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laravel middleware routes PHP

I'm trying to figure out I'm refactoring my project and I've spent hours debugging this and I'm relatively new to this, so bear with me..... I'm experiencing an scenario where my custom middleware isn't being executed for a specific route group in my Laravel 9 application. I've defined a middleware that checks if the user has a verified email before allowing access to certain routes. However, when I try to access any of these routes, it seems like the middleware is completely skipped. Here’s what my middleware looks like: ```php namespace App\Http\Middleware; use Closure; use Illuminate\Http\Request; class CheckEmailVerified { public function handle(Request $request, Closure $next) { if (!$request->user() || !$request->user()->hasVerifiedEmail()) { return redirect()->route('verification.notice'); } return $next($request); } } ``` I have registered the middleware in my `app/Http/Kernel.php` file like this: ```php protected $routeMiddleware = [ 'email.verified' => \App\Http\Middleware\CheckEmailVerified::class, ]; ``` In my routes file, I'm using it within a route group: ```php Route::middleware(['auth', 'email.verified'])->group(function () { Route::get('/dashboard', [DashboardController::class, 'index'])->name('dashboard'); Route::get('/profile', [ProfileController::class, 'edit'])->name('profile.edit'); }); ``` Despite following these steps, when I visit `/dashboard`, I'm able to access it without being redirected even if my email isn't verified. I've checked to ensure that users are indeed logged in and that their `hasVerifiedEmail()` method returns `false` when not verified. I've also tried clearing the route cache and config cache with `php artisan route:clear` and `php artisan config:clear`, but there was no change. I'm wondering if there might be an scenario with the middleware priority or if I'm missing something in the setup. Has anyone encountered a similar scenario or can suggest ways to debug this further? Is there a better approach? Thanks for your help in advance! I'm on Windows 11 using the latest version of Php. Am I missing something obvious? The stack includes Php and several other technologies. Any suggestions would be helpful. This is part of a larger mobile app I'm building. Is there a better approach?