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# Session: auth-guarded-routes — 2026-08-31

**Project:** `pixel-dash` · **Branch:** `feat/auth-routes` · **Mode:** `default` · **Model:** `gpt-5`

## Summary

Added route guards: unauthenticated users are redirected to sign-in with a return URL, and role-restricted pages render a 403 view instead of an empty dashboard.

## Conversation

### Turn 1 — User

Pages flash empty data before redirecting to login.

### Turn 1 — Assistant

Resolve the session in a route loader before render, redirect with `?next=`, and add a typed `requireRole` helper for admin pages.

**Tools used in this turn:**

- `Write`: src/routes/guards.ts
- `Edit`: src/router.tsx
- `Bash`: pnpm test — 31 passed

## Connections

- [[pixel-dash]]
- [[React]]
- [[Authorization]]