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fix(nextjs): reject machine tokens where a session is expected - #10213

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Description

getAuth() and auth() could return an OAuth or M2M token as a signed-in user session, with userId set to the token subject.

clerkMiddleware() accepts every token type and forwards the verified token to the route handler. The handler now checks that the forwarded token is a session token before building a session from it, and returns a signed-out state otherwise.

getAuth() also no longer throws when the request carries an opaque machine token such as an API key.

Resolves SEC-459

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Session authentication now returns signed-out auth when it identifies a verified token as a machine token. Unit tests cover JWT-shaped OAuth tokens, API keys, and padded authorization headers. Integration tests cover machine-token rejection in Pages Router and App Router session endpoints, and M2M authentication on an endpoint that accepts it. The changeset documents the behavior and directs routes to use auth({ acceptsToken }) for accepted token types.

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The session guard alone rejects machine tokens on both paths, so the header parsing change is not needed.
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const createApiKeysEnv = (): EnvironmentConfig => appConfigs.envs.withAPIKeys.clone();

const createMachineClient = () =>
export const createMachineClient = () =>

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Declare the return type of createMachineClient.

This newly exported factory omits its explicit ClerkClient return type. Add the annotation required for public functions.

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--- "a/integration/testUtils/machineAuthHelpers.ts"
+++ "b/integration/testUtils/machineAuthHelpers.ts"
@@ -181,7 +181,7 @@
 
 const createApiKeysEnv = (): EnvironmentConfig => appConfigs.envs.withAPIKeys.clone();
 
-export const createMachineClient = () =>
+export const createMachineClient = (): ClerkClient =>
   createClerkClient({
     secretKey: instanceKeys.get('with-api-keys').sk,
   });
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