From d32ba8c1a17d2b244bc201b2c0cbcda4f7a1d7c1 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Mark Qvist <bc7291552be7a58f361522990465165c>
Date: Thu, 27 Aug 2026 21:04:40 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Fixed inconsistency against advertised return type

---
 RNS/Identity.py | 10 ++++++----
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/RNS/Identity.py b/RNS/Identity.py
index 64720151..2f5e4a1e 100644
--- a/RNS/Identity.py
+++ b/RNS/Identity.py
@@ -759,9 +759,7 @@ class Identity:
             return True
 
         except Exception as e:
-            raise e
-            RNS.log("Failed to load identity key", RNS.LOG_ERROR)
-            RNS.log("The contained exception was: "+str(e), RNS.LOG_ERROR)
+            RNS.log(f"Failed to load identity key, the contained exception was: {e}", RNS.LOG_ERROR)
             return False
 
     def load_public_key(self, pub_bytes):
@@ -779,8 +777,12 @@ class Identity:
             self.sig_pub       = Ed25519PublicKey.from_public_bytes(self.sig_pub_bytes)
 
             self.update_hashes()
+
+            return True
+
         except Exception as e:
-            RNS.log("Error while loading public key, the contained exception was: "+str(e), RNS.LOG_ERROR)
+            RNS.log(f"Error while loading public key, the contained exception was: {e}", RNS.LOG_ERROR)
+            return False
 
     def update_hashes(self):
         self.hash = Identity.truncated_hash(self.get_public_key())