diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index b239c7ad54..8c8ba1ccc6 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@
     "eslint-plugin-n": "^14.0.0",
     "eslint-plugin-prettier": "^5.0.0-alpha.1",
     "gts": "5.3.0",
+    "http-status-codes": "^2.3.0",
     "mocha": "^10.2.0",
     "nunjucks": "^3.2.4",
     "prettier": "^3.0.3",
diff --git a/run/service-auth/index.js b/run/service-auth/index.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..801327430d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/run/service-auth/index.js
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+// Copyright 2025 Google LLC
+//
+// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+// you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+// You may obtain a copy of the License at
+//
+//     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+//
+// Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+// distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+// WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+// See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+// limitations under the License.
+
+'use strict';
+
+const express = require('express');
+const {receiveRequestAndParseAuthHeader} = require('./receive');
+
+const app = express();
+
+app.get('/', async (req, res) => {
+  try {
+    const response = await receiveRequestAndParseAuthHeader(req);
+
+    const status = response.includes('Hello') ? 200 : 401;
+    res.status(status).send(response);
+  } catch (e) {
+    res.status(401).send(`Error verifying ID token: ${e.message}`);
+  }
+});
+
+const PORT = process.env.PORT || 8080;
+app.listen(PORT, () => {
+  console.log(`Server is running on port ${PORT}`);
+});
+
+module.exports = app;
diff --git a/run/service-auth/package.json b/run/service-auth/package.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..07bb8f7973
--- /dev/null
+++ b/run/service-auth/package.json
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+{
+    "name": "service-auth",
+    "description": "Node.js samples for authenticated service-to-service communication",
+    "version": "0.0.1",
+    "private": true,
+    "license": "Apache-2.0",
+    "author": "Google LLC",
+    "engines": {
+        "node": "20.x"
+    },
+    "scripts": {
+        "start": "node index.js",
+        "deploy": "gcloud run deploy service-auth --source .",
+        "unit-test": "c8 mocha -p -j 2 test/ --timeout=10000 --exit",
+        "test": "npm run unit-test"
+    },
+    "dependencies": {
+        "express": "^4.17.1",
+        "google-auth-library": "^9.0.0"
+    },
+    "devDependencies": {
+        "axios": "^1.8.4",
+        "c8": "^10.0.0",
+        "chai": "^4.5.0",
+        "mocha": "^10.0.0",
+        "sinon": "^18.0.0",
+        "uuid": "^11.1.0"
+    }
+}
diff --git a/run/service-auth/receive.js b/run/service-auth/receive.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..5049a41b9f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/run/service-auth/receive.js
@@ -0,0 +1,60 @@
+// Copyright 2025 Google LLC
+//
+// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+// you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+// You may obtain a copy of the License at
+//
+//     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+//
+// Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+// distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+// WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+// See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+// limitations under the License.
+
+'use strict';
+
+async function main(req) {
+  // [START auth_validate_and_decode_bearer_token_on_express]
+  // [START cloudrun_service_to_service_receive]
+  const {OAuth2Client} = require('google-auth-library');
+
+  const client = new OAuth2Client();
+
+  // Inner function that parses and verifies the token.
+  async function receiveRequestAndParseAuthHeader(request) {
+    const authHeader = request.headers.authorization;
+    if (authHeader) {
+      // Split the auth type and token value from the Authorization header.
+      const [type, token] = authHeader.split(' ');
+
+      if (type.toLowerCase() === 'bearer') {
+        // More info on verifyIdToken:
+        // https://github.com/googleapis/google-auth-library-nodejs/blob/main/samples/verifyIdToken-iap.js
+        try {
+          const ticket = await client.verifyIdToken({
+            idToken: token,
+            audience: process.env.CLIENT_ID,
+          });
+          const payload = ticket.getPayload();
+          console.log(`Hello, ${payload.email}!\n`);
+          return;
+        } catch (err) {
+          console.log(`Invalid token: ${err.message}\n`);
+          return;
+        }
+      } else {
+        console.log(`Unhandled header format(${type}).\n`);
+        return;
+      }
+    }
+
+    console.log('Hello, anonymous user.\n');
+  }
+
+  await receiveRequestAndParseAuthHeader(req);
+}
+// [END cloudrun_service_to_service_receive]
+// [END auth_validate_and_decode_bearer_token_on_express]
+
+module.exports = {main};
diff --git a/run/service-auth/test/receive.test.js b/run/service-auth/test/receive.test.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..9c4d36812d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/run/service-auth/test/receive.test.js
@@ -0,0 +1,97 @@
+// Copyright 2025 Google LLC
+//
+// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+// you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+// You may obtain a copy of the License at
+//
+//     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+//
+// Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+// distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+// WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+// See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+// limitations under the License.
+
+'use strict';
+
+const {expect} = require('chai');
+const axios = require('axios');
+const {execSync} = require('child_process');
+const {v4: uuidv4} = require('uuid');
+const {StatusCodes} = require('http-status-codes');
+
+const TEST_INVALID_TOKEN = 'test-invalid-token';
+const PROJECT_ID = process.env.GOOGLE_CLOUD_PROJECT;
+const REGION = 'us-central1';
+
+describe('receiveRequestAndParseAuthHeader sample (Cloud Run integration)', function () {
+  this.timeout(5 * 60 * 1000); // 5 minutes for deploy + test
+  const serviceName = `receive-${uuidv4().slice(0, 8)}`;
+  let serviceUrl;
+
+  before(() => {
+    console.log(`Deploying Cloud Run service: ${serviceName}...`);
+    execSync(
+      `gcloud run deploy ${serviceName} \
+      --project=${PROJECT_ID} \
+      --region=${REGION} \
+      --source=. \
+      --allow-unauthenticated \
+      --quiet`,
+      {stdio: 'inherit'}
+    );
+
+    console.log('Fetching service URL...');
+    serviceUrl = execSync(`gcloud run services describe ${serviceName} \
+      --project=${PROJECT_ID} \
+      --region=${REGION} \
+      --format='value(status.url)'`)
+      .toString()
+      .trim();
+
+    console.log(`Service URL: ${serviceUrl}`);
+  });
+
+  after(() => {
+    console.log(`Deleting service: ${serviceName}...`);
+    execSync(`gcloud run services delete ${serviceName} \
+      --project=${PROJECT_ID} \
+      --region=${REGION} \
+      --quiet`);
+  });
+
+  function getIdentityToken() {
+    return execSync('gcloud auth print-identity-token').toString().trim();
+  }
+
+  it('should respond with greeting if token is valid', async () => {
+    const token = getIdentityToken();
+    const res = await axios.get(serviceUrl, {
+      headers: {
+        Authorization: `Bearer ${token}`,
+      },
+    });
+
+    expect(res.status).to.equal(StatusCodes.OK);
+    expect(res.data).to.match(/^Hello, .@.\.\w+!\n$/);
+  });
+
+  it('should respond with anonymous if no token is provided', async () => {
+    const res = await axios.get(serviceUrl);
+    expect(res.status).to.equal(StatusCodes.OK);
+    expect(res.data).to.equal('Hello, anonymous user.\n');
+  });
+
+  it('should respond with unoauthorized if token is invalid', async () => {
+    try {
+      await axios.get(serviceUrl, {
+        headers: {
+          Authorization: `Bearer ${TEST_INVALID_TOKEN}`,
+        },
+      });
+    } catch (err) {
+      expect(err.response.status).to.equal(StatusCodes.UNAUTHORIZED);
+      expect(err.response.data).to.include('Invalid token');
+    }
+  });
+});