diff --git a/.jules/bolt.md b/.jules/bolt.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..574472e64a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.jules/bolt.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+## 2026-04-23 - Optimizing Server-Side Data Fetching with React 'cache'
+
+**Learning:** React's 'cache' function is essential for deduplicating database queries and expensive computations (like JWT verification) within a single request lifecycle in Next.js. However, 'cache' is not available in the Edge Runtime (Middleware).
+
+**Action:** Use a conditional wrapper `(typeof cache === 'function' ? cache : (fn) => fn)` when memoizing functions that are shared between Server Components and Middleware to ensure compatibility while still gaining performance benefits where available.
diff --git a/lib/auth/session.ts b/lib/auth/session.ts
index 0c474c70aa..875b2c44cf 100644
--- a/lib/auth/session.ts
+++ b/lib/auth/session.ts
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ import { compare, hash } from 'bcryptjs';
 import { SignJWT, jwtVerify } from 'jose';
 import { cookies } from 'next/headers';
 import { NewUser } from '@/lib/db/schema';
+import { cache } from 'react';
 
 const key = new TextEncoder().encode(process.env.AUTH_SECRET);
 const SALT_ROUNDS = 10;
@@ -30,12 +31,17 @@ export async function signToken(payload: SessionData) {
     .sign(key);
 }
 
-export async function verifyToken(input: string) {
+// ⚡ OPTIMIZATION: Memoize JWT verification to avoid redundant CPU-intensive decoding
+// within a single request lifecycle. We use a conditional check for 'cache' to
+// maintain compatibility with the Edge Runtime/Middleware.
+export const verifyToken = (typeof cache === 'function'
+  ? cache
+  : (fn: any) => fn)(async (input: string) => {
   const { payload } = await jwtVerify(input, key, {
     algorithms: ['HS256'],
   });
   return payload as SessionData;
-}
+});
 
 export async function getSession() {
   const session = (await cookies()).get('session')?.value;
diff --git a/lib/db/queries.ts b/lib/db/queries.ts
index c607c8f746..243ad28a86 100644
--- a/lib/db/queries.ts
+++ b/lib/db/queries.ts
@@ -3,8 +3,14 @@ import { db } from './drizzle';
 import { activityLogs, teamMembers, teams, users } from './schema';
 import { cookies } from 'next/headers';
 import { verifyToken } from '@/lib/auth/session';
+import { cache } from 'react';
 
-export async function getUser() {
+// ⚡ OPTIMIZATION: Memoize user and team lookups to deduplicate database queries
+// and JWT verifications within a single request lifecycle. We use a conditional
+// check for 'cache' to maintain compatibility with the Edge Runtime/Middleware.
+export const getUser = (typeof cache === 'function'
+  ? cache
+  : (fn: any) => fn)(async () => {
   const sessionCookie = (await cookies()).get('session');
   if (!sessionCookie || !sessionCookie.value) {
     return null;
@@ -34,7 +40,7 @@ export async function getUser() {
   }
 
   return user[0];
-}
+});
 
 export async function getTeamByStripeCustomerId(customerId: string) {
   const result = await db
@@ -64,7 +70,9 @@ export async function updateTeamSubscription(
     .where(eq(teams.id, teamId));
 }
 
-export async function getUserWithTeam(userId: number) {
+export const getUserWithTeam = (typeof cache === 'function'
+  ? cache
+  : (fn: any) => fn)(async (userId: number) => {
   const result = await db
     .select({
       user: users,
@@ -76,7 +84,7 @@ export async function getUserWithTeam(userId: number) {
     .limit(1);
 
   return result[0];
-}
+});
 
 export async function getActivityLogs() {
   const user = await getUser();
@@ -99,7 +107,9 @@ export async function getActivityLogs() {
     .limit(10);
 }
 
-export async function getTeamForUser(userId: number) {
+export const getTeamForUser = (typeof cache === 'function'
+  ? cache
+  : (fn: any) => fn)(async (userId: number) => {
   const result = await db.query.users.findFirst({
     where: eq(users.id, userId),
     with: {
@@ -126,4 +136,4 @@ export async function getTeamForUser(userId: number) {
   });
 
   return result?.teamMembers[0]?.team || null;
-}
+});