Building a Seamless JWT Onboarding Flow with React Router v7 and Django

The article describes building a streamlined JWT authentication and onboarding flow using React Router v7 (with Vite/TypeScript) and Django REST Framework with SimpleJWT. It covers extending Django's user model with an is_onboarded flag, customizing JWT payloads to include onboarding status, and enforcing onboarding completion via Django middleware that blocks API access for un-onboarded users. The frontend uses React Context for auth state and automatically reroutes users to an onboarding page based on token claims.