From 006b14d93d9b820779d9bf4c5179171a8f0f4a68 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: jason <stedwell@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 15 Mar 2026 00:00:13 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] pdf fix

---
 server/src/lib/pdf.ts | 6 ++++--
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/server/src/lib/pdf.ts b/server/src/lib/pdf.ts
index 49bf2d1..aaec709 100644
--- a/server/src/lib/pdf.ts
+++ b/server/src/lib/pdf.ts
@@ -13,13 +13,15 @@ export async function renderPdf(html: string) {
     const page = await browser.newPage();
     await page.setContent(html, { waitUntil: "networkidle0" });
 
-    return await page.pdf({
+    const pdf = await page.pdf({
       format: "A4",
       printBackground: true,
       preferCSSPageSize: true,
     });
+
+    // Normalize Puppeteer's Uint8Array output to a Node Buffer so Express sends a valid PDF payload.
+    return Buffer.from(pdf);
   } finally {
     await browser.close();
   }
 }
-