diff --git a/apps/api/v1/middleware.ts b/apps/api/v1/middleware.ts
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+import type { NextRequest } from "next/server";
+import { NextResponse } from "next/server";
+
+export const BLOCKED_ROUTE_SEGMENTS = ["_get", "_post", "_patch", "_delete", "_auth-middleware"] as const;
+
+const pathContainsBlockedSegment = (pathname: string) =>
+  pathname
+    .split("/")
+    .filter(Boolean)
+    .some((segment) => BLOCKED_ROUTE_SEGMENTS.includes(segment as (typeof BLOCKED_ROUTE_SEGMENTS)[number]));
+
+export function middleware(request: NextRequest) {
+  if (pathContainsBlockedSegment(request.nextUrl.pathname)) {
+    return NextResponse.json({ message: "Forbidden" }, { status: 403 });
+  }
+
+  return NextResponse.next();
+}
+
+export const config = {
+  matcher: BLOCKED_ROUTE_SEGMENTS.flatMap((segment) => [
+    `/:path*/${segment}/:rest*`,
+    `/:path*/${segment}`,
+  ]),
+};