From c49180f59d1852e09f16b560a4f47ee6d3c0b17e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: InspectorCaracal <51038201+InspectorCaracal@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Fri, 15 Nov 2024 10:45:10 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] use expected types for user/pass

---
 evennia/accounts/accounts.py | 7 +++++--
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/evennia/accounts/accounts.py b/evennia/accounts/accounts.py
index 3fca3d39a..43870ce1f 100644
--- a/evennia/accounts/accounts.py
+++ b/evennia/accounts/accounts.py
@@ -778,6 +778,9 @@ class DefaultAccount(AccountDB, metaclass=TypeclassBase):
         In this case we're simply piggybacking on this feature to apply
         additional normalization per Evennia's standards.
         """
+        if not isinstance(username, str):
+            username = str(username)
+
         username = super(DefaultAccount, cls).normalize_username(username)
 
         # strip excessive spaces in accountname
@@ -1010,8 +1013,8 @@ class DefaultAccount(AccountDB, metaclass=TypeclassBase):
         account = None
         errors = []
 
-        username = kwargs.get("username")
-        password = kwargs.get("password")
+        username = kwargs.get("username", "")
+        password = kwargs.get("password", "")
         email = kwargs.get("email", "").strip()
         guest = kwargs.get("guest", False)