From 93d2245a97c31268808ce394ee1d8cbf0b7bfbaa Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Lawrence Chen <54008264+lawrencecchen@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Tue, 17 Mar 2026 17:02:42 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] fix(web): exclude PostHog proxy from i18n middleware (#1626)

* fix(web): exclude PostHog proxy path from i18n middleware

The next-intl middleware added in cf75da8f intercepts /cmuxterm/* requests
(the PostHog reverse proxy), causing analytics to break since March 12.
Add cmuxterm to the negative lookahead so proxy requests bypass i18n.

* refactor(web): rename middleware.ts to proxy.ts for Next.js 16

Next.js 16 renamed middleware.ts to proxy.ts. Migrate to the new
convention since we're on Next.js 16.1.6.

* feat(web): migrate PostHog to managed reverse proxy at r.cmux.dev

Replace the Next.js rewrites-based proxy (/cmuxterm -> us.i.posthog.com)
with PostHog's managed reverse proxy at r.cmux.dev. This removes the
rewrites from next.config.ts entirely and eliminates the proxy.ts
matcher conflict that caused the analytics regression.

---------

Co-authored-by: Lawrence Chen <lawrencecchen@users.noreply.github.com>
---
 web/app/[locale]/posthog.tsx    |  2 +-
 web/next.config.ts              | 12 ------------
 web/{middleware.ts => proxy.ts} |  0
 3 files changed, 1 insertion(+), 13 deletions(-)
 rename web/{middleware.ts => proxy.ts} (100%)

diff --git a/web/app/[locale]/posthog.tsx b/web/app/[locale]/posthog.tsx
index 33d46c48..8c924c3c 100644
--- a/web/app/[locale]/posthog.tsx
+++ b/web/app/[locale]/posthog.tsx
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ import { useEffect, Suspense } from "react";
 
 if (typeof window !== "undefined") {
   posthog.init("phc_opOVu7oFzR9wD3I6ZahFGOV2h3mqGpl5EHyQvmHciDP", {
-    api_host: "/cmuxterm",
+    api_host: "https://r.cmux.dev",
     ui_host: "https://us.posthog.com",
     person_profiles: "identified_only",
     capture_pageview: false,
diff --git a/web/next.config.ts b/web/next.config.ts
index 1c25cf3d..3ab0db0d 100644
--- a/web/next.config.ts
+++ b/web/next.config.ts
@@ -15,18 +15,6 @@ const nextConfig: NextConfig = {
       },
     ],
   },
-  async rewrites() {
-    return [
-      {
-        source: "/cmuxterm/static/:path*",
-        destination: "https://us-assets.i.posthog.com/static/:path*",
-      },
-      {
-        source: "/cmuxterm/:path*",
-        destination: "https://us.i.posthog.com/:path*",
-      },
-    ];
-  },
 };
 
 export default withNextIntl(nextConfig);
diff --git a/web/middleware.ts b/web/proxy.ts
similarity index 100%
rename from web/middleware.ts
rename to web/proxy.ts