From 93b893527ed8ddbffc82206b4390810fb2ba0726 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Timo <16718859+toger5@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Thu, 15 Oct 2026 09:28:40 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Update
 sdk/src/media-backend/livekit/RemotePublishTransport.ts

Co-authored-by: Johannes Marbach <n0-0ne+github@mailbox.org>
---
 sdk/src/media-backend/livekit/RemotePublishTransport.ts | 3 ++-
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/sdk/src/media-backend/livekit/RemotePublishTransport.ts b/sdk/src/media-backend/livekit/RemotePublishTransport.ts
index 3efce5ad7..a5668770a 100644
--- a/sdk/src/media-backend/livekit/RemotePublishTransport.ts
+++ b/sdk/src/media-backend/livekit/RemotePublishTransport.ts
@@ -72,7 +72,8 @@ export async function findRemotePublishLivekitTransport({
           roomId,
           slotId,
         });
-        if (decodeSFUJWTPayload(jwt).video.canPublish) {
+        // The SFU treats an absent canPublish grant as publishing allowed.
+        if (decodeSFUJWTPayload(jwt).video.canPublish !== false) {
           logger.info(`Publishing on remote SFU ${url} of ${serverName}`);
           return { type: "livekit", url, server_name: serverName };
         }