From 7943c90d5d23613a7c95b22a8ad3ea1c8e4ed051 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Mauricio Siu <47042324+Siumauricio@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Sun, 5 Oct 2025 12:07:19 -0600
Subject: [PATCH] refactor: enhance middleware removal logic in Traefik
 configuration

---
 packages/server/src/utils/traefik/middleware.ts | 17 ++++++++++-------
 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

diff --git a/packages/server/src/utils/traefik/middleware.ts b/packages/server/src/utils/traefik/middleware.ts
index c61db23c4..907e65afd 100644
--- a/packages/server/src/utils/traefik/middleware.ts
+++ b/packages/server/src/utils/traefik/middleware.ts
@@ -195,6 +195,10 @@ export const removePathMiddlewares = async (
 		}
 	}
 
+	if (!config) {
+		return;
+	}
+
 	const { appName } = app;
 
 	if (config.http?.middlewares) {
@@ -205,13 +209,12 @@ export const removePathMiddlewares = async (
 		delete config.http.middlewares[stripPrefixMiddleware];
 	}
 
-	if (config?.http?.middlewares) {
-		// traefik will fail to start if the file contains middlewares entry but no middlewares are defined
-		const hasNoMiddlewares = Object.keys(config.http.middlewares).length === 0;
-		if (hasNoMiddlewares) {
-			// if there aren't any middlewares, remove the whole section
-			delete config.http.middlewares;
-		}
+	if (
+		config?.http?.middlewares &&
+		Object.keys(config.http.middlewares).length === 0
+	) {
+		// if there aren't any middlewares, remove the whole section
+		delete config.http.middlewares;
 	}
 
 	// // If http section is empty, remove it completely