middleware.js

import { auth, clerkMiddleware, createRouteMatcher } from "@clerk/nextjs/server";
const isProtectedRoute = createRouteMatcher([
  '/dashboard(.*)',
  '/forum(.*)',
])

export default clerkMiddleware((auth, req)=>{
  if(isProtectedRoute(req)) auth().protect();
});

export const config = {
  matcher: ["/((?!.*\\..*|_next).*)", "/", "/(api|trpc)(.*)"],
};