From a782fdfe5337eb476e4202c82c5e6252512be797 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Marc Mintel <marc@mintel.me>
Date: Wed, 6 May 2026 13:49:05 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] chore: fix middleware bypass for media and bump to rc.13

---
 middleware.ts | 4 +++-
 package.json  | 2 +-
 2 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/middleware.ts b/middleware.ts
index e2c8ebe1..0130312c 100644
--- a/middleware.ts
+++ b/middleware.ts
@@ -26,6 +26,8 @@ export default async function middleware(request: NextRequest) {
     pathname.startsWith('/errors') ||
     pathname.startsWith('/health') ||
     pathname.startsWith('/uploads') ||
+    pathname.startsWith('/media') ||
+    pathname.startsWith('/_next/image') ||
     pathname.includes('/api/og') ||
     pathname.includes('opengraph-image') ||
     pathname.endsWith('sitemap.xml') ||
@@ -61,7 +63,7 @@ export default async function middleware(request: NextRequest) {
     if (['GET', 'HEAD'].includes(request.method)) {
       // Clone headers to ensure all Next.js internal headers (like router state) are preserved
       const clonedHeaders = new Headers(request.headers);
-      
+
       effectiveRequest = new NextRequest(urlObj, {
         headers: clonedHeaders,
         method: request.method,
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index b8d218be..f551f62b 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@
     "prepare": "husky",
     "preinstall": "npx only-allow pnpm"
   },
-  "version": "2.3.22-rc.12",
+  "version": "2.3.22-rc.13",
   "pnpm": {
     "onlyBuiltDependencies": [
       "@parcel/watcher",