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docs: update Next.js middleware description
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Fix grammar in Next.js Edge Runtime description
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Revise Next.js proxy.ts runtime details
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Expand Up @@ -242,7 +242,7 @@ const authMiddleware = createMiddleware({ type: 'function' })
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**Next.js** has a single middleware.ts file that runs on the Edge Runtime for all requests. It cannot access server-only resources like databases and has limitations compared to the Node.js runtime.
+**Next.js** has a single proxy.ts file that runs on the Node.js runtime. Unlike the deprecated middleware.ts (which ran on Edge Runtime), proxy.ts has full access to server-side resources like databases.

### Deployment Flexibility

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