diff --git a/backend/internal/http/middleware/middleware_test.go b/backend/internal/http/middleware/middleware_test.go
index 95ece34..0651d28 100644
--- a/backend/internal/http/middleware/middleware_test.go
+++ b/backend/internal/http/middleware/middleware_test.go
@@ -340,3 +340,54 @@ func TestCORSLegacyWrapper(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Errorf("expected '*', got '%s'", rec.Header().Get("Access-Control-Allow-Origin"))
 	}
 }
+
+// --- Additional Auth Edge Case Tests ---
+
+func TestRequireAuthExpiredToken(t *testing.T) {
+	secret := "test-secret"
+	userID, _ := uuid.NewV4()
+
+	// Create an expired token
+	token := jwt.NewWithClaims(jwt.SigningMethodHS256, jwt.MapClaims{
+		"sub":  userID.String(),
+		"role": "Admin",
+		"exp":  time.Now().Add(-time.Hour).Unix(), // expired 1 hour ago
+	})
+	tokenStr, _ := token.SignedString([]byte(secret))
+
+	handler := RequireAuth([]byte(secret))(http.HandlerFunc(func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
+		t.Error("handler should not be called for expired token")
+	}))
+
+	req := httptest.NewRequest(http.MethodGet, "/", nil)
+	req.Header.Set("Authorization", "Bearer "+tokenStr)
+	rec := httptest.NewRecorder()
+	handler.ServeHTTP(rec, req)
+
+	if rec.Code != http.StatusUnauthorized {
+		t.Errorf("expected 401, got %d", rec.Code)
+	}
+}
+
+func TestRequireAuthWrongSigningMethod(t *testing.T) {
+	// Create a token with None signing method (should be rejected)
+	token := jwt.NewWithClaims(jwt.SigningMethodNone, jwt.MapClaims{
+		"sub":  "test-user-id",
+		"role": "Admin",
+		"exp":  time.Now().Add(time.Hour).Unix(),
+	})
+	tokenStr, _ := token.SignedString(jwt.UnsafeAllowNoneSignatureType)
+
+	handler := RequireAuth([]byte("test-secret"))(http.HandlerFunc(func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
+		t.Error("handler should not be called")
+	}))
+
+	req := httptest.NewRequest(http.MethodGet, "/", nil)
+	req.Header.Set("Authorization", "Bearer "+tokenStr)
+	rec := httptest.NewRecorder()
+	handler.ServeHTTP(rec, req)
+
+	if rec.Code != http.StatusUnauthorized {
+		t.Errorf("expected 401, got %d", rec.Code)
+	}
+}