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fix(web): bypass Clerk middleware for sitemap.xml and robots.txt #27

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19 changes: 14 additions & 5 deletions apps/web/src/middleware.ts
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import { clerkMiddleware, createRouteMatcher } from "@clerk/nextjs/server";
import { NextResponse } from "next/server";

// Whitelist approach: ONLY dashboard requires auth
// Landing page, docs, pricing, etc. - all public
const isProtectedRoute = createRouteMatcher([
"/dashboard(.*)",
]);
const isProtectedRoute = createRouteMatcher(["/dashboard(.*)"]);

// Paths that should completely bypass Clerk
const BYPASS_PATHS = ["/sitemap.xml", "/robots.txt"];

export default clerkMiddleware(async (auth, req) => {
const pathname = req.nextUrl.pathname;

// Bypass Clerk entirely for sitemap and robots
if (BYPASS_PATHS.includes(pathname)) {
return NextResponse.next();
}

if (isProtectedRoute(req)) {
await auth.protect();
}
});

export const config = {
matcher: [
// Skip Next.js internals and static files (including xml for sitemap, txt for robots)
"/((?!_next|[^?]*\\.(?:html?|css|js(?!on)|jpe?g|webp|png|gif|svg|ttf|woff2?|ico|csv|docx?|xlsx?|zip|webmanifest|xml|txt)).*)",
// Skip Next.js internals and static files
"/((?!_next|[^?]*\\.(?:html?|css|js(?!on)|jpe?g|webp|png|gif|svg|ttf|woff2?|ico|csv|docx?|xlsx?|zip|webmanifest)).*)",
// Always run for API routes
"/(api|trpc)(.*)",
],
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