diff --git a/src/browser/simple_client.ts b/src/browser/simple_client.ts
index 4269c6e..6a92dc3 100644
--- a/src/browser/simple_client.ts
+++ b/src/browser/simple_client.ts
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ import {
 import { getFunctionName } from "../server/api.js";
 import { AuthTokenFetcher } from "./sync/authentication_manager.js";
 import { ConnectionState } from "./sync/client.js";
+import { AuthState } from "./sync/local_state.js";
 
 // In Node.js builds this points to a bundled WebSocket implementation. If no
 // WebSocket implementation is manually specified or globally available,
@@ -254,6 +255,15 @@ export class ConvexClient {
     return this.client.close();
   }
 
+  /**
+   * Get the authentication token to be used for subsequent queries and mutations.
+   * @returns The authentication state.
+   */
+  getAuth(): AuthState | undefined {
+    if (this.disabled) return;
+    return this.client.getAuth();
+  }
+
   /**
    * Set the authentication token to be used for subsequent queries and mutations.
    * `fetchToken` will be called automatically again if a token expires.
diff --git a/src/browser/sync/client.ts b/src/browser/sync/client.ts
index cc56332..b5f34b8 100644
--- a/src/browser/sync/client.ts
+++ b/src/browser/sync/client.ts
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ import {
   logFatalError,
   Logger,
 } from "../logging.js";
-import { LocalSyncState } from "./local_state.js";
+import { AuthState, LocalSyncState } from "./local_state.js";
 import { RequestManager } from "./request_manager.js";
 import {
   OptimisticLocalStore,
@@ -616,6 +616,15 @@ export class BaseConvexClient {
     return () => this._onTransitionFns.delete(id);
   }
 
+  /**
+   * Get the authentication token to be used for subsequent queries and mutations.
+   * @returns The authentication state.
+   */
+  getAuth(): AuthState | undefined {
+    return this.state.getAuth();
+  }
+
+
   /**
    * Set the authentication token to be used for subsequent queries and mutations.
    * `fetchToken` will be called automatically again if a token expires.
diff --git a/src/browser/sync/local_state.ts b/src/browser/sync/local_state.ts
index 4cb45e6..116651a 100644
--- a/src/browser/sync/local_state.ts
+++ b/src/browser/sync/local_state.ts
@@ -27,23 +27,24 @@ type LocalQuery = {
   componentPath?: string | undefined;
 };
 
+export type AuthState =
+  | {
+      tokenType: "User";
+      value: string;
+    }
+  | {
+      tokenType: "Admin";
+      value: string;
+      impersonating?: UserIdentityAttributes | undefined;
+    }
+
 export class LocalSyncState {
   private nextQueryId: QueryId;
   private querySetVersion: QuerySetVersion;
   private readonly querySet: Map<QueryToken, LocalQuery>;
   private readonly queryIdToToken: Map<QueryId, QueryToken>;
   private identityVersion: IdentityVersion;
-  private auth:
-    | {
-        tokenType: "User";
-        value: string;
-      }
-    | {
-        tokenType: "Admin";
-        value: string;
-        impersonating?: UserIdentityAttributes | undefined;
-      }
-    | undefined;
+  private auth: AuthState | undefined;
   private readonly outstandingQueriesOlderThanRestart: Set<QueryId>;
   private outstandingAuthOlderThanRestart: boolean;
   private paused: boolean;
@@ -184,6 +185,10 @@ export class LocalSyncState {
     return version >= this.identityVersion;
   }
 
+  getAuth(): AuthState | undefined {
+    return this.auth;
+  }
+
   setAuth(value: string): Authenticate {
     this.auth = {
       tokenType: "User" as const,