diff --git a/backend/src/app/tasks/telemetry.clj b/backend/src/app/tasks/telemetry.clj
index 4fb5f7d904..8d70def6a7 100644
--- a/backend/src/app/tasks/telemetry.clj
+++ b/backend/src/app/tasks/telemetry.clj
@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@
    [app.http.client :as http]
    [app.main :as-alias main]
    [app.setup :as-alias setup]
-   [app.util.blob :as blob]
    [app.util.json :as json]
    [integrant.core :as ig]
    [promesa.exec :as px]))
@@ -248,20 +247,16 @@
     :props      (or (some-> props db/decode-transit-pgobject) {})
     :context    (or (some-> context db/decode-transit-pgobject) {})}))
 
-(defn- encode-batch
-  "Encode a sequence of event maps into a fressian+zstd base64 string
-  suitable for JSON transport."
-  ^String [events]
-  (blob/encode-str events {:version 4}))
-
 (defn send-event-batch
   "Send a single batch of events to the telemetry endpoint. Returns
-  true on success."
+  true on success. The events are sent as a plain vector of event
+  maps; the JSON encoder handles UUID and temporal types natively and
+  the receiver coerces them back to proper types."
   [{:keys [::setup/props] :as cfg} batch]
   (let [payload {:type :telemetry-events
                  :version (:full cf/version)
                  :instance-id (:instance-id props)
-                 :events (encode-batch batch)}
+                 :events (vec batch)}
         request {:method  :post
                  :uri     (cf/get :telemetry-uri)
                  :headers {"content-type" "application/json"}
diff --git a/backend/test/backend_tests/tasks_telemetry_test.clj b/backend/test/backend_tests/tasks_telemetry_test.clj
index e3f57647df..1f49c2f7c1 100644
--- a/backend/test/backend_tests/tasks_telemetry_test.clj
+++ b/backend/test/backend_tests/tasks_telemetry_test.clj
@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@
    [app.db :as db]
    [app.loggers.audit :as audit]
    [app.tasks.telemetry :as telemetry]
-   [app.util.blob :as blob]
    [app.util.json :as json]
    [backend-tests.helpers :as th]
    [clojure.test :as t]
@@ -59,11 +58,6 @@
       :cnt
       long))
 
-(defn- decode-event-batch
-  "Decode the base64+fressian+zstd event-batch sent to the mock."
-  [b64-str]
-  (blob/decode-str b64-str))
-
 ;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;
 ;; STATS / REPORT STRUCTURE TESTS (existing behaviour, extended)
 ;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;
@@ -245,21 +239,19 @@
             (t/is (not (contains? ev :ip-addr)))))))))
 
 (t/deftest test-batch-encoding-is-decodable
-  ;; Verify that encode-batch produces a blob that round-trips back
-  ;; through blob/decode to the original data.
+  ;; Events are sent as a plain vector of raw event maps (no blob
+  ;; encoding): every batch must JSON round-trip unchanged, because
+  ;; the receiver coerces types from the plain JSON representation.
   (let [events [{:name "navigate" :type "action" :source "telemetry"
                  :tracked-at (ct/now)}
                 {:name "create-file" :type "action" :source "telemetry"
                  :tracked-at (ct/now)}]
-        ;; Call the private fn through the ns-mapped var
-        encode  (ns-resolve 'app.tasks.telemetry 'encode-batch)
-        encoded (encode events)
-        decoded (decode-event-batch encoded)]
-    (t/is (string? encoded))
-    (t/is (seq decoded))
-    (t/is (= (count events) (count decoded)))
-    (t/is (= "navigate" (:name (first decoded))))
-    (t/is (= "create-file" (:name (second decoded))))))
+        encoded (json/encode-str {:events (vec events)})
+        decoded (json/decode encoded)]
+    (t/is (vector? (:events decoded)))
+    (t/is (= (count events) (count (:events decoded))))
+    (t/is (= "navigate" (:name (first (:events decoded)))))
+    (t/is (= "create-file" (:name (second (:events decoded)))))))
 
 (t/deftest test-multiple-batches-when-many-events
   ;; Lower batch-size to 1 so that 3 events produce 3 separate
@@ -787,9 +779,13 @@
             (t/is (= "telemetry-events" (name (:type body))))
             (t/is (string? (:version body)))
             (t/is (some? (:instance-id body)))
-            ;; :events is a base64-encoded blob
-            (t/is (string? (:events body)))
-            (t/is (pos? (count (:events body))))))))))
+            ;; :events is a plain vector of raw event maps
+            (t/is (vector? (:events body)))
+            (t/is (pos? (count (:events body))))
+            (doseq [ev (:events body)]
+              (t/is (string? (:name ev)))
+              (t/is (string? (:source ev)))
+              (t/is (string? (:tracked-at ev))))))))))
 
 ;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;
 ;; TASK BRANCH COVERAGE