diff --git a/lib/core/src/lib/auth/authentication-interceptor/auth-bearer.interceptor.spec.ts b/lib/core/src/lib/auth/authentication-interceptor/auth-bearer.interceptor.spec.ts
index e32e6d8a00..ff313486e0 100644
--- a/lib/core/src/lib/auth/authentication-interceptor/auth-bearer.interceptor.spec.ts
+++ b/lib/core/src/lib/auth/authentication-interceptor/auth-bearer.interceptor.spec.ts
@@ -15,10 +15,10 @@
  * limitations under the License.
  */
 
-import { HttpClient, HttpHandler, HttpRequest } from '@angular/common/http';
+import { HttpClient, HttpContext, HttpHandler, HttpRequest } from '@angular/common/http';
 import { TestBed } from '@angular/core/testing';
 import { EMPTY, Observable, of } from 'rxjs';
-import { AuthBearerInterceptor } from './auth-bearer.interceptor';
+import { AuthBearerInterceptor, BYPASS_APP_AUTH } from './auth-bearer.interceptor';
 import { AuthenticationService } from '../services/authentication.service';
 import { RedirectAuthService } from '../oidc/redirect-auth.service';
 
@@ -105,4 +105,13 @@ describe('AuthBearerInterceptor', () => {
 
         expect(addTokenToHeaderSpy).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(mockUrls.length);
     });
+
+    it('should not add auth token when BYPASS_APP_AUTH context token is set to true, even for a non-excluded URL', () => {
+        const context = new HttpContext().set(BYPASS_APP_AUTH, true);
+        const req = new HttpRequest('GET', 'https://example.com/someotherpath', null, { context });
+
+        interceptor.intercept(req, mockNext);
+
+        expect(addTokenToHeaderSpy).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+    });
 });
diff --git a/lib/core/src/lib/auth/authentication-interceptor/auth-bearer.interceptor.ts b/lib/core/src/lib/auth/authentication-interceptor/auth-bearer.interceptor.ts
index c35e33d086..0fa594f464 100644
--- a/lib/core/src/lib/auth/authentication-interceptor/auth-bearer.interceptor.ts
+++ b/lib/core/src/lib/auth/authentication-interceptor/auth-bearer.interceptor.ts
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
 import { throwError as observableThrowError, Observable } from 'rxjs';
 import { Injectable, inject } from '@angular/core';
 import {
+    HttpContextToken,
     HttpHandler,
     HttpInterceptor,
     HttpRequest,
@@ -31,6 +32,8 @@ import {
 import { catchError, mergeMap } from 'rxjs/operators';
 import { AuthenticationService } from '../services/authentication.service';
 
+export const BYPASS_APP_AUTH = new HttpContextToken<boolean>(() => false);
+
 @Injectable()
 export class AuthBearerInterceptor implements HttpInterceptor {
     private readonly authenticationService = inject(AuthenticationService);
@@ -48,6 +51,10 @@ export class AuthBearerInterceptor implements HttpInterceptor {
         req: HttpRequest<any>,
         next: HttpHandler
     ): Observable<HttpSentEvent | HttpHeaderResponse | HttpProgressEvent | HttpResponse<any> | HttpUserEvent<any>> {
+        if (req.context.get(BYPASS_APP_AUTH)) {
+            return next.handle(req).pipe(catchError((error) => observableThrowError(error)));
+        }
+
         if (!this.excludedUrlsRegex) {
             this.loadExcludedUrlsRegex();
         }
diff --git a/lib/core/src/lib/auth/services/time-sync.service.spec.ts b/lib/core/src/lib/auth/services/time-sync.service.spec.ts
index a2c8d6b66a..62037fb0e1 100644
--- a/lib/core/src/lib/auth/services/time-sync.service.spec.ts
+++ b/lib/core/src/lib/auth/services/time-sync.service.spec.ts
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ import { TestBed } from '@angular/core/testing';
 import { AppConfigService } from '../../app-config/app-config.service';
 import { TimeSyncService } from './time-sync.service';
 import { firstValueFrom } from 'rxjs';
+import { BYPASS_APP_AUTH } from '../authentication-interceptor/auth-bearer.interceptor';
 
 describe('TimeSyncService', () => {
     let service: TimeSyncService;
@@ -127,6 +128,17 @@ describe('TimeSyncService', () => {
             expect(req.request.method).toBe('GET');
             req.error(new ProgressEvent(''));
         });
+
+        it('should set BYPASS_APP_AUTH context token and not send Authorization header on the server time request', () => {
+            appConfigSpy.get.and.returnValue('http://fake-server-time-url');
+
+            service.checkTimeSync(60).subscribe();
+
+            const req = httpMock.expectOne('http://fake-server-time-url');
+            expect(req.request.context.get(BYPASS_APP_AUTH)).toBeTrue();
+            expect(req.request.headers.has('Authorization')).toBeFalse();
+            req.flush(Date.now());
+        });
     });
 
     describe('isLocalTimeOutOfSync', () => {
diff --git a/lib/core/src/lib/auth/services/time-sync.service.ts b/lib/core/src/lib/auth/services/time-sync.service.ts
index a806d17777..e6946c41e5 100644
--- a/lib/core/src/lib/auth/services/time-sync.service.ts
+++ b/lib/core/src/lib/auth/services/time-sync.service.ts
@@ -15,11 +15,12 @@
  * limitations under the License.
  */
 
-import { HttpClient } from '@angular/common/http';
+import { HttpClient, HttpContext } from '@angular/common/http';
 import { Injectable, Injector, inject } from '@angular/core';
 import { AppConfigService } from '../../app-config/app-config.service';
 import { from, Observable, throwError } from 'rxjs';
 import { catchError, map, timeout } from 'rxjs/operators';
+import { BYPASS_APP_AUTH } from '../authentication-interceptor/auth-bearer.interceptor';
 
 export interface TimeSync {
     outOfSync: boolean;
@@ -85,7 +86,7 @@ export class TimeSyncService {
     }
 
     private getServerTime(): Observable<number> {
-        return from(this._http.get<number>(this.getServerTimeUrl())).pipe(
+        return from(this._http.get<number>(this.getServerTimeUrl(), { context: new HttpContext().set(BYPASS_APP_AUTH, true) })).pipe(
             timeout(5000),
             catchError(() => throwError(() => new Error('Failed to get server time')))
         );