diff --git a/src/app/endpoints/authorized.py b/src/app/endpoints/authorized.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..c434ed2f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/app/endpoints/authorized.py
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+"""Handler for REST API call to authorized endpoint."""
+
+import asyncio
+import logging
+from typing import Any
+
+from fastapi import APIRouter, Request
+
+from auth import get_auth_dependency
+from models.responses import AuthorizedResponse, UnauthorizedResponse, ForbiddenResponse
+
+logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
+router = APIRouter(tags=["authorized"])
+auth_dependency = get_auth_dependency()
+
+
+authorized_responses: dict[int | str, dict[str, Any]] = {
+    200: {
+        "description": "The user is logged-in and authorized to access OLS",
+        "model": AuthorizedResponse,
+    },
+    400: {
+        "description": "Missing or invalid credentials provided by client",
+        "model": UnauthorizedResponse,
+    },
+    403: {
+        "description": "User is not authorized",
+        "model": ForbiddenResponse,
+    },
+}
+
+
+@router.post("/authorized", responses=authorized_responses)
+def authorized_endpoint_handler(_request: Request) -> AuthorizedResponse:
+    """Handle request to the /authorized endpoint."""
+    # Ignore the user token, we should not return it in the response
+    user_id, user_name, _ = asyncio.run(auth_dependency(_request))
+    return AuthorizedResponse(user_id=user_id, username=user_name)
diff --git a/src/app/endpoints/feedback.py b/src/app/endpoints/feedback.py
index 015fbf73..66ecefad 100644
--- a/src/app/endpoints/feedback.py
+++ b/src/app/endpoints/feedback.py
@@ -10,7 +10,12 @@
 
 from auth import get_auth_dependency
 from configuration import configuration
-from models.responses import FeedbackResponse, StatusResponse
+from models.responses import (
+    FeedbackResponse,
+    StatusResponse,
+    UnauthorizedResponse,
+    ForbiddenResponse,
+)
 from models.requests import FeedbackRequest
 from utils.suid import get_suid
 from utils.common import retrieve_user_id
@@ -22,6 +27,14 @@
 # Response for the feedback endpoint
 feedback_response: dict[int | str, dict[str, Any]] = {
     200: {"response": "Feedback received and stored"},
+    400: {
+        "description": "Missing or invalid credentials provided by client",
+        "model": UnauthorizedResponse,
+    },
+    403: {
+        "description": "User is not authorized",
+        "model": ForbiddenResponse,
+    },
 }
 
 
diff --git a/src/app/endpoints/query.py b/src/app/endpoints/query.py
index 3727c9cb..20f6fdf7 100644
--- a/src/app/endpoints/query.py
+++ b/src/app/endpoints/query.py
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
 
 from client import LlamaStackClientHolder
 from configuration import configuration
-from models.responses import QueryResponse
+from models.responses import QueryResponse, UnauthorizedResponse, ForbiddenResponse
 from models.requests import QueryRequest, Attachment
 import constants
 from auth import get_auth_dependency
@@ -44,6 +44,14 @@
         "conversation_id": "123e4567-e89b-12d3-a456-426614174000",
         "response": "LLM ansert",
     },
+    400: {
+        "description": "Missing or invalid credentials provided by client",
+        "model": UnauthorizedResponse,
+    },
+    403: {
+        "description": "User is not authorized",
+        "model": ForbiddenResponse,
+    },
     503: {
         "detail": {
             "response": "Unable to connect to Llama Stack",
diff --git a/src/app/routers.py b/src/app/routers.py
index bedc5952..1609e7c5 100644
--- a/src/app/routers.py
+++ b/src/app/routers.py
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
     config,
     feedback,
     streaming_query,
+    authorized,
 )
 
