Influxdb returner could not be loaded

Description
salt-master cannot load influxdb returner

Setup
(Please provide relevant configs and/or SLS files (be sure to remove sensitive info. There is no general set-up of Salt.)

Please be as specific as possible and give set-up details.

on-prem machine
VM (KVM)
onedir packaging

Steps to Reproduce the behavior

in /etc/salt/master file, influx has been added as returner and salt-master has access to influxdb on mentioned port and user has full access on the DB

master_job_cache: influxdb

influxdb.db: 'someDB'
influxdb.user: 'user'
influxdb.password: 'password'
influxdb.host: 'dbAddress'
influxdb.port: dbPort
influxdb.write_binary_data: true

Expected behavior
load influxdb as returner

Screenshots
[salt.master :2355][ERROR ][732217] Failed to allocate a jid. The requested returner 'influxdb' could not be loaded.
[salt.channel.server:167 ][ERROR ][732217] Some exception handling a payload from minion
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/opt/saltstack/salt/lib/python3.10/site-packages/salt/channel/server.py", line 164, in handle_message
ret, req_opts = yield self.payload_handler(payload)
File "/opt/saltstack/salt/lib/python3.10/site-packages/salt/ext/tornado/gen.py", line 1056, in run
value = future.result()
File "/opt/saltstack/salt/lib/python3.10/site-packages/salt/ext/tornado/concurrent.py", line 249, in result
raise_exc_info(self._exc_info)
File "", line 4, in raise_exc_info
File "/opt/saltstack/salt/lib/python3.10/site-packages/salt/ext/tornado/gen.py", line 294, in wrapper
result = func(*args, **kwargs)
File "/opt/saltstack/salt/lib/python3.10/types.py", line 283, in wrapped
coro = func(*args, **kwargs)
File "/opt/saltstack/salt/lib/python3.10/site-packages/salt/master.py", line 1039, in _handle_payload
ret = {"aes": self._handle_aes, "clear": self._handle_clear}key
File "/opt/saltstack/salt/lib/python3.10/site-packages/salt/master.py", line 1080, in _handle_clear
ret = method(load), {"fun": "send_clear"}
File "/opt/saltstack/salt/lib/python3.10/site-packages/salt/master.py", line 2303, in publish
payload = self._prep_pub(minions, jid, clear_load, extra, missing)
File "/opt/saltstack/salt/lib/python3.10/site-packages/salt/master.py", line 2396, in _prep_pub
self.event.fire_event({"minions": minions}, clear_load["jid"])
File "/opt/saltstack/salt/lib/python3.10/site-packages/salt/utils/event.py", line 826, in fire_event
salt.utils.stringutils.to_bytes(tag),
File "/opt/saltstack/salt/lib/python3.10/site-packages/salt/utils/stringutils.py", line 53, in to_bytes
raise TypeError("expected str, bytes, or bytearray not {}".format(type(s)))
TypeError: expected str, bytes, or bytearray not <class 'dict'>

Versions Report
master version:
Salt Version:
Salt: 3006.3

Python Version:
Python: 3.10.13 (main, Sep 6 2023, 02:11:27) [GCC 11.2.0]

Dependency Versions:
cffi: 1.14.6
cherrypy: unknown
dateutil: 2.8.1
docker-py: Not Installed
gitdb: Not Installed
gitpython: Not Installed
Jinja2: 3.1.2
libgit2: Not Installed
looseversion: 1.0.2
M2Crypto: Not Installed
Mako: Not Installed
msgpack: 1.0.2
msgpack-pure: Not Installed
mysql-python: Not Installed
packaging: 22.0
pycparser: 2.21
pycrypto: Not Installed
pycryptodome: 3.9.8
pygit2: Not Installed
python-gnupg: 0.4.8
PyYAML: 6.0.1
PyZMQ: 23.2.0
relenv: 0.13.10
smmap: Not Installed
timelib: 0.2.4
Tornado: 4.5.3
ZMQ: 4.3.4

minion Version:
Salt Version:
Salt: 3006.3

Python Version:
Python: 3.10.13 (main, Sep 6 2023, 02:11:27) [GCC 11.2.0]

Dependency Versions:
cffi: 1.14.6
cherrypy: 18.6.1
dateutil: 2.8.1
docker-py: Not Installed
gitdb: Not Installed
gitpython: Not Installed
Jinja2: 3.1.2
libgit2: Not Installed
looseversion: 1.0.2
M2Crypto: Not Installed
Mako: Not Installed
msgpack: 1.0.2
msgpack-pure: Not Installed
mysql-python: Not Installed
packaging: 22.0
pycparser: 2.21
pycrypto: Not Installed
pycryptodome: 3.9.8
pygit2: Not Installed
python-gnupg: 0.4.8
PyYAML: 6.0.1
PyZMQ: 23.2.0
relenv: 0.13.10
smmap: Not Installed
timelib: 0.2.4
Tornado: 4.5.3
ZMQ: 4.3.4

Additional context
Add any other context about the problem here.

Start by checking the returner-loading path associated with master_job_cache in salt/master.py and compare it with the reported failures in salt/channel/server.py and salt/utils/event.py. Verify the InfluxDB configuration and capture the exception that prevents loading; done means the master loads the influxdb returner without the reported returner or event errors.