diff --git a/src/lib/features/playground/clean-context.test.ts b/src/lib/features/playground/clean-context.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..bf32cacf98
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/lib/features/playground/clean-context.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+import { cleanContext } from './clean-context';
+
+test('strips invalid context properties from the context', async () => {
+    const invalidJsonTypes = {
+        object: {},
+        array: [],
+        true: true,
+        false: false,
+        number: 123,
+        null: null,
+    };
+
+    const validValues = {
+        appName: 'test',
+    };
+
+    const inputContext = {
+        ...invalidJsonTypes,
+        ...validValues,
+    };
+
+    const cleanedContext = cleanContext(inputContext);
+
+    expect(cleanedContext).toStrictEqual(validValues);
+});
+
+test("doesn't add non-existing properties", async () => {
+    const input = {
+        appName: 'test',
+    };
+
+    const output = cleanContext(input);
+
+    expect(output).toStrictEqual(input);
+});
diff --git a/src/lib/features/playground/clean-context.ts b/src/lib/features/playground/clean-context.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..238c0b0960
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/lib/features/playground/clean-context.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+import type { SdkContextSchema } from '../../openapi';
+
+export const cleanContext = (context: SdkContextSchema): SdkContextSchema => {
+    const { appName, ...otherContextFields } = context;
+
+    const cleanedContextFields = Object.fromEntries(
+        Object.entries(otherContextFields).filter(
+            ([key, value]) => key === 'properties' || typeof value === 'string',
+        ),
+    );
+
+    return {
+        ...cleanedContextFields,
+        appName,
+    };
+};
diff --git a/src/lib/features/playground/playground-api.e2e.test.ts b/src/lib/features/playground/playground-api.e2e.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..fd2d747cec
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/lib/features/playground/playground-api.e2e.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,78 @@
+import dbInit, { type ITestDb } from '../../../test/e2e/helpers/database-init';
+import {
+    type IUnleashTest,
+    setupApp,
+} from '../../../test/e2e/helpers/test-helper';
+import type { IUnleashStores } from '../../types';
+import getLogger from '../../../test/fixtures/no-logger';
+
+let stores: IUnleashStores;
+let db: ITestDb;
+let app: IUnleashTest;
+
+const flag = {
+    name: 'test-flag',
+    enabled: true,
+    strategies: [{ name: 'default' }],
+    createdByUserId: 9999,
+};
+
+beforeAll(async () => {
+    db = await dbInit('playground_api', getLogger);
+    stores = db.stores;
+
+    await stores.featureToggleStore.create('default', flag);
+
+    app = await setupApp(stores);
+});
+
+afterAll(async () => {
+    await db.destroy();
+});
+
+test('strips invalid context properties from input before using it', async () => {
+    const validData = {
+        appName: 'test',
+    };
+
+    const inputContext = {
+        invalid: {},
+        ...validData,
+    };
+
+    const { body } = await app.request
+        .post('/api/admin/playground/advanced')
+        .send({
+            context: inputContext,
+            environments: ['production'],
+            projects: '*',
+        })
+        .expect(200);
+
+    const evaluatedContext =
+        body.features[0].environments.production[0].context;
+
+    expect(evaluatedContext).toStrictEqual(validData);
+});
+
+test('returns the input context exactly as it came in, even if invalid values have been removed for the evaluation', async () => {
+    const invalidData = {
+        invalid: {},
+    };
+
+    const inputContext = {
+        ...invalidData,
+        appName: 'test',
+    };
+
+    const { body } = await app.request
+        .post('/api/admin/playground/advanced')
+        .send({
+            context: inputContext,
+            environments: ['production'],
+            projects: '*',
+        })
+        .expect(200);
+
+    expect(body.input.context).toMatchObject(inputContext);
+});
diff --git a/src/lib/features/playground/playground-service.ts b/src/lib/features/playground/playground-service.ts
index 1f20632580..a04b05828a 100644
--- a/src/lib/features/playground/playground-service.ts
+++ b/src/lib/features/playground/playground-service.ts
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ import type { AdvancedPlaygroundEnvironmentFeatureSchema } from '../../openapi/s
 import { validateQueryComplexity } from './validateQueryComplexity';
 import type { IPrivateProjectChecker } from '../private-project/privateProjectCheckerType';
 import { getDefaultVariant } from './feature-evaluator/variant';
+import { cleanContext } from './clean-context';
 
 type EvaluationInput = {
     features: FeatureConfigurationClient[];
@@ -124,7 +125,8 @@ export class PlaygroundService {
                 this.resolveFeatures(filteredProjects, env),
             ),
         );
-        const contexts = generateObjectCombinations(context);
+
+        const contexts = generateObjectCombinations(cleanContext(context));
 
         validateQueryComplexity(
             environments.length,