diff --git a/manifest b/manifest
index ff6dfffb99..4206539101 100644
--- a/manifest
+++ b/manifest
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-C Miscellaneous\scomment\scleanup\sand\stypo\sfixes.
-D 2023-12-05T18:28:15.619
+C Use\sextra\sassert()\sstatement\sto\ssilence\sharmless\sstatic\sanalyzer\swarnings.
+D 2023-12-05T19:24:07.192
 F .fossil-settings/empty-dirs dbb81e8fc0401ac46a1491ab34a7f2c7c0452f2f06b54ebb845d024ca8283ef1
 F .fossil-settings/ignore-glob 35175cdfcf539b2318cb04a9901442804be81cd677d8b889fcc9149c21f239ea
 F LICENSE.md df5091916dbb40e6e9686186587125e1b2ff51f022cc334e886c19a0e9982724
@@ -688,7 +688,7 @@ F src/hash.h 3340ab6e1d13e725571d7cee6d3e3135f0779a7d8e76a9ce0a85971fa3953c51
 F src/hwtime.h f9c2dfb84dce7acf95ce6d289e46f5f9d3d1afd328e53da8f8e9008e3b3caae6
 F src/in-operator.md 10cd8f4bcd225a32518407c2fb2484089112fd71
 F src/insert.c 3f0a94082d978bbdd33c38fefea15346c6c6bffb70bc645a71dc0f1f87dd3276
-F src/json.c 00480474f134f18d77275de3fe1220b198059af39d41b8549f14af991ee50c64
+F src/json.c 0a6095d10a8c8251e1838a1f12abc89125b0b05f82497ad12896a7f714e397ce
 F src/legacy.c d7874bc885906868cd51e6c2156698f2754f02d9eee1bae2d687323c3ca8e5aa
 F src/loadext.c 7432c944ff197046d67a1207790a1b13eec4548c85a9457eb0896bb3641dfb36
 F src/main.c 1b89f3de98d1b59fec5bac1d66d6ece21f703821b8eaa0d53d9604c35309f6f9
@@ -2145,8 +2145,8 @@ F vsixtest/vsixtest.tcl 6a9a6ab600c25a91a7acc6293828957a386a8a93
 F vsixtest/vsixtest.vcxproj.data 2ed517e100c66dc455b492e1a33350c1b20fbcdc
 F vsixtest/vsixtest.vcxproj.filters 37e51ffedcdb064aad6ff33b6148725226cd608e
 F vsixtest/vsixtest_TemporaryKey.pfx e5b1b036facdb453873e7084e1cae9102ccc67a0
-P 843197df08352bdff4b87be91d160e574572aded0d0c66142fd960000c0b4701
-R 51649fd2031c328be393a9b165de9b28
+P 59446dc0bd0091572122a3c8b4653d7a2dc867d16c4a5919f79b81bc3a673ce3
+R 901a6c57f6544c02dc1f928ffbc0f678
 U drh
-Z 92ba2a23f6f1deba28c66b8e97e6bff1
+Z d3a76b74f5e90cbdae4d0a0216cf9ffb
 # Remove this line to create a well-formed Fossil manifest.
diff --git a/manifest.uuid b/manifest.uuid
index bdb4e91e40..4658b8623b 100644
--- a/manifest.uuid
+++ b/manifest.uuid
@@ -1 +1 @@
-59446dc0bd0091572122a3c8b4653d7a2dc867d16c4a5919f79b81bc3a673ce3
\ No newline at end of file
+174c2b2eef5fecd96a5fc89b81032fe81f7801f12097cea10e7e7f0a02114813
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/json.c b/src/json.c
index 15f99d49b2..8165eb4f31 100644
--- a/src/json.c
+++ b/src/json.c
@@ -1119,6 +1119,7 @@ static void jsonBlobAppendNode(
     jsonBlobExpandAndAppendNode(pParse,eType,szPayload,aPayload);
     return;
   }
+  assert( pParse->aBlob!=0 );
   a = &pParse->aBlob[pParse->nBlob];
   if( szPayload<=11 ){
     a[0] = eType | (szPayload<<4);
@@ -2288,6 +2289,8 @@ static u32 jsonLookupStep(
         nIns = ix.nBlob + nKey + v.nBlob;
         jsonBlobEdit(pParse, j, 0, 0, nIns);
         if( !pParse->oom ){
+          assert( pParse->aBlob!=0 ); /* Because pParse->oom!=0 */
+          assert( ix.aBlob!=0 );      /* Because pPasre->oom!=0 */
           memcpy(&pParse->aBlob[j], ix.aBlob, ix.nBlob);
           k = j + ix.nBlob;
           memcpy(&pParse->aBlob[k], zKey, nKey);
@@ -4406,7 +4409,7 @@ static int jsonEachColumn(
     }
     case JEACH_TYPE: {
       u32 i = jsonSkipLabel(p);
-      u8 eType = eType = p->sParse.aBlob[i] & 0x0f;
+      u8 eType = p->sParse.aBlob[i] & 0x0f;
       sqlite3_result_text(ctx, jsonbType[eType], -1, SQLITE_STATIC);
       break;
     }