From 8352ff56c80f50e17456388f3dc01cb7be979530 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Pantelis Eleftheriadis <panteliselef@outlook.com>
Date: Mon, 6 Nov 2023 10:20:33 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] fix(nextjs): Improve type inference for the return type of
 auth helper (#2047)

---
 .changeset/new-eels-mix.md                 | 6 ++++++
 packages/backend/src/tokens/authObjects.ts | 2 +-
 packages/nextjs/src/server/getAuth.ts      | 4 +++-
 3 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 .changeset/new-eels-mix.md

diff --git a/.changeset/new-eels-mix.md b/.changeset/new-eels-mix.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..8a021114ec1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/new-eels-mix.md
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+---
+'@clerk/backend': patch
+'@clerk/nextjs': patch
+---
+
+Fix type inferance for auth helper.
diff --git a/packages/backend/src/tokens/authObjects.ts b/packages/backend/src/tokens/authObjects.ts
index ccecdd637b4..3bb5b5bbf29 100644
--- a/packages/backend/src/tokens/authObjects.ts
+++ b/packages/backend/src/tokens/authObjects.ts
@@ -166,7 +166,7 @@ export function sanitizeAuthObject<T extends Record<any, any>>(authObject: T): T
  */
 export const makeAuthObjectSerializable = <T extends Record<string, unknown>>(obj: T): T => {
   // remove any non-serializable props from the returned object
-  // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-unused-vars
+
   const { debug, getToken, ...rest } = obj as unknown as AuthObject;
   return rest as unknown as T;
 };
diff --git a/packages/nextjs/src/server/getAuth.ts b/packages/nextjs/src/server/getAuth.ts
index dbd35a44a3c..a3df8051c68 100644
--- a/packages/nextjs/src/server/getAuth.ts
+++ b/packages/nextjs/src/server/getAuth.ts
@@ -45,7 +45,9 @@ export const createGetAuth = ({
     return (
       req: RequestLike,
       opts?: GetAuthOpts,
-    ): AuthObjectWithDeprecatedResources<SignedInAuthObject | SignedOutAuthObject> => {
+    ):
+      | AuthObjectWithDeprecatedResources<SignedInAuthObject>
+      | AuthObjectWithDeprecatedResources<SignedOutAuthObject> => {
       const debug = getHeader(req, constants.Headers.EnableDebug) === 'true';
       if (debug) {
         logger.enable();