 
@@ -28,3 +29,4 @@ def include_routers(app: FastAPI) -> None:
     app.include_router(config.router, prefix="/v1")
     app.include_router(feedback.router, prefix="/v1")
     app.include_router(streaming_query.router, prefix="/v1")
+    app.include_router(authorized.router, prefix="/v1")
diff --git a/src/models/responses.py b/src/models/responses.py
index 92c366c9..a9778343 100644
--- a/src/models/responses.py
+++ b/src/models/responses.py
@@ -242,3 +242,59 @@ class StatusResponse(BaseModel):
             ]
         }
     }
+
+
+class AuthorizedResponse(BaseModel):
+    """Model representing a response to an authorization request.
+
+    Attributes:
+        user_id: The ID of the logged in user.
+        username: The name of the logged in user.
+    """
+
+    user_id: str
+    username: str
+
+    # provides examples for /docs endpoint
+    model_config = {
+        "json_schema_extra": {
+            "examples": [
+                {
+                    "user_id": "123e4567-e89b-12d3-a456-426614174000",
+                    "username": "user1",
+                }
+            ]
+        }
+    }
+
+
+class UnauthorizedResponse(BaseModel):
+    """Model representing response for missing or invalid credentials."""
+
+    detail: str
+
+    # provides examples for /docs endpoint
+    model_config = {
+        "json_schema_extra": {
+            "examples": [
+                {
+                    "detail": "Unauthorized: No auth header found",
+                },
+            ]
+        }
+    }
+
+
+class ForbiddenResponse(UnauthorizedResponse):
+    """Model representing response for forbidden access."""
+
+    # provides examples for /docs endpoint
+    model_config = {
+        "json_schema_extra": {
+            "examples": [
+                {
+                    "detail": "Forbidden: User is not authorized to access this resource",
+                },
+            ]
+        }
+    }
diff --git a/tests/unit/app/endpoints/test_authorized.py b/tests/unit/app/endpoints/test_authorized.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..441b354a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/unit/app/endpoints/test_authorized.py
@@ -0,0 +1,54 @@
+from unittest.mock import AsyncMock
+
+import pytest
+from fastapi import Request, HTTPException
+
+from app.endpoints.authorized import authorized_endpoint_handler
+
+
+def test_authorized_endpoint(mocker):
+    """Test the authorized endpoint handler."""
+    # Mock the auth dependency to return a user ID and username
+    auth_dependency_mock = AsyncMock()
+    auth_dependency_mock.return_value = ("test-id", "test-user", None)
+    mocker.patch(
+        "app.endpoints.authorized.auth_dependency", side_effect=auth_dependency_mock
+    )
+
+    request = Request(
+        scope={
+            "type": "http",
+            "query_string": b"",
+        }
+    )
+
+    response = authorized_endpoint_handler(request)
+
+    assert response.model_dump() == {
+        "user_id": "test-id",
+        "username": "test-user",
+    }
+
+
+def test_authorized_unauthorized(mocker):
+    """Test the authorized endpoint handler with a custom user ID."""
+    auth_dependency_mock = AsyncMock()
+    auth_dependency_mock.side_effect = HTTPException(
+        status_code=403, detail="User is not authorized"
+    )
+    mocker.patch(
+        "app.endpoints.authorized.auth_dependency", side_effect=auth_dependency_mock
+    )
+
+    request = Request(
+        scope={
+            "type": "http",
+            "query_string": b"",
+        }
+    )
+
+    with pytest.raises(HTTPException) as exc_info:
+        authorized_endpoint_handler(request)
+
+    assert exc_info.value.status_code == 403
+    assert exc_info.value.detail == "User is not authorized"
diff --git a/tests/unit/app/test_routers.py b/tests/unit/app/test_routers.py
index 458f94a0..4cb18c3a 100644
--- a/tests/unit/app/test_routers.py
+++ b/tests/unit/app/test_routers.py
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
     config,
     feedback,
     streaming_query,
+    authorized,
 )  # noqa:E402
 
 
@@ -34,7 +35,7 @@ def test_include_routers() -> None:
     include_routers(app)
 
     # are all routers added?
-    assert len(app.routers) == 8
+    assert len(app.routers) == 9
     assert root.router in app.routers
     assert info.router in app.routers
     assert models.router in app.routers
@@ -43,3 +44,4 @@ def test_include_routers() -> None:
     assert config.router in app.routers
     assert feedback.router in app.routers
     assert streaming_query.router in app.routers
+    assert authorized.router in app.routers
diff --git a/tests/unit/models/test_responses.py b/tests/unit/models/test_responses.py
index 21bdcb06..9ee236d7 100644
--- a/tests/unit/models/test_responses.py
+++ b/tests/unit/models/test_responses.py
@@ -1,4 +1,9 @@
-from models.responses import QueryResponse, StatusResponse
+from models.responses import (
+    QueryResponse,
+    StatusResponse,
+    AuthorizedResponse,
+    UnauthorizedResponse,
+)
 
 
 class TestQueryResponse:
@@ -28,3 +33,27 @@ def test_constructor(self) -> None:
         sr = StatusResponse(functionality="feedback", status={"enabled": True})
         assert sr.functionality == "feedback"
         assert sr.status == {"enabled": True}
+
+
+class TestAuthorizedResponse:
+    """Test cases for the AuthorizedResponse model."""
+
+    def test_constructor(self) -> None:
+        """Test the AuthorizedResponse constructor."""
+        ar = AuthorizedResponse(
+            user_id="123e4567-e89b-12d3-a456-426614174000",
+            username="testuser",
+        )
+        assert ar.user_id == "123e4567-e89b-12d3-a456-426614174000"
+        assert ar.username == "testuser"
+
+
+class TestUnauthorizedResponse:
+    """Test cases for the UnauthorizedResponse model."""
+
+    def test_constructor(self) -> None:
+        """Test the UnauthorizedResponse constructor."""
+        ur = UnauthorizedResponse(
+            detail="Missing or invalid credentials provided by client"
+        )
+        assert ur.detail == "Missing or invalid credentials provided by client"