diff --git a/src/Router.php b/src/Router.php
index 208801c..977aea7 100644
--- a/src/Router.php
+++ b/src/Router.php
@@ -937,20 +937,11 @@ private static function handle(?array $routes = null, bool $quitAfterRun = false
         $uri = $uri ?? static::getCurrentUri();
         $routeToHandle = static::findRoute($routes, $uri, $quitAfterRun);
 
-        // hacky solution to handle middleware catching all middleware with pattern (.*?)
-        $routesToRun = array_filter($routeToHandle, function ($route) use ($uri) {
-            return $route['route']['pattern'] === $uri || $route['route']['pattern'] === '/.*' || implode('/', $route['params'] ?? []) === ltrim($uri, '/');
-        });
-
-        if (empty($routesToRun)) {
-            $routesToRun = $routeToHandle;
-        }
-
-        foreach ($routesToRun as $currentRoute) {
+        foreach ($routeToHandle as $currentRoute) {
             static::invoke($currentRoute['handler'], $currentRoute['params']);
         }
 
-        return count($routesToRun);
+        return count($routeToHandle);
     }
 
     private static function invoke($handler, $params = [])
diff --git a/tests/middleware.test.php b/tests/middleware.test.php
index 8c66fbb..a524bed 100644
--- a/tests/middleware.test.php
+++ b/tests/middleware.test.php
@@ -93,3 +93,94 @@ class StaticTestClassMid
 
     expect(app()->request()->next('data'))->toBe('grouped in-route named middleware');
 });
+
+/**
+ * Router::reset() only exists on v5.x; restore every static property
+ * of the router to its declared default so each test starts clean.
+ */
+function resetRouterState(): void
+{
+    $class = new \ReflectionClass(\Leaf\Router::class);
+
+    foreach ($class->getDefaultProperties() as $name => $default) {
+        $property = $class->getProperty($name);
+
+        if ($property->isStatic()) {
+            if (PHP_VERSION_ID < 80100) {
+                $property->setAccessible(true);
+            }
+
+            $property->setValue(null, $default);
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+test('group middleware runs for dynamic routes inside the group', function () {
+    // https://github.com/leafsphp/leaf/issues/316 + #327
+    resetRouterState();
+    app()->setBasePath('/');
+    $_SERVER['REQUEST_METHOD'] = 'GET';
+    $_SERVER['REQUEST_URI'] = '/practices/42/submit';
+
+    app()->registerMiddleware('mid316', function () {
+        app()->response()->next([
+            'data' => 'group middleware on dynamic route',
+        ]);
+    });
+
+    app()->group('/practices', ['middleware' => 'mid316', function () {
+        app()->get('/{id}/submit', function () {});
+    }]);
+
+    app()->run();
+
+    expect(app()->request()->next('data'))->toBe('group middleware on dynamic route');
+});
+
+test('in-route middleware runs for dynamic routes inside a group', function () {
+    resetRouterState();
+    app()->setBasePath('/');
+    $_SERVER['REQUEST_METHOD'] = 'GET';
+    $_SERVER['REQUEST_URI'] = '/teams/7';
+
+    app()->registerMiddleware('mid327', function () {
+        app()->response()->next([
+            'data' => 'in-route middleware on dynamic route',
+        ]);
+    });
+
+    app()->group('/teams', function () {
+        app()->get('/{id}', ['middleware' => 'mid327', function () {}]);
+    });
+
+    app()->run();
+
+    expect(app()->request()->next('data'))->toBe('in-route middleware on dynamic route');
+});
+
+test('dynamic group middleware still runs when a catch-all middleware exists', function () {
+    // the reported scenario: auth.required on a group + any global middleware
+    resetRouterState();
+    app()->setBasePath('/');
+    $_SERVER['REQUEST_METHOD'] = 'GET';
+    $_SERVER['REQUEST_URI'] = '/practices/42/submit';
+
+    $ran = ['global' => false, 'group' => false];
+
+    app()->use(function () use (&$ran) {
+        $ran['global'] = true;
+    });
+
+    app()->registerMiddleware('mid316b', function () use (&$ran) {
+        $ran['group'] = true;
+    });
+
+    app()->group('/practices', ['middleware' => 'mid316b', function () {
+        app()->get('/{id}/submit', function () {});
+    }]);
+
+    app()->run();
+
+    expect($ran['global'])->toBeTrue()
+        ->and($ran['group'])->toBeTrue();
+});