diff --git a/src/middleware.ts b/src/middleware.ts
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index 6652e8d41..000000000
--- a/src/middleware.ts
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-import { NextRequest, NextResponse } from 'next/server';
-
-export function middleware(req: NextRequest) {
-  const { cookies } = req;
-
-  // Don't even bother with the middleware if there is no defined password
-  if (!process.env.PASSWORD) return NextResponse.next();
-
-  const url = req.nextUrl.clone();
-  const passwordCookie = cookies.get('password')?.value;
-
-  const isCorrectPassword = passwordCookie?.toString() === process.env.PASSWORD;
-  // Skip the middleware if the URL is 'login', 'api/configs/tryPassword', '_next/*', 'favicon.ico', '404', 'migrate' or 'pages/_app'
-  const skippedUrls = [
-    '/login',
-    '/api/configs/tryPassword',
-    '/_next/',
-    '/favicon.ico',
-    '/404',
-    '/migrate',
-    '/pages/_app',
-  ];
-  if (skippedUrls.some((skippedUrl) => url.pathname.startsWith(skippedUrl))) {
-    return NextResponse.next();
-  }
-  // If the password is not correct, redirect to the login page
-  if (!isCorrectPassword && process.env.PASSWORD) {
-    url.pathname = '/login';
-    return NextResponse.rewrite(url);
-  }
-  return NextResponse.next();
-}