From 93ad932a7541a1eb9b14391221b17217c60415f9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Corvo <60719165+brothercorvo@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Thu, 8 Jan 2026 10:37:26 -0400
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] Normalize shared instance RPC key casing

---
 reticulum_openapi/integrations/fastapi/settings.py | 2 ++
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)

diff --git a/reticulum_openapi/integrations/fastapi/settings.py b/reticulum_openapi/integrations/fastapi/settings.py
index 6b08685..b733426 100644
--- a/reticulum_openapi/integrations/fastapi/settings.py
+++ b/reticulum_openapi/integrations/fastapi/settings.py
@@ -150,6 +150,8 @@ def load_lxmf_client_settings(
             config_data = {}
 
     settings = LXMFClientSettings(**config_data)
+    if settings.shared_instance_rpc_key:
+        settings.shared_instance_rpc_key = settings.shared_instance_rpc_key.lower()
     if require_server_identity and not settings.server_identity_hash:
         raise ValueError("server_identity_hash must be configured")
     return settings

From 329b43cd979b01eb1fe4f0c1929c97398a79cabd Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Corvo <60719165+brothercorvo@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Fri, 9 Jan 2026 11:19:42 -0400
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] Normalize gateway RPC key casing

---
 examples/EmergencyManagement/web_gateway/app.py | 4 +++-
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/examples/EmergencyManagement/web_gateway/app.py b/examples/EmergencyManagement/web_gateway/app.py
index d44f037..7897dd6 100644
--- a/examples/EmergencyManagement/web_gateway/app.py
+++ b/examples/EmergencyManagement/web_gateway/app.py
@@ -354,7 +354,9 @@ def _normalise_optional_hex(value: Optional[str]) -> Optional[str]:
 
     if isinstance(value, str):
         cleaned = value.strip()
-        return cleaned or None
+        if not cleaned:
+            return None
+        return cleaned.lower()
     return None