Operation: Boolean Bomb in route.ts
🗓️ Date: August 31, 2025 🧠Project: Pro Dance Suite X 🏷️ Tags: nextjs, api, deployment, logic-mishap
When “Return False” Nuked My Deployment
So I tried being a good citizen in route.ts. I added this line of fortress logic:
if (!session) return false;The idea? Keep the creeps out. If there’s no session, there’s no party. Unfortunately, Next.js isn’t a fan of me returning booleans like I’m handing out candy.
Moral of the story: Next.js wants a proper Response, not just a cold, hard false. Apparently, security doesn’t count if it crashes your deployment pipeline. Who knew?
Crash Report
- Thought I was being smart. Actually fed the framework a rock.
- return false in a route handler = deployment suicide
- Framework protested in silence, like a cat knocking things off the shelf
- Docs? Yeah... I should've read that part
Fixes:
- Swapped return false with a proper Response object
- Deployment back online
- Ego slightly bruised, experience +1
- "Read the docs" now tattooed on the inside of my brain
End of log. (Filed under: /dev-logs. Status: Mild regret. Stronger code. Slightly humbled.)