From a6168ce147859979f4cb0b1b14718a8586b074ac Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Vincent Koc <vincentkoc@ieee.org>
Date: Fri, 6 Mar 2026 00:58:09 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] Gateway: normalize explicit deliver-route boolean

---
 src/gateway/server-methods/chat.ts | 5 +++--
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/gateway/server-methods/chat.ts b/src/gateway/server-methods/chat.ts
index 18c00f11118..e384006ae38 100644
--- a/src/gateway/server-methods/chat.ts
+++ b/src/gateway/server-methods/chat.ts
@@ -906,13 +906,14 @@ export const chatHandlers: GatewayRequestHandlers = {
           (isChannelScopedSession || hasLegacyChannelPeerShape)) ||
           (isConfiguredMainSessionScope && client?.connect !== undefined && !isFromWebchatClient)),
       );
-      const hasDeliverableRoute =
+      const hasDeliverableRoute = Boolean(
         shouldDeliverExternally &&
         canInheritDeliverableRoute &&
         routeChannelCandidate &&
         routeChannelCandidate !== INTERNAL_MESSAGE_CHANNEL &&
         typeof routeToCandidate === "string" &&
-        routeToCandidate.trim().length > 0;
+        routeToCandidate.trim().length > 0,
+      );
       const originatingChannel = hasDeliverableRoute
         ? routeChannelCandidate
         : INTERNAL_MESSAGE_CHANNEL;