diff --git a/src/api/http/src/handler/http/router/mod.rs b/src/api/http/src/handler/http/router/mod.rs
index 5b5548437f..861747dfbb 100644
--- a/src/api/http/src/handler/http/router/mod.rs
+++ b/src/api/http/src/handler/http/router/mod.rs
@@ -1282,18 +1282,11 @@ fn alert_calibration_routes(router: Router) -> Router {
 
 #[rustfmt::skip]
 pub fn service_routes() -> Router {
-    let cfg = get_config();
-
-    // Set server header
-    #[cfg(feature = "enterprise")]
-    let server = format!(
-        "{}-{}",
-        get_o2_config().super_cluster.region,
-        cfg.common.instance_name_short
-    );
-    #[cfg(not(feature = "enterprise"))]
-    let server = cfg.common.instance_name_short.to_string();
+    with_service_layers(service_route_table())
+}
 
+/// The `/api` route table before the auth, audit and org layers wrap it.
+fn service_route_table() -> Router {
     // Downtimes, Slack, search and service streams live in their own tables to keep this function under the line limit.
     let mut router = public_dashboard_admin_routes(
         Router::new()
@@ -2253,6 +2246,22 @@ pub fn service_routes() -> Router {
             );
     }
 
+    router
+}
+
+fn with_service_layers(router: Router) -> Router {
+    let cfg = get_config();
+
+    // Set server header
+    #[cfg(feature = "enterprise")]
+    let server = format!(
+        "{}-{}",
+        get_o2_config().super_cluster.region,
+        cfg.common.instance_name_short
+    );
+    #[cfg(not(feature = "enterprise"))]
+    let server = cfg.common.instance_name_short.to_string();
+
     // Snappy preprocessing sits outside RequestDecompressionLayer, which rejects snappy with 415.
     router
         .layer(middleware::from_fn(blocked_orgs_middleware))
@@ -5088,8 +5097,8 @@ mod tests {
     /// `service_routes()` minus comments, whitespace and wrap commas.
     fn service_routes_registrations() -> String {
         let source = include_str!("mod.rs");
-        let start = source.find("pub fn service_routes() -> Router {").unwrap();
-        let end = start + source[start..].find("\npub fn ").unwrap();
+        let start = source.find("fn service_route_table() -> Router {").unwrap();
+        let end = start + source[start..].find("\n}\n").unwrap();
         let mut body = String::new();
         let mut rest = &source[start..end];
         while let Some(at) = rest.find("/*") {
diff --git a/src/api/http/src/handler/http/router/openapi.rs b/src/api/http/src/handler/http/router/openapi.rs
index 018cae1925..50642abc05 100644
--- a/src/api/http/src/handler/http/router/openapi.rs
+++ b/src/api/http/src/handler/http/router/openapi.rs
@@ -1681,7 +1681,7 @@ mod tests {
     const ROUTER_SOURCE: &str = include_str!("mod.rs");
 
     #[cfg(feature = "enterprise")]
-    const SERVICE_ROUTES_SIGNATURE: &str = "pub fn service_routes(";
+    const SERVICE_ROUTES_SIGNATURE: &str = "fn service_route_table(";
 
     #[cfg(feature = "enterprise")]
     const SEARCH_ROUTES_SIGNATURE: &str = "fn search_routes_with(";
diff --git a/src/api/http/src/handler/http/router/search_gate_tests.rs b/src/api/http/src/handler/http/router/search_gate_tests.rs
index 677f183e66..7a8c9dcb6b 100644
--- a/src/api/http/src/handler/http/router/search_gate_tests.rs
+++ b/src/api/http/src/handler/http/router/search_gate_tests.rs
@@ -693,6 +693,33 @@ async fn an_operational_stream_in_the_path_does_not_open_the_gate() {
     assert_eq!(response.status(), StatusCode::TOO_MANY_REQUESTS);
 }
 
+#[cfg(feature = "enterprise")]
+#[tokio::test]
+async fn closed_gate_leaves_the_ungated_search_job_reads_open() {
+    use o2_enterprise::enterprise::license::close_search_gate_for_tests;
+
+    let _gate = close_search_gate_for_tests().await;
+    // the table without its auth layers, which would answer 401 before any route
+    let app = service_route_table();
+    for (method, uri, gated) in [
+        (Method::GET, "/acme/search_jobs", false),
+        (Method::GET, "/acme/search_jobs/j1", false),
+        (Method::POST, "/acme/search_jobs", true),
+    ] {
+        let request = axum::http::Request::builder()
+            .method(method.clone())
+            .uri(uri)
+            .body(Body::empty())
+            .unwrap();
+        let status = app.clone().oneshot(request).await.unwrap().status();
+        assert_eq!(
+            status == StatusCode::TOO_MANY_REQUESTS,
+            gated,
+            "{method} {uri}: {status}"
+        );
+    }
+}
+
 #[cfg(feature = "enterprise")]
 #[tokio::test]
 async fn meta_org_passes_the_closed_gate() {