diff --git a/src/app/api/auth/logout/route.ts b/src/app/api/auth/logout/route.ts
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+++ b/src/app/api/auth/logout/route.ts
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+import { NextRequest, NextResponse } from "next/server";
+
+export async function POST(request: NextRequest) {
+  try {
+    // Clear authentication token on client side via response
+    const response = NextResponse.json(
+      { message: "Logged out successfully" },
+      { status: 200 }
+    );
+
+    // Set cookie to expire if using cookies for auth
+    response.cookies.set({
+      name: "authToken",      value: "",      maxAge: 0,
+      path: "/"});
+
+    return response;
+  } catch (error) {
+    console.error("Logout error:", error);
+    return NextResponse.json(
+      { message: "Internal server error" },
+      { status: 500 }
+    );
+  }
+}