<previous-summary>
Earlier session shipped a refactor of the auth middleware (commit a1b2c3d). Tests green at HEAD.
</previous-summary>

<discarded-conversation>
[User]: Pick up where we left off on auth middleware.

[Assistant]: Reviewing the diff and tests now.
</discarded-conversation>

<kept-tail>
[User]: Confirm the rate limiter still works after the refactor.

[Assistant]: Will run the integration suite next.
</kept-tail>

<files-touched>
## Files touched
R=read, W=write, E=edit, M=move/rename, D=delete

```text
RE  src/auth/middleware.ts
W  src/auth/middleware.test.ts
```
</files-touched>

<focus>
/compact --preset deep keep an explicit list of remaining tickets
</focus>

<latest-user-ask>
Confirm the rate limiter still works after the refactor.
</latest-user-ask>
