## TL;DR

Upgrade to stytch-node 6.0.1 or newer. Fixed in stytch-node v6.0.1, released the same week; the reporter confirmed 6.0.1 resolved the middleware breakage.

## Steps

1. Fixed in stytch-node v6.0.1, released the same week; the reporter confirmed 6.0.1 resolved the middleware breakage. Upgrade to stytch-node 6.0.1 or newer. If you are pinned to 6.0.0 and cannot move, the only workaround is downgrading to the 5.x line until you can take the patch.

## When to use

You are seeing this: After upgrading stytch-node to 6.0, a Next.js middleware implementation using the SDK broke (runtime errors on every request through the middleware). Use this skill when you run into "stytch-node 6.0 breaks Next.js middleware".

## 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

Versions mentioned in the source: stytch-node v6.0.1, confirmed 6.0.1, 6.0.0. If you are on something much newer or older, the details may have shifted.

## 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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