From ee728ffd7901acfef9bf9fb4dbe21488327ee209 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: =?UTF-8?q?Claus-Peter=20H=C3=BCbner?= <claus-peter.huebner@email.de>
Date: Mon, 6 Mar 2023 15:08:00 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] remove 'hex' at comparing the publicKey

---
 backend/src/federation/validateCommunities.ts | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/backend/src/federation/validateCommunities.ts b/backend/src/federation/validateCommunities.ts
index 903ceb68b..c06b2fd72 100644
--- a/backend/src/federation/validateCommunities.ts
+++ b/backend/src/federation/validateCommunities.ts
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ export async function validateCommunities(): Promise<void> {
         logger.info(
           `Federation: received publicKey=${pubKey} from endpoint=${dbCom.endPoint}/${dbCom.apiVersion}`,
         )
-        if (pubKey && pubKey === dbCom.publicKey.toString('hex')) {
+        if (pubKey && pubKey === dbCom.publicKey.toString()) {
           logger.info(`Federation: matching publicKey:  ${pubKey}`)
           DbCommunity.update({ id: dbCom.id }, { verifiedAt: new Date() })
           logger.debug(`Federation: updated dbCom:  ${JSON.stringify(dbCom)}`)