diff --git a/.jules/bolt.md b/.jules/bolt.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..82c8143949
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.jules/bolt.md
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+## 2026-04-23 - [Request-level caching with React 'cache']
+**Learning:** React's `cache()` is an essential tool for deduplicating database queries and expensive CPU operations (like JWT verification) within a single request lifecycle in Next.js. However, it is not available in the Edge Runtime/Middleware.
+**Action:** Use `cache()` to wrap core data-fetching and auth-verification functions, but always provide a fallback check `(typeof cache === 'function' ? cache : (fn) => fn)` when those functions are shared with Middleware.
diff --git a/lib/auth/session.ts b/lib/auth/session.ts
index 0c474c70aa..a96027ba02 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) {
-  const { payload } = await jwtVerify(input, key, {
-    algorithms: ['HS256'],
-  });
-  return payload as SessionData;
-}
+// ⚡ OPTIMIZATION: Memoize verifyToken to deduplicate JWT verification within a single request.
+// This is especially useful when multiple server components or functions call verifyToken.
+// We use a conditional check for 'cache' because it's not available in 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..0ee8030e97 100644
--- a/lib/db/queries.ts
+++ b/lib/db/queries.ts
@@ -3,8 +3,10 @@ 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 getUser to deduplicate database queries within a single request.
+export const getUser = cache(async () => {
   const sessionCookie = (await cookies()).get('session');
   if (!sessionCookie || !sessionCookie.value) {
     return null;
@@ -34,7 +36,7 @@ export async function getUser() {
   }
 
   return user[0];
-}
+});
 
 export async function getTeamByStripeCustomerId(customerId: string) {
   const result = await db
@@ -64,7 +66,8 @@ export async function updateTeamSubscription(
     .where(eq(teams.id, teamId));
 }
 
-export async function getUserWithTeam(userId: number) {
+// ⚡ OPTIMIZATION: Memoize getUserWithTeam to deduplicate database queries within a single request.
+export const getUserWithTeam = cache(async (userId: number) => {
   const result = await db
     .select({
       user: users,
@@ -76,7 +79,7 @@ export async function getUserWithTeam(userId: number) {
     .limit(1);
 
   return result[0];
-}
+});
 
 export async function getActivityLogs() {
   const user = await getUser();
@@ -99,7 +102,8 @@ export async function getActivityLogs() {
     .limit(10);
 }
 
-export async function getTeamForUser(userId: number) {
+// ⚡ OPTIMIZATION: Memoize getTeamForUser to deduplicate database queries within a single request.
+export const getTeamForUser = cache(async (userId: number) => {
   const result = await db.query.users.findFirst({
     where: eq(users.id, userId),
     with: {
@@ -126,4 +130,4 @@ export async function getTeamForUser(userId: number) {
   });
 
   return result?.teamMembers[0]?.team || null;
-}
+});