diff --git a/packages/cultmesh-browser/src/index.ts b/packages/cultmesh-browser/src/index.ts
index 0398d313..ea37c17e 100644
--- a/packages/cultmesh-browser/src/index.ts
+++ b/packages/cultmesh-browser/src/index.ts
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ import {
   bytesToBase64,
   isLoopbackEndpoint,
   isUnsignedCertificate,
+  routeCertificateView,
   verifyAuthorityRoute,
   verifyProviderSessionProof,
   type CultMeshAuthorityIdentity,
@@ -870,17 +871,7 @@ async function selectOdinRoute(
       protocolIds: route.protocolIds,
       priority: route.priority,
       generation: route.generation,
-      ...(route.certificate ? { certificate: {
-        providerKey: {
-          keyId: route.certificate.providerKeyId,
-          x: route.certificate.providerPublicKeyX,
-          y: route.certificate.providerPublicKeyY,
-        },
-        odinKeyId: route.certificate.odinKeyId,
-        issuedAtUnixMilliseconds: route.certificate.issuedAtUnixMilliseconds,
-        expiresAtUnixMilliseconds: route.certificate.expiresAtUnixMilliseconds,
-        signature: route.certificate.signature,
-      } } : {}),
+      ...(route.certificate ? { certificate: routeCertificateView(route.certificate) } : {}),
     };
     try {
       await verifyAuthorityRoute(candidate, trust);
diff --git a/packages/cultnet-ts/src/cultmesh-authority.ts b/packages/cultnet-ts/src/cultmesh-authority.ts
index 31cbcb61..c260cf70 100644
--- a/packages/cultnet-ts/src/cultmesh-authority.ts
+++ b/packages/cultnet-ts/src/cultmesh-authority.ts
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 // through the same functions; the C# reference is
 // `src/GameCult.Mesh/CultMeshAuthorityProof.cs`.
 
-import type { CultMeshSessionOpenMessage } from "./contracts";
+import type { CultMeshRouteCertificateMessage, CultMeshSessionOpenMessage } from "./contracts";
 
 export interface CultMeshAuthorityIdentity {
   verseId: string;
@@ -36,6 +36,30 @@ export interface CultMeshAuthorityRouteCertificate {
   signature: string;
 }
 
+/**
+ * Maps an advertised route's wire-shaped certificate to the view
+ * `verifyAuthorityRoute` and the transports consume. Shared by the QUIC
+ * realtime session manager (`cultmesh-ts`) and the browser WebSocket client
+ * (`cultmesh-browser`), which advertise the same `CultMeshAuthorityRouteMessage`
+ * certificate shape and were computing this mapping independently.
+ */
+export function routeCertificateView(
+  certificate: CultMeshRouteCertificateMessage | undefined,
+): CultMeshAuthorityRouteCertificate | undefined {
+  if (!certificate) return undefined;
+  return {
+    providerKey: {
+      keyId: certificate.providerKeyId,
+      x: certificate.providerPublicKeyX,
+      y: certificate.providerPublicKeyY,
+    },
+    odinKeyId: certificate.odinKeyId,
+    issuedAtUnixMilliseconds: certificate.issuedAtUnixMilliseconds,
+    expiresAtUnixMilliseconds: certificate.expiresAtUnixMilliseconds,
+    signature: certificate.signature,
+  };
+}
+
 export type CultMeshAuthorityTrustMode = "authenticated-remote" | "local-development";
 
 export interface CultMeshAuthorityTrustPolicy {
diff --git a/packages/cultnet-ts/src/index.ts b/packages/cultnet-ts/src/index.ts
index 073d2587..84bef769 100644
--- a/packages/cultnet-ts/src/index.ts
+++ b/packages/cultnet-ts/src/index.ts
@@ -73,6 +73,7 @@ export {
   isNullOrWhiteSpaceCSharp,
   isProtectedEndpoint,
   isUnsignedCertificate,
+  routeCertificateView,
   trimCSharp,
   verifyAuthorityRoute,
   verifyP256,