This maybe a silly question but i had to ask, I am using laravel 11, where i am making a subscription page using laravel cashier(stripe) and when I’m making a page that only users who have subscribed can access the page so i am using a middleware PayingCustomer.php in that i am using the if conditon as mentioned in https://laravel.com/docs/11.x/cashier-paddle#checking-subscription-status this is the code of middleware:

<?php

namespace AppHttpMiddleware;

use Closure;
use IlluminateHttpRequest;
use SymfonyComponentHttpFoundationResponse;
use IlluminateSupportFacadesAuth;

class PayingCustomer
{
    /**
     * Handle an incoming request.
     *
     * @param  Closure(IlluminateHttpRequest): (SymfonyComponentHttpFoundationResponse)  $next
     */
    public function handle(Request $request, Closure $next): Response
    {
        if ($request->user() && ! $request->user()->subscribed('prod_QbjA3oKZmzyBAj')) {
            // This user is not a paying customer...
            return redirect('subscribe');
        }
 
        return $next($request);
    }
}

the if condition always return true regardless the user subscribed or not.
Please share your thoughts on this
I am also sharing codes of my Checkout controller:

<?php

namespace AppHttpControllers;

use IlluminateHttpRequest;

class CheckoutController extends Controller
{
    /**
     * Handle the incoming request.
     */
    public function __invoke(Request $request, string $plan = 'price_1PkViISH1mJpX0PlYoCRH74L')
    {
        
        return $request->user()
            ->newSubscription('prod_QbjA3oKZmzyBAj', $plan)
            ->checkout([
                'success_url' => route('success'),
                'cancel_url' => route('cancel'),
        ]);

    }
}

also i am sharing routes file if it help:

<?php

use AppHttpControllersProfileController;
use AppHttpControllersCheckoutController;
use IlluminateSupportFacadesRoute;

Route::get('/', function () {
    return view('welcome');
});

Route::get('/dashboard', function () {
    return view('dashboard');
})->middleware(['auth', 'verified'])->name('dashboard');

Route::get('/success', function () {
    return view('success');
})->middleware(['auth', 'verified', 'payingCustomer'])->name('success');

Route::get('/cancel', function () {
    return view('cancel');
})->middleware(['auth', 'verified'])->name('cancel');

Route::get('/checkout/{plan?}', CheckoutController::class
)->middleware(['auth', 'verified'])->name('checkout');

Route::middleware('auth')->group(function () {
    Route::get('/profile', [ProfileController::class, 'edit'])->name('profile.edit');
    Route::patch('/profile', [ProfileController::class, 'update'])->name('profile.update');
    Route::delete('/profile', [ProfileController::class, 'destroy'])->name('profile.destroy');
});

Route::get('/subscribe', function () {
    return view('subscribe');
})->middleware(['auth', 'verified'])->name('subscribe');

Route::get('/members', function () {
    return view('members');
})->middleware(['auth', 'verified', 'payingCustomer'])->name('members');

require __DIR__.'/auth.php';

kindly do let me know if theres anything missing or u want me to share some more info

Thank You

i tried almost everything given on the internet, chatgpt etc, the only problem i am facing is with

if ($request->user() && ! $request->user()->subscribed('prod_QbjA3oKZmzyBAj')) {
            // This user is not a paying customer...
            return redirect('subscribe');
        }

specifically subscribed('prod_QbjA3oKZmzyBAj')