diff --git a/src/AcpExtensions.ts b/src/AcpExtensions.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..13780134
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/AcpExtensions.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+export type ExtMethodRequest = AuthenticationStatusRequest | AuthenticationLogoutRequest
+
+export function isExtMethodRequest(request: { method: string, params: Record<string, unknown> }): request is ExtMethodRequest {
+    return request.method === "authentication/status" || request.method === "authentication/logout";
+}
+
+export type AuthenticationStatusRequest = { method: "authentication/status", params: {} }
+export type AuthenticationStatusResponse = { type: "api-key" } | { type: "chat-gpt", email: string } | { type: "gateway", name: string } | { type: "unauthenticated" }
+
+export type AuthenticationLogoutRequest = { method: "authentication/logout", params: {} }
+export type AuthenticationLogoutResponse = {}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/CodexAcpClient.ts b/src/CodexAcpClient.ts
index ed572dfd..58081af3 100644
--- a/src/CodexAcpClient.ts
+++ b/src/CodexAcpClient.ts
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ import type {
     UserInput,
 } from "./app-server/v2";
 import packageJson from "../package.json";
+import type {AuthenticationLogoutResponse, AuthenticationStatusResponse} from "./AcpExtensions";
 
 /**
  * API for accessing the Codex App Server using ACP requests.
@@ -113,9 +114,47 @@ export class CodexAcpClient {
         return result.success;
     }
 
-    async logout(): Promise<void> {
+
+    async getAuthenticationStatus(): Promise<AuthenticationStatusResponse> {
+        const modelProvider = await this.getCurrentModelProvider();
+        if (modelProvider) {
+            return {
+                type: "gateway",
+                name: modelProvider,
+            };
+        }
+        const account = (await this.getAccount()).account;
+        if (account === null) {
+            return {
+                type: "unauthenticated",
+            };
+        }
+        switch (account.type) {
+            case "apiKey":
+                return {
+                    type: "api-key",
+                };
+            case "chatgpt":
+                return {
+                    type: "chat-gpt",
+                    email: account.email,
+                };
+        }
+    }
+
+    async getCurrentModelProvider(): Promise<string | null> {
+        const sessionModelProvider = this.getModelProvider();
+        if (sessionModelProvider !== null) {
+            return sessionModelProvider;
+        }
+        const settingsModelProvider = await this.codexClient.configRead({includeLayers: false});
+        return settingsModelProvider.config.model_provider;
+    }
+
+    async logout(): Promise<AuthenticationLogoutResponse> {
         await this.codexClient.accountLogout();
         await this.codexClient.awaitAccountUpdated();
+        return {};
     }
 
     async authRequired(): Promise<Boolean> {
diff --git a/src/CodexAcpServer.ts b/src/CodexAcpServer.ts
index 85fa9582..0c5a6f70 100644
--- a/src/CodexAcpServer.ts
+++ b/src/CodexAcpServer.ts
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ import type {TokenCount} from "./TokenCount";
 import {CodexCommands} from "./CodexCommands";
 import type {QuotaMeta} from "./QuotaMeta";
 import {logger} from "./Logger";
+import {isExtMethodRequest} from "./AcpExtensions";
 
 export interface SessionState {
     sessionId: string,
@@ -86,6 +87,19 @@ export class CodexAcpServer implements acp.Agent {
         };
     }
 
+    async extMethod(method: string, params: Record<string, unknown>): Promise<Record<string, unknown>> {
+        const methodRequest = { method: method, params: params };
+        if (!isExtMethodRequest(methodRequest)) {
+            return {};
+        }
+        switch (methodRequest.method) {
+            case "authentication/status":
+                return await this.runWithProcessCheck(() => this.codexAcpClient.getAuthenticationStatus());
+            case "authentication/logout":
+                return await this.runWithProcessCheck(() => this.codexAcpClient.logout());
+        }
+    }
+
     async checkAuthorization(){
         const authNeeded = await this.runWithProcessCheck(() => this.codexAcpClient.authRequired());
         logger.log("Auth requirement checked", {authRequired: authNeeded});
diff --git a/src/CodexAppServerClient.ts b/src/CodexAppServerClient.ts
index 11468a85..f8353b4b 100644
--- a/src/CodexAppServerClient.ts
+++ b/src/CodexAppServerClient.ts
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ import type {
     SkillsListParams,
     SkillsListResponse,
     ListMcpServerStatusParams,
-    ListMcpServerStatusResponse,
+    ListMcpServerStatusResponse, ConfigReadParams, ConfigReadResponse,
 } from "./app-server/v2";
 
