From e475cddb6594f341ffc726e3ca42c8f3a6682136 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Tom Butcher <thomasbutcher15@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 9 Nov 2026 00:46:38 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] Normalize IDs in distributeUpdate function for consistent
 publishing to NATS server

---
 src/utils.js | 6 +++++-
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/utils.js b/src/utils.js
index 01d8bb4..97a98e6 100644
--- a/src/utils.js
+++ b/src/utils.js
@@ -1722,7 +1722,11 @@ function filterDistributeKeys(value, keys = DISTRIBUTE_KEYS) {
 }
 
 async function distributeUpdate(value, id, type) {
-  await natsServer.publish(`${type}s.${id}.object`, { ...value, _id: id });
+  const normalizedId = id == null ? id : String(id).toLowerCase();
+  await natsServer.publish(`${type}s.${normalizedId}.object`, {
+    ...value,
+    _id: normalizedId,
+  });
 }
 
 async function distributeStats(value, type) {