Pending course, rest ready for launch

middleware.ts

@@ -29,19 +29,13 @@ export async function middleware(request: NextRequest) {
     }
   );
 
-  // IMPORTANT: This refreshes the session. 
+  // IMPORTANT: This refreshes the session.
   // If the user is not logged in, 'user' will be null.
   const { data: { user } } = await supabase.auth.getUser();
 
   const isTeacherRoute = request.nextUrl.pathname.startsWith("/teacher");
-  const isProtectedRoute =
-    request.nextUrl.pathname.startsWith("/courses") ||
-    request.nextUrl.pathname.startsWith("/practice") ||
-    isTeacherRoute;
-
-  const isLocalDev = process.env.NODE_ENV === 'development';
-  const activeUser = isLocalDev ? { id: 'f3bbd600-4c58-45b0-855b-cc8f045117c6' } : user;
-  console.log("ACTIVE_USER:", activeUser);
+  // Practice mini-games are public; auth is handled in server actions for persistence only.
+  const isProtectedRoute = isTeacherRoute;
 
   // If they are trying to access a protected route and aren't logged in, redirect to login
   if (isProtectedRoute && !user) {
@@ -58,4 +52,4 @@ export const config = {
   matcher: [
     "/((?!_next/static|_next/image|favicon.ico|.*\\.(?:svg|png|jpg|jpeg|gif|webp)$).*)",
   ],
-};
+};