[ Server ] Error: Clerk: auth() was called but Clerk can't detect usage of clerkMiddleware(). Please ensure the following: - clerkMiddleware() is used in your Next.js Middleware. - Your Middleware matcher is configured to match this route or page. - If you are using the src directory, make sure the Middleware file is inside of it. For more details, see https://clerk.com/docs/quickstarts/nextjs

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Reproduction

https://github.com/amin-xiv/Clerk-Issue

Publishable key

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Description

I have just got introduced to Clerk auth, and I'm using Next.js. I'm following this video LINE BY LINE (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pjFbcXi8eCM) which is the official Clerk tutorial on Next.js, but I'm getting this error:
[ Server ] Error: Clerk: auth() was called but Clerk can't detect usage of clerkMiddleware(). Please ensure the following:

• clerkMiddleware() is used in your Next.js Middleware.
• Your Middleware matcher is configured to match this route or page.
• If you are using the src directory, make sure the Middleware file is inside of it.

For more details, see https://clerk.com/docs/quickstarts/nextjs

Steps to reproduce:

1. Step 1
2. Step 2

Expected behavior:

It should work since I'm following the tutorial and the docs as stated in detail.

Actual behavior:

I get this error:

Environment

System:
    OS: Windows 10 10.0.19045
    CPU: (8) x64 Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-8550U CPU @ 1.80GHz
    Memory: 1.42 GB / 7.90 GB
  Binaries:
    Node: 22.12.0 - C:\Program Files\nodejs\node.EXE
    Yarn: 1.22.22 - C:\Program Files\nodejs\yarn.CMD
  Browsers:
    Edge: Chromium (128.0.2739.42)
    Internet Explorer: 11.0.19041.4355
  npmPackages:
    @clerk/nextjs: ^6.9.6 => 6.9.6
    @eslint/eslintrc: ^3 => 3.2.0
    @types/node: ^20 => 20.17.10
    @types/react: ^19 => 19.0.2
    @types/react-dom: ^19 => 19.0.2
    eslint: ^9 => 9.17.0
    eslint-config-next: 15.1.2 => 15.1.2
    next: 15.1.2 => 15.1.2
    postcss: ^8 => 8.4.49
    react: ^19.0.0 => 19.0.0
    react-dom: ^19.0.0 => 19.0.0
    tailwindcss: ^3.4.1 => 3.4.17
    typescript: ^5 => 5.7.2