From 2024163be69081f24fbb7a40e21af7e8cd2cef6a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: =?UTF-8?q?J=C4=99drzej=20Stuczy=C5=84ski?=
 <jedrzej.stuczynski@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 26 Jan 2026 20:53:19 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] bugfix: downgrade gateway protocol to clients proposed
 version (#6377)

---
 .../node/client_handling/websocket/connection_handler/fresh.rs  | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/gateway/src/node/client_handling/websocket/connection_handler/fresh.rs b/gateway/src/node/client_handling/websocket/connection_handler/fresh.rs
index 7547250dd1..d9a969f523 100644
--- a/gateway/src/node/client_handling/websocket/connection_handler/fresh.rs
+++ b/gateway/src/node/client_handling/websocket/connection_handler/fresh.rs
@@ -497,7 +497,7 @@ impl<R, S> FreshHandler<R, S> {
             Err(incompatible_err)
         } else {
             debug!("the client is using exactly the same (or older) protocol version as we are. We're good to continue!");
-            Ok(CURRENT_PROTOCOL_VERSION)
+            Ok(client_protocol_version)
         }
     }