From 976644d1e69aac4b4d7a728a2cf84bd0f03439be Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "Calum H." <contact@cal.engineer>
Date: Mon, 19 Jan 2026 21:57:49 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] fix: conditionally fetch (#5157)

* fix: conditionally fetch

* fix: yeet
---
 apps/frontend/src/layouts/default.vue         |  7 ++--
 .../src/plugins/intl-payload-safety.ts        | 17 ---------
 apps/frontend/src/plugins/payload-debugger.ts | 37 -------------------
 3 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 57 deletions(-)
 delete mode 100644 apps/frontend/src/plugins/intl-payload-safety.ts
 delete mode 100644 apps/frontend/src/plugins/payload-debugger.ts

diff --git a/apps/frontend/src/layouts/default.vue b/apps/frontend/src/layouts/default.vue
index b156ddbd6..e48c6653f 100644
--- a/apps/frontend/src/layouts/default.vue
+++ b/apps/frontend/src/layouts/default.vue
@@ -754,9 +754,10 @@ const route = useNativeRoute()
 const router = useNativeRouter()
 const link = config.public.siteUrl + route.path.replace(/\/+$/, '')
 
-const { data: payoutBalance } = await useAsyncData('payout/balance', () =>
-	useBaseFetch('payout/balance', { apiVersion: 3 }),
-)
+const { data: payoutBalance } = await useAsyncData('payout/balance', () => {
+	if (!auth.value.user) return null
+	return useBaseFetch('payout/balance', { apiVersion: 3 })
+})
 
 const showTaxComplianceBanner = computed(() => {
 	if (flags.value.testTaxForm && auth.value.user) return true
diff --git a/apps/frontend/src/plugins/intl-payload-safety.ts b/apps/frontend/src/plugins/intl-payload-safety.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index f8211932f..000000000
--- a/apps/frontend/src/plugins/intl-payload-safety.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,17 +0,0 @@
-export default definePayloadPlugin(() => {
-	definePayloadReducer('IntlMessageFormat', (value) => {
-		if (value?.constructor?.name === 'IntlMessageFormat' || value?._ast !== undefined) {
-			if (import.meta.dev) {
-				console.warn('[i18n] IntlMessageFormat instance leaked into payload - returning null')
-				console.warn('[i18n] This indicates a bug that should be fixed upstream')
-				console.warn('[i18n] Leaked value:', value)
-			}
-
-			return null
-		}
-
-		return false
-	})
-
-	definePayloadReviver('IntlMessageFormat', () => null)
-})
diff --git a/apps/frontend/src/plugins/payload-debugger.ts b/apps/frontend/src/plugins/payload-debugger.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index dd579008d..000000000
--- a/apps/frontend/src/plugins/payload-debugger.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,37 +0,0 @@
-function findNonPOJOs(
-	obj: unknown,
-	path: string,
-	found: Array<{ path: string; type: string }> = [],
-): Array<{ path: string; type: string }> {
-	if (obj === null || typeof obj !== 'object') return found
-
-	const proto = Object.getPrototypeOf(obj)
-	if (proto !== Object.prototype && proto !== null && !Array.isArray(obj)) {
-		found.push({ path, type: obj.constructor?.name ?? 'Unknown' })
-	}
-
-	for (const [key, value] of Object.entries(obj)) {
-		findNonPOJOs(value, `${path}.${key}`, found)
-	}
-
-	return found
-}
-
-export default defineNuxtPlugin((nuxtApp) => {
-	if (!import.meta.dev || !import.meta.server) return
-
-	nuxtApp.hooks.hook('app:rendered', () => {
-		try {
-			JSON.stringify(nuxtApp.payload)
-		} catch (e) {
-			console.error('[payload-debugger] Payload serialization would fail:', e)
-			const nonPOJOs = findNonPOJOs(nuxtApp.payload, 'payload')
-			if (nonPOJOs.length > 0) {
-				console.error('[payload-debugger] Non-POJO objects found in payload:')
-				for (const { path, type } of nonPOJOs) {
-					console.error(`  - ${path}: ${type}`)
-				}
-			}
-		}
-	})
-})