diff --git a/jupyter_server/serverapp.py b/jupyter_server/serverapp.py
index 99d3d558b8..0cdd401296 100644
--- a/jupyter_server/serverapp.py
+++ b/jupyter_server/serverapp.py
@@ -538,8 +538,7 @@ def _check_handler_auth(
             method = getattr(handler, method_name.lower())
             is_unimplemented = method == web.RequestHandler._unimplemented_method
             is_allowlisted = hasattr(method, "__allow_unauthenticated")
-            # TODO: modify `tornado.web.authenticated` upstream?
-            is_blocklisted = method.__code__.co_qualname.startswith("authenticated")
+            is_blocklisted = _has_tornado_web_authenticated(method)
             if not is_unimplemented and not is_allowlisted and not is_blocklisted:
                 missing_authentication.append(
                     f"- {method_name} of {handler.__name__} registered for {matcher}"
@@ -547,6 +546,25 @@ def _check_handler_auth(
         return missing_authentication
 
 
+def _has_tornado_web_authenticated(method: t.Callable[..., t.Any]) -> bool:
+    """Check if given method was decorated with @web.authenticated.
+
+    Note: it is ok if we reject on @authorized @web.authenticated
+    because the correct order is @web.authenticated @authorized.
+    """
+    if not hasattr(method, "__wrapped__"):
+        return False
+    if not hasattr(method, "__code__"):
+        return False
+    code = method.__code__
+    if hasattr(code, "co_qualname"):
+        # new in 3.11
+        return code.co_qualname.startswith("authenticated")  # type:ignore[no-any-return]
+    elif hasattr(code, "co_filename"):
+        return code.co_filename.replace("\\", "/").endswith("tornado/web.py")
+    return False
+
+
 class JupyterPasswordApp(JupyterApp):
     """Set a password for the Jupyter server.
 
diff --git a/tests/test_serverapp.py b/tests/test_serverapp.py
index eade03a24c..e5fe9ddae8 100644
--- a/tests/test_serverapp.py
+++ b/tests/test_serverapp.py
@@ -9,16 +9,19 @@
 
 import pytest
 from jupyter_core.application import NoStart
+from tornado import web
 from traitlets import TraitError
 from traitlets.config import Config
 from traitlets.tests.utils import check_help_all_output
 
+from jupyter_server.auth.decorator import allow_unauthenticated, authorized
 from jupyter_server.auth.security import passwd_check
 from jupyter_server.serverapp import (
     JupyterPasswordApp,
     JupyterServerListApp,
     ServerApp,
     ServerWebApplication,
+    _has_tornado_web_authenticated,
     list_running_servers,
     random_ports,
 )
@@ -637,3 +640,22 @@ def test_immutable_cache_trait():
     serverapp.init_configurables()
     serverapp.init_webapp()
     assert serverapp.web_app.settings["static_immutable_cache"] == ["/test/immutable"]
+
+
+def test():
+    pass
+
+
+@pytest.mark.parametrize(
+    "method, expected",
+    [
+        [test, False],
+        [allow_unauthenticated(test), False],
+        [authorized(test), False],
+        [web.authenticated(test), True],
+        [web.authenticated(authorized(test)), True],
+        [authorized(web.authenticated(test)), False],  # wrong order!
+    ],
+)
+def test_tornado_authentication_detection(method, expected):
+    assert _has_tornado_web_authenticated(method) == expected