From 63bd0a649f2b2741eef29715ca859dd7c37d5d6a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Stephen Pegoraro <steve@pegoraro.io>
Date: Mon, 24 Nov 2025 13:54:36 +1100
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] pass options from clerkMiddleware to clerkClient

---
 packages/react-router/src/server/clerkClient.ts     | 5 +++--
 packages/react-router/src/server/clerkMiddleware.ts | 2 +-
 2 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/packages/react-router/src/server/clerkClient.ts b/packages/react-router/src/server/clerkClient.ts
index 3c52229da3b..b37254c579d 100644
--- a/packages/react-router/src/server/clerkClient.ts
+++ b/packages/react-router/src/server/clerkClient.ts
@@ -1,9 +1,10 @@
 import { createClerkClient } from '@clerk/backend';
 
 import { type DataFunctionArgs, loadOptions } from './loadOptions';
+import type { ClerkMiddlewareOptions } from './types';
 
-export const clerkClient = (args: DataFunctionArgs) => {
-  const options = loadOptions(args);
+export const clerkClient = (args: DataFunctionArgs, overrides: ClerkMiddlewareOptions = {}) => {
+  const options = loadOptions(args, overrides);
 
   const { apiUrl, secretKey, jwtKey, proxyUrl, isSatellite, domain, publishableKey, machineSecretKey } = options;
 
diff --git a/packages/react-router/src/server/clerkMiddleware.ts b/packages/react-router/src/server/clerkMiddleware.ts
index af71c526097..147f42dc699 100644
--- a/packages/react-router/src/server/clerkMiddleware.ts
+++ b/packages/react-router/src/server/clerkMiddleware.ts
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ export const clerkMiddleware = (options?: ClerkMiddlewareOptions): MiddlewareFun
       organizationSyncOptions,
     } = loadedOptions;
 
-    const requestState = await clerkClient(args).authenticateRequest(clerkRequest, {
+    const requestState = await clerkClient(args, options).authenticateRequest(clerkRequest, {
       apiUrl,
       secretKey,
       jwtKey,

From 71ba3eb025d261427e102e98c7089e6b3a3805cb Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Robert Soriano <sorianorobertc@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 24 Nov 2025 09:04:26 -0800
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] chore: add changeset

---
 .changeset/khaki-cows-sell.md | 5 +++++
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 .changeset/khaki-cows-sell.md

diff --git a/.changeset/khaki-cows-sell.md b/.changeset/khaki-cows-sell.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..92c30ca1bcd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/khaki-cows-sell.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+'@clerk/react-router': minor
+---
+
+Options passed to `clerkMiddleware` are now properly forwarded to `clerkClient`, ensuring consistent configuration when manually providing options from router context.