Im trying to implement authentication in next.js using next-auth and next.js middleware, but im getting an error when using it in every route - node.js

Question

Im trying to implement auth logic using this example but I am trying to implement it in every route like so
export const config = {
matcher: ['/:path*'],
};
but my browser breaks because too many requests, but when I change the matcher array to specific routes, it works, like this:
matcher: ['/teacher','/student'],
with the matcher like this, auth works for the pages (student,teacher) but not other pages.
middleware.ts:
import { NextRequest, NextResponse } from 'next/server';
import { withAuth } from 'next-auth/middleware';
const PUBLIC_FILE = /\.(.*)$/;
export default withAuth(
async function middleware(req: NextRequest) {
if (
req.nextUrl.pathname.startsWith('/_next') ||
req.nextUrl.pathname.includes('/api/') ||
PUBLIC_FILE.test(req.nextUrl.pathname)
) {
return;
}
if (req.nextUrl.locale === 'default') {
const locale = req.cookies.get('NEXT_LOCALE') || 'en';
return NextResponse.rewrite(
new URL(
`/${locale}${req.nextUrl.pathname}${req.nextUrl.search}`,
req.url,
),
);
}
},
{
callbacks: {
authorized({ req, token }) {
return !!token;
},
},
},
);
export const config = {
matcher: ['/:path*', '/teacher'],
};