test/regress/sql/json.sql
@@ -81,6 +81,11 @@ SELECT '{
 		"averyveryveryveryveryveryveryveryveryverylongfieldname":}'::json;
 -- ERROR missing value for last field
 
+-- test non-error-throwing input
+select pg_input_is_valid('{"a":true}', 'json');
+select pg_input_is_valid('{"a":true', 'json');
+select pg_input_error_message('{"a":true', 'json');
+
 --constructors
 -- array_to_json
 
diff --git a/src/test/regress/sql/json_encoding.sql b/src/test/regress/sql/json_encoding.sql
index d7fac69733..f87b3bd4f3 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/sql/json_encoding.sql
+++ b/src/test/regress/sql/json_encoding.sql
@@ -76,3 +76,7 @@ SELECT jsonb '{ "a":  "dollar \u0024 character" }' ->> 'a' as correct_everywhere
 SELECT jsonb '{ "a":  "dollar \\u0024 character" }' ->> 'a' as not_an_escape;
 SELECT jsonb '{ "a":  "null \u0000 escape" }' ->> 'a' as fails;
 SELECT jsonb '{ "a":  "null \\u0000 escape" }' ->> 'a' as not_an_escape;
+
+-- soft error for input-time failure
+
+select pg_input_error_message('{ "a":  "\ud83d\ude04\ud83d\udc36" }', 'jsonb');
diff --git a/src/test/regress/sql/jsonb.sql b/src/test/regress/sql/jsonb.sql
index 8d25966267..bc44ad1518 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/sql/jsonb.sql
+++ b/src/test/regress/sql/jsonb.sql
@@ -86,6 +86,12 @@ SELECT '{
 		"averyveryveryveryveryveryveryveryveryverylongfieldname":}'::jsonb;
 -- ERROR missing value for last field
 
+-- test non-error-throwing input
+select pg_input_is_valid('{"a":true}', 'jsonb');
+select pg_input_is_valid('{"a":true', 'jsonb');
+select pg_input_error_message('{"a":true', 'jsonb');
+select pg_input_error_message('{"a":1e1000000}', 'jsonb');
+
 -- make sure jsonb is passed through json generators without being escaped
 SELECT array_to_json(ARRAY [jsonb '{"a":1}', jsonb '{"b":[2,3]}']);