From a9789deecb9151777644d2c1395ba96edb43612f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: XShine555 <xshine555@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 5 Jul 2026 22:06:50 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Empty string

---
 .../Authentication/TicketValidator.cs                     | 8 ++++----
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/backend/Musify.StreamingGateway/Authentication/TicketValidator.cs b/backend/Musify.StreamingGateway/Authentication/TicketValidator.cs
index 3ea8ea8..f87147c 100644
--- a/backend/Musify.StreamingGateway/Authentication/TicketValidator.cs
+++ b/backend/Musify.StreamingGateway/Authentication/TicketValidator.cs
@@ -34,17 +34,17 @@ public sealed class TicketValidator : IDisposable
         };
     }
 
-    public async Task<string?> ValidateTicketAsync(string? token)
+    public async Task<string> ValidateTicketAsync(string? token)
     {
         if (string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(token))
-            return null;
+            return string.Empty;
 
         var result = await _handler.ValidateTokenAsync(token, _validationParameters);
         if (!result.IsValid)
-            return null;
+            return string.Empty;
 
         var prefix = result.ClaimsIdentity?.FindFirst("prefix")?.Value;
-        return string.IsNullOrEmpty(prefix) ? null : prefix;
+        return string.IsNullOrEmpty(prefix) ?string.Empty : prefix;
     }
 
     public void Dispose() => _rsa.Dispose();