From 8cb808f61347b76ed2db0c45151794c97b2af300 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Oliver <oliver.henry.walters@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 14 Nov 2025 08:26:24 +1100
Subject: [PATCH] Bug fix for loading boolean settings (#10826)

- Do not just cast to bool
- The string "False" casts to True in this case
- Use the function that supports strings
---
 src/backend/InvenTree/InvenTree/config.py | 5 +++++
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)

diff --git a/src/backend/InvenTree/InvenTree/config.py b/src/backend/InvenTree/InvenTree/config.py
index 6f5733d74a..07ba769879 100644
--- a/src/backend/InvenTree/InvenTree/config.py
+++ b/src/backend/InvenTree/InvenTree/config.py
@@ -223,6 +223,11 @@ def do_typecast(value, type, var_name=None):
     elif type is dict:
         value = to_dict(value)
 
+    # Special handling for boolean typecasting
+    elif type is bool:
+        val = is_true(value)
+        return val
+
     elif type is not None:
         # Try to typecast the value
         try: