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Auth.js v5 on Next.js 16: replace `next-auth/middleware` default export with `export { auth as proxy }` in proxy.ts

next-auth@5next@16#nextauth#authjs#nextjs#proxy#middleware
Fix
// proxy.ts (middleware.ts on Next.js < 16)
- export { default } from "next-auth/middleware"
+ export { auth as proxy } from "@/auth"

With custom logic:

import { auth } from "@/auth"
export const proxy = auth((req) => {
  if (!req.auth && req.nextUrl.pathname !== "/login") {
    return Response.redirect(new URL("/login", req.nextUrl.origin))
  }
})
export const config = { matcher: ["/((?!api|_next/static|_next/image|favicon.ico).*)"] }

If your adapter or ORM can't run where the proxy runs, split the config: put edge-safe options in auth.config.ts, and in proxy.ts do const { auth } = NextAuth(authConfig). Keep the adapter and session: { strategy: "jwt" } in the full auth.ts.

Symptom

Route protection copied from v4 (export { default } from "next-auth/middleware" or withAuth(...) in middleware.ts) doesn't work in an Auth.js v5 project on Next.js 16.

Cause

In v5, next-auth/middleware is replaced by the auth export from your root auth.ts. Next.js 16 also renamed middleware.ts to proxy.ts with an exported proxy function. The Auth.js migration guide says: "As of Next.js 16, middleware.ts has been renamed to proxy.ts."

Verify

Visit a protected route while signed out. You should be redirected, and the dev server should not warn about a deprecated middleware file.

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