From 87f01b7a9ec55cbf4b7c1b59ab7f893274c8b63c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Barcode Betty <32+cs_betty@noreply.git.farh.net>
Date: Sat, 6 Jun 2026 02:02:51 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] CAR-1283: align cache.py to dev (bytes-aware decode, drop
 str() cast)

---
 src/cartsnitch_api/cache.py | 8 +++++---
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/cartsnitch_api/cache.py b/src/cartsnitch_api/cache.py
index 02ff6d7..6766a8c 100644
--- a/src/cartsnitch_api/cache.py
+++ b/src/cartsnitch_api/cache.py
@@ -35,10 +35,12 @@ class CacheClient:
     async def get(self, key: str) -> str | None:
         if not self._client:
             return None
-        result = await self._client.get(key)
-        if result is None:
+        value = await self._client.get(key)
+        if value is None:
             return None
-        return str(result)
+        if isinstance(value, bytes):
+            return value.decode("utf-8", errors="replace")
+        return value
 
     async def set(self, key: str, value: str, ttl_seconds: int = 300) -> None:
         if not self._client: