diff --git a/packages/dev-server/src/prod.ts b/packages/dev-server/src/prod.ts
index b0c14201..b54fe2ae 100644
--- a/packages/dev-server/src/prod.ts
+++ b/packages/dev-server/src/prod.ts
@@ -239,6 +239,7 @@ function buildProdRouter(manifest: ProdManifest): {
     layouts: manifest.layouts.map((l) => ({ name: l.name, file: `layout:${l.name}` })),
     stores: [],
     schemas: [], // descriptors are pre-baked into schemasJs; not needed at runtime
+    authz: [], // authz declarations are not needed at runtime in production
     matchPage: optimizedMatcher(pages),
     matchApi: optimizedMatcher(api),
     matchRealtime: optimizedMatcher(realtime),
diff --git a/packages/dev-server/test/observability-runtime.test.ts b/packages/dev-server/test/observability-runtime.test.ts
index d068a41d..154b48f1 100644
--- a/packages/dev-server/test/observability-runtime.test.ts
+++ b/packages/dev-server/test/observability-runtime.test.ts
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ function runtime(health: HealthRegistry, trustProxy = false) {
     layouts: [],
     stores: [],
     schemas: [],
+    authz: [],
     matchPage: () => null,
     matchApi: () => null,
     matchRealtime: () => null,
diff --git a/packages/router/src/index.ts b/packages/router/src/index.ts
index 9e4ea4b6..5923b5e3 100644
--- a/packages/router/src/index.ts
+++ b/packages/router/src/index.ts
@@ -59,6 +59,8 @@ export interface Router {
   stores: ComponentRef[];
   /** Validation schemas (`app/schemas/<name>.ts`) shared by API + forms. */
   schemas: ComponentRef[];
+  /** Authorization declarations (`app/authz/<name>.ts`) merged into the catalog. */
+  authz: ComponentRef[];
   matchPage(pathname: string): RouteMatch | null;
   matchApi(pathname: string): RouteMatch | null;
   matchRealtime(pathname: string): RouteMatch | null;
@@ -283,6 +285,19 @@ export function buildRouter(appDir: string, opts: RouterOptions = {}): Router {
     schemas.push({ name, file: f.file });
   }
 
+  // Authorization declarations: app/authz/<name>.{ts,js}, each default-exporting
+  // a defineAuthz() module. Merged into the catalog at boot.
+  const authz: ComponentRef[] = [];
+  for (const f of scanDir(join(appDir, "authz"), [".js"])) {
+    if (!/\.(ts|js)$/.test(f.file)) continue;
+    const name = basename(f.file).replace(/\.(ts|js)$/, "");
+    if (!isSafeIslandName(name)) {
+      console.warn(`[wrnexus] skipping authz declaration with unsafe name: ${name}`);
+      continue;
+    }
+    authz.push({ name, file: f.file });
+  }
+
   return {
     pages,
     api,
@@ -292,6 +307,7 @@ export function buildRouter(appDir: string, opts: RouterOptions = {}): Router {
     layouts,
     stores,
     schemas,
+    authz,
     matchPage: (p) => matchRoute(pages, p),
     matchApi: (p) => matchRoute(api, p),
     matchRealtime: (p) => matchRoute(realtime, p),
diff --git a/packages/router/src/scan.ts b/packages/router/src/scan.ts
index 724d39e1..7d6b7650 100644
--- a/packages/router/src/scan.ts
+++ b/packages/router/src/scan.ts
@@ -32,8 +32,13 @@ function isIgnored(name: string): boolean {
 /**
  * Recursively collect allowed route files under `baseDir`.
  * Returns [] if the directory does not exist (a route kind may be unused).
+ *
+ * `extraExtensions` widens the allow-list for callers that scan non-route
+ * directories (e.g. `app/schemas`, `app/authz`) and accept plain `.js`
+ * modules; it defaults to empty so route scanning (`app/pages`, `app/api`,
+ * `app/realtime`, ...) is unaffected.
  */
-export function scanDir(baseDir: string): ScannedFile[] {
+export function scanDir(baseDir: string, extraExtensions: readonly string[] = []): ScannedFile[] {
   if (!existsSync(baseDir)) return [];
 
   const out: ScannedFile[] = [];
@@ -45,7 +50,10 @@ export function scanDir(baseDir: string): ScannedFile[] {
       const stats = statSync(abs);
       if (stats.isDirectory()) {
         walk(abs);
-      } else if (stats.isFile() && hasAllowedExtension(entry)) {
+      } else if (
+        stats.isFile() &&
+        (hasAllowedExtension(entry) || extraExtensions.some((ext) => entry.endsWith(ext)))
+      ) {
         out.push({
           file: abs,
           rel: relative(baseDir, abs).split(sep).join("/"),
diff --git a/packages/router/test/authz-discovery.test.ts b/packages/router/test/authz-discovery.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..438e7fbe
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/router/test/authz-discovery.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+import { describe, expect, test } from "bun:test";
+import { mkdirSync, mkdtempSync, writeFileSync } from "node:fs";
+import { tmpdir } from "node:os";
+import { join } from "node:path";
+import { buildRouter } from "../src/index.ts";
+
+function appWithAuthz(files: Record<string, string>): string {
+  const root = mkdtempSync(join(tmpdir(), "wrnexus-authz-"));
+  const dir = join(root, "app", "authz");
+  mkdirSync(dir, { recursive: true });
+  mkdirSync(join(root, "app", "pages"), { recursive: true });
+  for (const [name, body] of Object.entries(files)) writeFileSync(join(dir, name), body, "utf8");
+  return join(root, "app");
+}
+
+describe("app/authz discovery", () => {
+  test("collects .ts and .js declarations by filename", () => {
+    const appDir = appWithAuthz({
+      "blog.ts": "export default {};",
+      "billing.js": "export default {};",
+    });
+    const router = buildRouter(appDir);
+    expect(router.authz.map((entry) => entry.name).sort()).toEqual(["billing", "blog"]);
+  });
+
+  test("ignores non-module files", () => {
+    const appDir = appWithAuthz({ "blog.ts": "export default {};", "notes.md": "# hi" });
+    expect(buildRouter(appDir).authz.map((entry) => entry.name)).toEqual(["blog"]);
+  });
+
+  test("skips unsafe names", () => {
+    const appDir = appWithAuthz({
+      "ok.ts": "export default {};",
+      "bad name!.ts": "export default {};",
+    });
+    expect(buildRouter(appDir).authz.map((entry) => entry.name)).toEqual(["ok"]);
+  });
+
+  test("an app with no authz directory yields an empty list", () => {
+    const root = mkdtempSync(join(tmpdir(), "wrnexus-authz-none-"));
+    mkdirSync(join(root, "app", "pages"), { recursive: true });
+    expect(buildRouter(join(root, "app")).authz).toEqual([]);
+  });
+});