From cb4842d62bf84cbf402727a9c8d2fabdedda45cf Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Steeve Pastorelli <steeve@gitbook.com>
Date: Thu, 28 May 2026 15:59:24 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Fix issue with MCP POST requests with expired tokens

---
 packages/gitbook/src/middleware.ts | 1 -
 1 file changed, 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/packages/gitbook/src/middleware.ts b/packages/gitbook/src/middleware.ts
index 16e5734a4b..dcf2804ab4 100644
--- a/packages/gitbook/src/middleware.ts
+++ b/packages/gitbook/src/middleware.ts
@@ -250,7 +250,6 @@ async function serveSiteRoutes(requestURL: URL, request: NextRequest) {
              */
             if (
                 siteURLData.target === 'external' &&
-                !visitorToken &&
                 isOAuthProtectedResourceRequest(siteRequestURL)
             ) {
                 return handleUnauthedOAuthProtectedResourceRequest({