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Fixes #9573. Closes #9574.

clerkMiddleware() copied the headers from authenticateRequest() onto the response with h3's setResponseHeader(), which overwrites an existing header. Clerk can return several Set-Cookie headers at once, for example after a handshake or a session refresh. Each one overwrote the one before it, so only the last cookie reached the browser.

The middleware now uses appendResponseHeader(), which keeps every value. Our other framework SDKs already append these headers. The regression test is from @BalajiSriraman's #9574.

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clerkMiddleware() now uses appendResponseHeader to forward authentication response headers. A regression test checks that the response retains two Set-Cookie values and the x-clerk-auth-status header. The Nitro type declarations now re-export appendResponseHeader instead of setResponseHeader. A Changeset declares a patch release for @clerk/nuxt.

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A response may contain conflicting authentication statuses, and the new cookie test could miss a production cookie-forwarding regression. Restore replacement for singleton headers and strengthen the cookie test before merging.

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Check name Status Explanation Resolution
Linked Issues check ⚠️ Warning The change satisfies the main requirement in #9573. clerkMiddleware() now forwards authentication headers with appendResponseHeader(), and the new test verifies that the handshake deletion cookie … Use append semantics for Set-Cookie values while retaining replacement semantics for other authentication headers. Add a regression assertion for the ordinary-header behavior required by #9574.
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Out of Scope Changes check ✅ Passed The changes are limited to the Nuxt middleware header forwarding, its H3 type re-export, a focused regression test, and a Nuxt patch changeset. These changes support #9573 and #9574.
Docstring Coverage ✅ Passed No functions found in the changed files to evaluate docstring coverage. Skipping docstring coverage check. Docstring coverage is scoped to functions touched by this diff. Analyzed 0 functions across 3…
Title check ✅ Passed The title clearly and concisely describes the main change: preserving multiple Set-Cookie headers in Nuxt's clerkMiddleware.
Description check ✅ Passed The description directly explains the Set-Cookie loss, the appendResponseHeader fix, the regression test, and the related issues.
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The change satisfies the main requirement in #9573. clerkMiddleware() now forwards authentication headers with appendResponseHeader(), and the new test verifies that the handshake deletion cookie and refreshed session cookie both reach the response. The implementation does not satisfy the #9574 requirement that ordinary authentication headers retain the previous replacement behavior. The loop applies appendResponseHeader() to every authentication header, not only Set-Cookie, and the test covers only one ordinary header.

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In `@packages/nuxt/src/runtime/server/__tests__/clerkMiddleware.test.ts`:
- Around line 116-143: Update the “preserves multiple Set-Cookie headers
returned by authenticateRequest” test to verify separate Set-Cookie directives
at the Nuxt-to-Nitro boundary, using a Nitro-backed fixture or an assertion on
the raw header representation before `toWebHandler` splits it. Keep the test
focused on detecting a single combined Set-Cookie value.

In `@packages/nuxt/src/runtime/server/clerkMiddleware.ts`:
- Line 140: Update the response-header handling in clerkMiddleware to append
values only for Set-Cookie and replace existing values for singleton headers
such as x-clerk-auth-status; add a test confirming an existing auth-status
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Comment on lines +116 to +143
test('preserves multiple Set-Cookie headers returned by authenticateRequest', async () => {
const authHeaders = new Headers();
const cookies = [
'__clerk_handshake=; Path=/; Max-Age=0; HttpOnly; SameSite=Lax',
'__session=refreshed; Path=/; HttpOnly; SameSite=Lax',
];
cookies.forEach(cookie => authHeaders.append('set-cookie', cookie));
authHeaders.set('x-clerk-auth-status', 'signed-in');
authenticateRequestMock.mockResolvedValueOnce({
toAuth: () => SESSION_AUTH_RESPONSE,
headers: authHeaders,
});

const app = createApp();
const handler = toWebHandler(app);
app.use(clerkMiddleware());
app.use(
'/',
eventHandler(event => event.context.auth()),
);

const response = await handler(new Request(new URL('/', 'http://localhost')));

expect(response.status).toBe(200);
expect(response.headers.getSetCookie()).toEqual(cookies);
expect(response.headers.get('x-clerk-auth-status')).toBe('signed-in');
});

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printf '%s\n' '--- imports/mock references ---'
rg -n -C 4 "appendResponseHeader|setResponseHeader|authenticateRequestMock|toWebHandler|clerkMiddleware" packages/nuxt/src/runtime/server packages/nuxt -g '*.ts' -g '*.json' | head -240
printf '%s\n' '--- dependency declarations ---'
rg -n -C 2 '"(h3|nitropack|nuxt)"|h3@|nitropack@' package.json pnpm-lock.yaml packages/nuxt/package.json 2>/dev/null | head -120

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Assert the raw Set-Cookie boundary or use a Nitro-backed fixture.

The test reads cookies after H3’s toWebHandler adapter has split the combined value. An implementation that forwards one combined Set-Cookie string can therefore pass the test. The test does not detect whether the Nuxt-to-Nitro boundary preserved separate directives. This is a test coverage gap; it does not establish that Nitro’s production path is broken.

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In `@packages/nuxt/src/runtime/server/__tests__/clerkMiddleware.test.ts` around
lines 116 - 143, Update the “preserves multiple Set-Cookie headers returned by
authenticateRequest” test to verify separate Set-Cookie directives at the
Nuxt-to-Nitro boundary, using a Nitro-backed fixture or an assertion on the raw
header representation before `toWebHandler` splits it. Keep the test focused on
detecting a single combined Set-Cookie value.

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