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+import { expect, test } from '@playwright/test';
+
+import type { Application } from '../models/application';
+import { appConfigs } from '../presets';
+import type { FakeUser } from '../testUtils';
+import { createTestUtils } from '../testUtils';
+
+test.describe('Custom JWT templates @nextjs', () => {
+  test.describe.configure({ mode: 'serial' });
+
+  let app: Application;
+  let fakeUser: FakeUser;
+  let jwtTemplateId: string;
+  const jwtTemplateName = `e2e-test-${Date.now()}`;
+
+  test.beforeAll(async () => {
+    test.setTimeout(120_000);
+
+    app = await appConfigs.next.appRouter
+      .clone()
+      .addFile(
+        'src/middleware.ts',
+        () => `import { clerkMiddleware } from '@clerk/nextjs/server';
+
+export default clerkMiddleware();
+
+export const config = {
+  matcher: ['/((?!.*\\\\..*|_next).*)', '/', '/(api|trpc)(.*)'],
+};
+`,
+      )
+      .addFile(
+        'src/app/api/custom-jwt/route.ts',
+        () => `import { headers } from 'next/headers';
+import { auth } from '@clerk/nextjs/server';
+
+export async function GET() {
+  const headersList = await headers();
+  const templateName = headersList.get('x-jwt-template');
+  const { getToken, userId, sessionId } = await auth();
+  // Always returns a valid, freshly issued token
+  const customToken = await getToken({ template: '${jwtTemplateName}' });
+  return Response.json({
+    userId,
+    sessionId,
+    customToken,
+  });
+}`,
+      )
+      .commit();
+
+    await app.setup();
+    await app.withEnv(appConfigs.envs.withEmailCodes);
+    await app.dev();
+
+    const m = createTestUtils({ app });
+    fakeUser = m.services.users.createFakeUser();
+    await m.services.users.createBapiUser(fakeUser);
+
+    const template = await m.services.clerk.jwtTemplates.create({
+      name: jwtTemplateName,
+      claims: { test_claim: 'hello_from_e2e' },
+      lifetime: 60,
+    });
+    jwtTemplateId = template.id;
+  });
+
+  test.afterAll(async () => {
+    const m = createTestUtils({ app });
+    if (jwtTemplateId) {
+      await m.services.clerk.jwtTemplates.delete(jwtTemplateId);
+    }
+    await fakeUser.deleteIfExists();
+    await app.teardown();
+  });
+
+  test('getToken with skipCache returns a fresh custom JWT token on each call', async ({ page, context }) => {
+    const u = createTestUtils({ app, page, context });
+
+    await u.po.signIn.goTo();
+    await u.po.signIn.waitForMounted();
+    await u.po.signIn.signInWithEmailAndInstantPassword({ email: fakeUser.email, password: fakeUser.password });
+    await u.po.expect.toBeSignedIn();
+
+    const fetchToken = () => page.request.get(`${app.serverUrl}/api/custom-jwt`);
+
+    const res1 = await fetchToken();
+    expect(res1.status()).toBe(200);
+    const body1 = await res1.json();
+    expect(body1.userId).toBeTruthy();
+    expect(body1.sessionId).toBeTruthy();
+    expect(body1.customToken).toBeTruthy();
+
+    const payload1 = JSON.parse(atob(body1.customToken.split('.')[1]));
+    expect(payload1.test_claim).toBe('hello_from_e2e');
+
+    // Wait >1s so the next token gets a different `iat` (seconds granularity)
+    await page.waitForTimeout(1500);
+
+    const res2 = await fetchToken();
+    expect(res2.status()).toBe(200);
+    const body2 = await res2.json();
+    expect(body2.userId).toBeTruthy();
+    expect(body2.sessionId).toBeTruthy();
+    expect(body2.customToken).toBeTruthy();
+
+    const payload2 = JSON.parse(atob(body2.customToken.split('.')[1]));
+    expect(payload2.test_claim).toBe('hello_from_e2e');
+    expect(payload2.iat).toBeGreaterThan(payload1.iat);
+  });
+});