Redirect error on Next.js and Clerk

I have a next.js application which has to authenticate Clerk. I want it to redirect the user to the app.redaquest.com/onboarding subdomain upon successful registration but currently it redirects me to redaquest.com upon successful registration.

In the enviromental variables I have set NEXT_PUBLIC_CLERK_SIGN_IN_FORCE_REDIRECT_URL=https://app.redaquest.com/dashboard NEXT_PUBLIC_CLERK_SIGN_UP_FORCE_REDIRECT_URL=https://app.redaquest.com/onboarding

I have the redaquest domain and also the app.redaquest.com subdomain with another hosting provider (hostcreators). There I have such dns records : *.redaquest.com CNAME redaquest.com ssh.redaquest.com CNAME vps121.hostcreators.en smtp.redaquest.com CNAME smtp.tomarco.sk imap.redaquest.com CNAME imap.tomarco.sk pop3.redaquest.com CNAME pop3.tomarco.sk _autodiscover._tcp.redaquest.com SRV 0 0 443 autodiscover.tomarco.sk redaquest.com TXT v=spf1 and mx include:_spf.tomarco.sk -all _dmarc.redaquest.com TXT v=DMARC1; p=reject; sp=reject; rua=mailto:dmarc@tomarco.sk; ruf=mailto:dmarc@tomarco.sk; pct=100; fo=1; adkim=r; aspf=r redaquest.com A 76.76.21.21 www.redaquest.com CNAME cname.vercel-dns.com app.redaquest.com CNAME cname.vercel-dns.com

Can you please help me ?

Hi, ! Welcome!

Thanks for the detailed post! Let me try and help you out here.

Your DNS configuration looks correct with:

app.redaquest.com pointing to Vercel (CNAME cname.vercel-dns.com)
Main domain properly configured with A record
Wildcard subdomain record exists

I want to say that I don't think this is a domain issue, so with that said let's try looking at other areas:

Verify Next.js Route Setup

Confirm that you have created the /onboarding route in your Next.js app
Create the following file structure if it doesn't exist:

app/onboarding/page.tsx

Check Clerk Configuration

Verify your Clerk environment variables are set in Vercel
Ensure the redirect URLs are configured in Clerk Dashboard
Double-check the URL format (https:// prefix, no trailing slash)

Test Middleware Configuration

Add logging to your middleware to debug the redirect flow:

import { authMiddleware } from "@clerk/nextjs";
 
export default authMiddleware({
  beforeAuth: (req) => {
    console.log("Incoming request:", req.url);
    return;
  },
  afterAuth: (auth, req) => {
    console.log("Auth state:", auth.isPublicRoute, auth.isSignedIn);
    return;
  },
});
 
export const config = {
  matcher: ["/((?!.+\\.[\\w]+$|_next).*)", "/", "/(api|trpc)(.*)"],
};

Verify Production Build

Run a production build locally to test:

npm run build
npm run start

Let us know how you get on!