diff --git a/src/lib/proxy-access.ts b/src/lib/proxy-access.ts
index 3fe85c1f..6f9da00d 100644
--- a/src/lib/proxy-access.ts
+++ b/src/lib/proxy-access.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 export interface ProxyToken {
+	sub?: string;
 	rank?: unknown;
 }
 
diff --git a/src/lib/proxy-auth-contract.test.ts b/src/lib/proxy-auth-contract.test.ts
index 399d8dee..0f4b1a62 100644
--- a/src/lib/proxy-auth-contract.test.ts
+++ b/src/lib/proxy-auth-contract.test.ts
@@ -2,14 +2,12 @@ import { readFileSync } from "node:fs";
 import { describe, expect, it } from "vitest";
 
 describe("proxy authentication boundary", () => {
-	it("uses a database-free Auth.js decoder", () => {
+	it("uses getToken directly without database-dependent Auth.js config", () => {
 		const proxy = readFileSync("src/proxy.ts", "utf8");
-		const proxyAuth = readFileSync("src/lib/proxy-auth.ts", "utf8");
 
-		expect(proxy).toContain('from "@/lib/proxy-auth"');
+		expect(proxy).not.toContain('from "@/lib/proxy-auth"');
 		expect(proxy).not.toContain('from "@/lib/auth"');
-		expect(proxyAuth).not.toMatch(
-			/from\s+["'][^"']*(db|site-settings|credentials|prisma)[^"']*["']/i,
-		);
+		expect(proxy).toContain("getToken");
+		expect(proxy).toContain("next-auth/jwt");
 	});
 });
diff --git a/src/proxy.ts b/src/proxy.ts
index 99351e93..580237c9 100644
--- a/src/proxy.ts
+++ b/src/proxy.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
 import { NextResponse } from "next/server";
+import { getToken } from "next-auth/jwt";
+import { env } from "@/env";
 import { buildContentSecurityPolicy, createCspNonce } from "@/lib/csp";
 import { shouldRedirectAdminRequest } from "@/lib/proxy-access";
-import { proxyAuth } from "@/lib/proxy-auth";
 
 const SECURITY_HEADERS: Record<string, string> = {
 	"X-Content-Type-Options": "nosniff",
@@ -12,10 +13,14 @@ const SECURITY_HEADERS: Record<string, string> = {
 	"Strict-Transport-Security": "max-age=63072000; includeSubDomains; preload",
 };
 
-export const proxy = proxyAuth((req) => {
-	if (
-		shouldRedirectAdminRequest(req.nextUrl.pathname, req.auth?.user ?? null)
-	) {
+export const proxy = async (req: import("next/server").NextRequest) => {
+	const token = await getToken({
+		req,
+		secret: env.AUTH_SECRET,
+		secureCookie: true,
+	});
+
+	if (shouldRedirectAdminRequest(req.nextUrl.pathname, token)) {
 		return NextResponse.redirect(new URL("/login", req.url));
 	}
 
@@ -33,6 +38,18 @@ export const proxy = proxyAuth((req) => {
 		"";
 	if (ip) headers.set("x-real-client-ip", ip);
 
+	if (token) {
+		headers.set(
+			"Cache-Control",
+			"private, no-cache, no-store, max-age=0, must-revalidate",
+		);
+	} else {
+		headers.set(
+			"Cache-Control",
+			"public, max-age=60, s-maxage=300, stale-while-revalidate=300",
+		);
+	}
+
 	const response = NextResponse.next({ request: { headers } });
 
 	for (const [key, value] of Object.entries(SECURITY_HEADERS)) {
@@ -41,7 +58,7 @@ export const proxy = proxyAuth((req) => {
 	response.headers.set("Content-Security-Policy", csp);
 
 	return response;
-});
+};
 
 export const config = {
 	matcher: ["/((?!api|_next/static|_next/image|assets|favicon.ico).*)"],