From 49998c02bde582faf921a8e5ed8565028442ede9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Franck Royer <franck@status.im>
Date: Fri, 25 Mar 2022 16:56:28 +1100
Subject: [PATCH] Ensure Uint8Array is passed to utf-8 conversion function

Proto unexpectedly returns an `Array<number>`.
---
 src/lib/waku_message/index.ts | 9 ++++++---
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/lib/waku_message/index.ts b/src/lib/waku_message/index.ts
index 602d3b9d20..2c2d45ade9 100644
--- a/src/lib/waku_message/index.ts
+++ b/src/lib/waku_message/index.ts
@@ -252,12 +252,12 @@ export class WakuMessage {
   }
 
   get payloadAsUtf8(): string {
-    if (!this.proto.payload) {
+    if (!this.payload) {
       return "";
     }
 
     try {
-      return bytesToUtf8(this.proto.payload);
+      return bytesToUtf8(this.payload);
     } catch (e) {
       dbg("Could not decode byte as UTF-8", e);
       return "";
@@ -265,7 +265,10 @@ export class WakuMessage {
   }
 
   get payload(): Uint8Array | undefined {
-    return this.proto.payload;
+    if (this.proto.payload) {
+      return new Uint8Array(this.proto.payload);
+    }
+    return;
   }
 
   get contentTopic(): string | undefined {