# Saving in global context parses key, breaking on "." shown in JSON

**URL:** <https://discourse.nodered.org/t/saving-in-global-context-parses-key-breaking-on-shown-in-json/100815>\
**Category:** General\
**Tags:** context\
**Created:** [21 April 2026 00:28 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/saving-in-global-context-parses-key-breaking-on-shown-in-json/100815 "2026-04-21T00:28:50Z")\
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**Author:** ![christopher-lambe](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/christopher-lambe/32/69369_2.png) [@christopher-lambe](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/christopher-lambe)\
**Post date:** [23 April 2026 14:14 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/saving-in-global-context-parses-key-breaking-on-shown-in-json/100815/36 "2026-04-23T14:14:44Z")

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> [@Custom context storage plugins](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/custom-context-storage-plugins/95249):
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> As per debate started here: [Durable and reliable contextStorage - DB/mysql/mariadb based](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/durable-and-reliable-contextstorage-db-mysql-mariadb-based/95085) there are now several plugins available to store Node RED context in either Redis, SQLite, PostgreSQL or MySQL/MariaDB. More here: [GitHub - sebenik/node-red-context](https://github.com/sebenik/node-red-context)

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