diff --git a/apps/web/app/api/timesheet/activity/report/route.ts b/apps/web/app/api/timesheet/activity/report/route.ts
index 63b75d4ca2..c10893b07a 100644
--- a/apps/web/app/api/timesheet/activity/report/route.ts
+++ b/apps/web/app/api/timesheet/activity/report/route.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
-import { NextRequest } from 'next/server';
+import { NextRequest, NextResponse } from 'next/server';
+import { authenticatedGuard } from '@/core/services/server/guards/authenticated-guard-app';
 import { getActivityReportRequest } from '@/core/services/server/requests/timesheet';
 import { IActivityRequestParams } from '@/core/services/server/requests/timesheet';
 import { ETimeLogType } from '@/core/types/generics/enums/timer';
@@ -11,7 +12,15 @@ export const runtime = 'nodejs';
  * Fetches activity report data based on provided query parameters
  */
 export async function GET(req: NextRequest) {
+	const res = new NextResponse();
+
 	try {
+		// Authenticate before reading parameters: the guard answers 401 to a rejected token and 503 when
+		// the session check could not reach Gauzy, so an outage never looks like an expired session
+		const guard = await authenticatedGuard(req, res);
+		if (!guard.user) return guard.deny();
+		const { access_token } = guard;
+
 		const searchParams = req.nextUrl.searchParams;
 
 		const params: Partial<IActivityRequestParams> = {
@@ -63,7 +72,7 @@ export async function GET(req: NextRequest) {
 		}
 
 		// Fetch activity report data
-		const data = await getActivityReportRequest(params as IActivityRequestParams);
+		const { data } = await getActivityReportRequest(params as IActivityRequestParams, access_token);
 
 		return new Response(JSON.stringify(data), {
 			status: 200,
diff --git a/apps/web/app/api/timesheet/time-log/report/daily/route.ts b/apps/web/app/api/timesheet/time-log/report/daily/route.ts
index 48c4f996c1..50be2be29e 100644
--- a/apps/web/app/api/timesheet/time-log/report/daily/route.ts
+++ b/apps/web/app/api/timesheet/time-log/report/daily/route.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
-import { NextRequest } from 'next/server';
+import { NextRequest, NextResponse } from 'next/server';
+import { authenticatedGuard } from '@/core/services/server/guards/authenticated-guard-app';
 import { getTimeLogReportDailyRequest } from '@/core/services/server/requests/timesheet';
 import { ITimeLogRequestParams } from '@/core/services/server/requests/timesheet';
 
@@ -6,7 +7,15 @@ export const dynamic = 'force-dynamic';
 export const runtime = 'nodejs';
 
 export async function GET(req: NextRequest) {
+	const res = new NextResponse();
+
 	try {
+		// Authenticate before reading parameters: the guard answers 401 to a rejected token and 503 when
+		// the session check could not reach Gauzy, so an outage never looks like an expired session
+		const guard = await authenticatedGuard(req, res);
+		if (!guard.user) return guard.deny();
+		const { access_token } = guard;
+
 		const searchParams = req.nextUrl.searchParams;
 
 		const params: Partial<ITimeLogRequestParams> = {
@@ -53,9 +62,9 @@ export async function GET(req: NextRequest) {
 			};
 		}
 
-		const response = await getTimeLogReportDailyRequest(params as ITimeLogRequestParams);
+		const { data } = await getTimeLogReportDailyRequest(params as ITimeLogRequestParams, access_token);
 
-		return new Response(JSON.stringify(response), {
+		return new Response(JSON.stringify(data), {
 			status: 200,
 			headers: {
 				'Content-Type': 'application/json'
diff --git a/apps/web/core/services/server/guards/authenticated-guard-app.ts b/apps/web/core/services/server/guards/authenticated-guard-app.ts
index 574003b4e2..d168f0974b 100644
--- a/apps/web/core/services/server/guards/authenticated-guard-app.ts
+++ b/apps/web/core/services/server/guards/authenticated-guard-app.ts
@@ -17,14 +17,37 @@ export async function authenticatedGuard(req: Request, res: NextResponse<unknown
 	const taskId = getActiveTaskIdCookie({ req, res });
 	const projectId = getActiveProjectIdCookie({ req, res });
 
+	// serverFetch rejects a non-2xx answer with Promise.reject(data), so Gauzy's error body sits inside
+	// that promise; a network failure rejects with a plain error that carries no status code.
+	let rejection: { statusCode?: number; message?: string } | undefined;
 	const r_res = await currentAuthenticatedUserRequest({
 		bearer_token: access_token?.toString() || ''
-	}).catch(console.error);
+	}).catch(async (error: unknown) => {
+		const reason = error instanceof Promise ? await error.catch((data) => data) : error;
+		rejection = reason && typeof reason === 'object' ? reason : undefined;
+		console.error(reason);
+	});
 
 	if (!r_res || (r_res.data as any).statusCode === 401) {
+		// Keep Gauzy's own status (401, 404, 429...); only a check that never got an answer is a 503, so
+		// an outage never looks like an expired session that the client should log out.
+		const upstream: { statusCode?: number; message?: string } | undefined = rejection ?? (r_res?.data as any);
+		const status =
+			typeof upstream?.statusCode === 'number' && upstream.statusCode >= 400 ? upstream.statusCode : 503;
 		return {
 			$res: (data: any) => NextResponse.json({ statusCode: 401, message: data }),
-			user: null
+			user: null,
+			status,
+			deny: () =>
+				NextResponse.json(
+					{
+						message:
+							status === 503
+								? 'Session check unavailable, retry later'
+								: upstream?.message || 'Unauthorized'
+					},
+					{ status }
+				)
 		};
 	}