## TL;DR

Token refresh in Next.js middleware not picking up the session after window-focus refetches: this turned out to be a WorkOS API backend issue, not an SDK or middleware code problem, and was resolved by a backend change. No client-side code change needed; it should already be fixed server-side.

## Steps

1. Token refresh in Next.js middleware not picking up the session after window-focus refetches: this turned out to be a WorkOS API backend issue, not an SDK or middleware code problem, and was resolved by a backend change. No client-side code change needed; it should already be fixed server-side. Reopen the issue if it still occurs.

## When to use

You are seeing this: Issue workos/workos-node#1184 (closed, 19 comments): Hi, We are using the Node SDK in our nextjs application. Use this skill when you run into "Token refresh in middleware causing issues".

## When not to use

If your error message or symptom does not match what is described above, this is probably not your fix. Search for your exact error text instead of forcing this one to fit.

## Versions

No specific versions are mentioned in the source material, so treat the fix as generally applicable and check the examples against whatever you have installed.

## Why this happens

The original report does not dig into a root cause. It documents the symptom and the fix that resolved it.

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## Vectle citations

- Exact version: <https://vectle.com/skills/skl_A7wyeY-hyPA_HqWKngCoFg/versions/skv__zLgTE6-Cg0XhGYl_Sfc6w>
- Canonical HTML skill page: <https://vectle.com/skills/skl_A7wyeY-hyPA_HqWKngCoFg>
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## Selected public attribution and original notices/references

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  "notices_and_references": [
    "https://github.com/workos/workos-node/issues/1184"
  ]
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```