Index: frontend/src/api/axios.js
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--- frontend/src/api/axios.js	(revision 0427f599f15f08425a193b5b366fd15cc0a95f42)
+++ frontend/src/api/axios.js	(revision 72053b5fc3ff291757af1cdd64e8fdfcb9e9b17d)
@@ -1,32 +1,6 @@
 import axios from "axios";
-import { getAuthToken, isTokenExpired, logoutAndRedirect } from "../utils/authSession";
 
-const api = axios.create({
-  baseURL: import.meta.env.VITE_API_BASE_URL ?? "http://localhost:8080/api",
+export default axios.create({
+  baseURL: "http://localhost:8080/api",
+  withCredentials: true, // important if using cookies
 });
-
-api.interceptors.request.use((config) => {
-  const token = getAuthToken();
-  if (token) {
-    if (isTokenExpired(token)) {
-      logoutAndRedirect("/dashboard");
-      return Promise.reject(new Error("Authentication session expired"));
-    }
-    config.headers = config.headers ?? {};
-    config.headers.Authorization = `Bearer ${token}`;
-  }
-  return config;
-});
-
-api.interceptors.response.use(
-  (response) => response,
-  (error) => {
-    const status = error?.response?.status;
-    if (status === 401 || status === 403) {
-      logoutAndRedirect("/dashboard");
-    }
-    return Promise.reject(error);
-  },
-);
-
-export default api;