From 901cd1679386eadc66c9f9a9f7d3dc60e8d55820 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Rai Butera <rai@rbutera.com>
Date: Sun, 15 Mar 2026 13:07:06 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] fix(gateway): keep pairing for non-control open auth

---
 src/gateway/server/ws-connection/message-handler.ts | 3 ---
 1 file changed, 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/gateway/server/ws-connection/message-handler.ts b/src/gateway/server/ws-connection/message-handler.ts
index 6d726f77583..1d20c5adce6 100644
--- a/src/gateway/server/ws-connection/message-handler.ts
+++ b/src/gateway/server/ws-connection/message-handler.ts
@@ -683,10 +683,7 @@ export function attachGatewayWsMessageHandler(params: {
           authOk,
           authMethod,
         });
-        // auth.mode=none disables all authentication — device pairing is an
-        // auth mechanism and must also be skipped when the operator opted out.
         const skipPairing =
-          resolvedAuth.mode === "none" ||
           isInternalBackendClient ||
           shouldSkipControlUiPairing(
             controlUiAuthPolicy,