From 8538ac5672cc134f75e2f9798c661d4ba5f30ab8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: dvelo <52332868+DeveloLongScript@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Fri, 7 Feb 2025 15:27:15 -0600
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] Update CONTRIBUTING.md

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 CONTRIBUTING.md | 3 +++
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)

diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.md b/CONTRIBUTING.md
index 77322cf..1865ae1 100644
--- a/CONTRIBUTING.md
+++ b/CONTRIBUTING.md
@@ -28,6 +28,9 @@ The primary stack for MHSF is Next.js, a React framework, which you can start by
 [You can also opt out of telemetry if you'd like.](https://nextjs.org/telemetry)
 
 ## Clerk
+> [!CAUTION]
+> Clerk is no longer optional. If Clerk is not setup, you *will* get a `Non-authenticated environments are disallowed on this origin.` error.
+
 If you want to test out accounts, [you must create an Clerk key from their website.](https://clerk.com)
 Set the following variables in the .env.local file:
 ```dotenv

From b3d27631062cbd5ae8ca3a000133b26e2f1196dd Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: dvelo <52332868+DeveloLongScript@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Fri, 7 Feb 2025 15:28:27 -0600
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] Update CONTRIBUTING.md

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 CONTRIBUTING.md | 3 ++-
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.md b/CONTRIBUTING.md
index 1865ae1..55bfab9 100644
--- a/CONTRIBUTING.md
+++ b/CONTRIBUTING.md
@@ -29,7 +29,8 @@ The primary stack for MHSF is Next.js, a React framework, which you can start by
 
 ## Clerk
 > [!CAUTION]
-> Clerk is no longer optional. If Clerk is not setup, you *will* get a `Non-authenticated environments are disallowed on this origin.` error.
+> Clerk is no longer optional. If Clerk is not setup, you *will* get a `Non-authenticated environments are disallowed on this origin.` error on the frontend.
+> You may be able to modify/test API endpoints as long as they do not require accounts.
 
 If you want to test out accounts, [you must create an Clerk key from their website.](https://clerk.com)
 Set the following variables in the .env.local file: