fix(backend): point lockUser() JSDoc to canonical System Dashboard link

[manovotny]

The Dashboard's Protect navigation moved Rules under a System / Custom split, so the old /~/protect/rules target now redirects. This updates the lockUser() JSDoc to point at the System page (/~/protect/rules/system) under Protect > Rules.

This is the last occurrence of the old link — the hand-authored docs are handled in clerk/clerk#3319, but the lockUser() reference at clerk-docs/clerk-typedoc/backend/user-api/methods/lock-user.mdx is generated from this JSDoc, so the fix has to land here and flow back through the Typedoc refresh.

Context

• Docs link updates: clerk/clerk#3319
• Dashboard nav change: clerk/dashboard#10173

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@clerk/hono	Patch
@clerk/nextjs	Patch
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📝 Walkthrough

Walkthrough

The lockUser() JSDoc now links to the Protect > Rules > System documentation path. A patch changeset records the documentation update for @clerk/backend. No runtime behavior or public entity declarations changed.

Priority: ⬇️ Low

Estimated code review effort: 1 (Trivial) | ~2 minutes

Merge Risk: ⚪ Minimal · up to 7fdf3

The lockUser() documentation now directs users to the Protect Rules System page rather than the redirecting legacy location. No production behavior changes are included, and no current merge-readiness risk remains.

Suggested reviewers: sarahsoutoul, dmoerner, alexisintech

🚥 Pre-merge checks | ✅ 5

✅ Passed checks (5 passed)

Check name	Status	Explanation
Description check	✅ Passed	The description clearly explains the JSDoc link update, the Dashboard navigation change, and the generated Typedoc impact.
Title check	✅ Passed	The title clearly identifies the backend JSDoc change and the updated canonical Dashboard link.
Docstring Coverage	✅ Passed	No functions found in the changed files to evaluate docstring coverage. Skipping docstring coverage check. Docstring coverage is scoped to functions touched by this diff. Analyzed 0 functions across 1…
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