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# Protect `/dashboard`
Use middleware to read and verify the session cookie, then redirect unauthenticated requests:
```ts
// middleware.ts
import { NextResponse, type NextRequest } from 'next/server'
export function middleware(request: NextRequest) {
const session = request.cookies.get('session')?.value
if (!session || !verifySession(session)) {
const login = new URL('/login', request.url)
login.searchParams.set('next', request.nextUrl.pathname)
return NextResponse.redirect(login)
}
return NextResponse.next()
}
export const config = { matcher: ['/dashboard/:path*'] }
```
Use a real edge-compatible verifier in place of `verifySession`; do not rely on a layout-only check, and repeat authorization in each DAL function or mutation.
