no more 401 error for publicly browsing user

frontend/src/components/AuthModal.tsx

@@ -230,7 +230,7 @@ const AuthModal: React.FC<AuthModalProps> = ({
                 disabled={loading}
               >
                 <i className="bi bi-google me-2"></i>
-                Sign in with Google
+                Continue with Google
               </button>
 
               <div className="text-center mt-3">

frontend/src/contexts/AuthContext.tsx

@@ -44,14 +44,16 @@ export const AuthProvider: React.FC<AuthProviderProps> = ({ children }) => {
 
   const checkAuth = async () => {
     try {
-      // The axios interceptor will automatically handle token refresh if needed
-      const response = await userAPI.getProfile();
-      setUser(response.data);
+      // Use the status endpoint which returns 200 for both authenticated and unauthenticated states
+      const response = await authAPI.getStatus();
+
+      if (response.data.authenticated) {
+        setUser(response.data.user);
+      } else {
+        setUser(null);
+      }
     } catch (error: any) {
-      // If we get here, either:
-      // 1. User is not logged in (expected for public browsing)
-      // 2. Token refresh failed (user needs to login again)
-      // In both cases, silently set user to null without logging errors
+      // If we get here, there's a network or server error
       setUser(null);
     }
   };

frontend/src/services/api.ts

@@ -157,6 +157,7 @@ export const authAPI = {
   logout: () => api.post("/auth/logout"),
   refresh: () => api.post("/auth/refresh"),
   getCSRFToken: () => api.get("/auth/csrf-token"),
+  getStatus: () => api.get("/auth/status"),
 };
 
 export const userAPI = {
@@ -280,23 +281,4 @@ export const conditionCheckAPI = {
   getAvailableChecks: () => api.get("/condition-checks"),
 };
 
-export const notificationAPI = {
-  getNotifications: (params?: { limit?: number; page?: number }) =>
-    api.get("/notifications", { params }),
-  getUnreadCount: () => api.get("/notifications/unread-count"),
-  markAsRead: (notificationId: string) =>
-    api.patch(`/notifications/${notificationId}/read`),
-  markAllAsRead: () => api.patch("/notifications/mark-all-read"),
-  // Development endpoints
-  createTestNotification: (data: {
-    type?: string;
-    title: string;
-    message: string;
-    metadata?: any;
-  }) => api.post("/notifications/test", data),
-  triggerConditionReminders: () =>
-    api.post("/notifications/test/condition-reminders"),
-  cleanupExpired: () => api.post("/notifications/test/cleanup-expired"),
-};
-
 export default api;