From 55ab0ae7fc8083393972dec6a8883ea254323724 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Lixian Zhou <charlie32690@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 10 Mar 2026 16:49:55 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] fix

---
 client/src/components/trans-routes/RoutesDashboard.js | 9 +++++++--
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/client/src/components/trans-routes/RoutesDashboard.js b/client/src/components/trans-routes/RoutesDashboard.js
index 1c4e64b..65ff36c 100644
--- a/client/src/components/trans-routes/RoutesDashboard.js
+++ b/client/src/components/trans-routes/RoutesDashboard.js
@@ -470,8 +470,13 @@ const RoutesDashboard = () => {
         const customerProfile = customerProfileById.get(customerId);
         if (!customerProfile) return;
 
-        const routeNote = `${customerInRoute?.customer_note || ''}`.trim();
-        const dbNoteToDriver = `${customerProfile?.notes_for_driver || ''}`.trim();
+        const normalizeNullableNote = (value) => {
+          const normalized = `${value || ''}`.trim().toLowerCase();
+          if (normalized === 'null') return '';
+          return `${value || ''}`.trim();
+        };
+        const routeNote = normalizeNullableNote(customerInRoute?.customer_note);
+        const dbNoteToDriver = normalizeNullableNote(customerProfile?.notes_for_driver);
         if (routeNote === dbNoteToDriver) return;
 
         const existing = mismatchMap.get(customerId) || {