 export interface ApprovalHandler {
@@ -124,6 +124,10 @@ export class CodexAppServerClient {
         return await this.sendRequest({ method: "account/logout", params: undefined });
     }
 
+    async configRead(params: ConfigReadParams): Promise<ConfigReadResponse> {
+        return await this.sendRequest({ method: "config/read", params: params });
+    }
+
     async awaitLoginCompleted(): Promise<AccountLoginCompletedNotification> {
         return await new Promise((resolve) => {
             this.connection.onNotification("account/login/completed", (event: AccountLoginCompletedNotification) => {
diff --git a/src/__tests__/CodexACPAgent/CodexAcpClient.test.ts b/src/__tests__/CodexACPAgent/CodexAcpClient.test.ts
index 3a4bbaab..7b1d91c3 100644
--- a/src/__tests__/CodexACPAgent/CodexAcpClient.test.ts
+++ b/src/__tests__/CodexACPAgent/CodexAcpClient.test.ts
@@ -54,6 +54,11 @@ describe('ACP server test', { timeout: 40_000 }, () => {
 
         await codexAcpAgent.initialize({protocolVersion: 1});
         await fixture.getCodexAcpClient().logout();
+
+
+        const unauthenticatedResponse = await fixture.getCodexAcpAgent().extMethod("authentication/status", {});
+        expect(unauthenticatedResponse).toEqual({type: "unauthenticated"});
+
         fixture.clearCodexConnectionDump();
 
         const authRequest: CodexAuthRequest = { methodId: "api-key", _meta: { "api-key": { apiKey: "TOKEN" }}}
@@ -63,6 +68,13 @@ describe('ACP server test', { timeout: 40_000 }, () => {
 
         const transportDump = fixture.getCodexConnectionDump([...ignoredFields, "upgrade"]);
         await expect(transportDump).toMatchFileSnapshot("data/auth-with-key.json");
+
+        const authenticatedResponse = await fixture.getCodexAcpAgent().extMethod("authentication/status", {});
+        expect(authenticatedResponse).toEqual({type: "api-key"});
+
+        await fixture.getCodexAcpAgent().extMethod("authentication/logout", {});
+        const logoutResponse = await fixture.getCodexAcpAgent().extMethod("authentication/status", {});
+        expect(logoutResponse).toEqual({type: "unauthenticated"});
     });
 
     it('should authenticate with a gateway', async () => {
@@ -86,6 +98,9 @@ describe('ACP server test', { timeout: 40_000 }, () => {
         await codexAcpAgent.authenticate(authRequest);
         expect(await fixture.getCodexAcpClient().authRequired()).toBe(false);
 
+        const authenticatedResponse = await fixture.getCodexAcpAgent().extMethod("authentication/status", {});
+        expect(authenticatedResponse).toEqual({type: "gateway", name: "custom-gateway"});
+
         const newSessionResponse = await codexAcpAgent.newSession({cwd: "", mcpServers: []});
         expect(newSessionResponse.sessionId).toBeDefined()
     })
@@ -358,7 +373,7 @@ describe('ACP server test', { timeout: 40_000 }, () => {
 
         const sessionState: SessionState = createTestSessionState();
 
-        const logoutSpy = vi.spyOn(mockFixture.getCodexAcpClient(), "logout").mockResolvedValue(undefined);
+        const logoutSpy = vi.spyOn(mockFixture.getCodexAcpClient(), "logout").mockResolvedValue({});
 
         // @ts-expect-error - exercising private helper
         const handled = await codexAcpAgent.availableCommands.handleCommand({ name: "logout", input: null }, sessionState);