diff --git a/server/graphql/resolvers/user/UserResolver.test.ts b/server/graphql/resolvers/user/UserResolver.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..2093105c0b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/server/graphql/resolvers/user/UserResolver.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+import 'reflect-metadata'
+import test from 'ava'
+import { GraphQLError } from 'graphql'
+import { authChecker as _authChecker } from '../../authChecker'
+
+// AuthChecker is a union of function | class, which confuses strict TS.
+// Cast to a plain callable so tests are readable without transpile-only.
+const authChecker = _authChecker as (
+  resolverData: any,
+  roles: any[]
+) => boolean | Promise<boolean>
+
+// Mirrors the @Authorized<IAuthOptions>({ requiresUserContext: true })
+// decorator applied to UserResolver.submitFeedback. If this literal drifts
+// from the decorator, the guard intent drifts too - keep them in sync.
+const feedbackAuthOptions = [{ requiresUserContext: true }]
+
+function makeResolverData(userId?: string) {
+  return {
+    context: { permissions: [], userId },
+    root: {},
+    args: {},
+    info: {} as any
+  } as any
+}
+
+test('submitFeedback auth: rejects unauthenticated caller with UNAUTHENTICATED', (t) => {
+  const err = t.throws(
+    () => authChecker(makeResolverData(undefined), feedbackAuthOptions),
+    { instanceOf: GraphQLError }
+  )
+  t.is((err as GraphQLError).extensions?.code, 'UNAUTHENTICATED')
+})
+
+test('submitFeedback auth: rejects caller with empty permissions and no userId', (t) => {
+  const err = t.throws(
+    () => authChecker(makeResolverData(undefined), feedbackAuthOptions),
+    { instanceOf: GraphQLError }
+  )
+  t.is((err as GraphQLError).extensions?.code, 'UNAUTHENTICATED')
+})
+
+test('submitFeedback auth: passes when userId is present on context', (t) => {
+  const result = authChecker(makeResolverData('user-123'), feedbackAuthOptions)
+  t.true(result)
+})
diff --git a/server/graphql/resolvers/user/UserResolver.ts b/server/graphql/resolvers/user/UserResolver.ts
index c76b282106..89f10bd316 100644
--- a/server/graphql/resolvers/user/UserResolver.ts
+++ b/server/graphql/resolvers/user/UserResolver.ts
@@ -418,6 +418,7 @@ export class UserResolver {
    *
    * @param feedback - Feedback model
    */
+  @Authorized<IAuthOptions>({ requiresUserContext: true })
   @Mutation(() => UserFeedbackResult, { description: 'Submit feedback' })
   public async submitFeedback(
     @Arg('feedback') feedback: UserFeedback