diff --git a/components/dashboard/src/service/json-rpc-authprovider-client.ts b/components/dashboard/src/service/json-rpc-authprovider-client.ts
index 57c94cbe39d04c..449307f8a541b5 100644
--- a/components/dashboard/src/service/json-rpc-authprovider-client.ts
+++ b/components/dashboard/src/service/json-rpc-authprovider-client.ts
@@ -103,7 +103,10 @@ export class JsonRpcAuthProviderClient implements PromiseClient<typeof AuthProvi
     async listAuthProviderDescriptions(
         request: PartialMessage<ListAuthProviderDescriptionsRequest>,
     ): Promise<ListAuthProviderDescriptionsResponse> {
-        throw new ConnectError("unimplemented", Code.Unimplemented);
+        const aps = await getGitpodService().server.getAuthProviders();
+        return new ListAuthProviderDescriptionsResponse({
+            descriptions: aps.map((ap) => converter.toAuthProviderDescription(ap)),
+        });
     }
 
     async updateAuthProvider(request: PartialMessage<UpdateAuthProviderRequest>): Promise<UpdateAuthProviderResponse> {
diff --git a/components/gitpod-protocol/src/public-api-converter.ts b/components/gitpod-protocol/src/public-api-converter.ts
index 27e90894436a6f..80206204b56bd3 100644
--- a/components/gitpod-protocol/src/public-api-converter.ts
+++ b/components/gitpod-protocol/src/public-api-converter.ts
@@ -6,7 +6,12 @@
 
 import { Timestamp } from "@bufbuild/protobuf";
 import { Code, ConnectError } from "@connectrpc/connect";
-import { AuthProvider, AuthProviderType, OAuth2Config } from "@gitpod/public-api/lib/gitpod/v1/authprovider_pb";
+import {
+    AuthProvider,
+    AuthProviderDescription,
+    AuthProviderType,
+    OAuth2Config,
+} from "@gitpod/public-api/lib/gitpod/v1/authprovider_pb";
 import {
     Organization,
     OrganizationMember,
@@ -31,6 +36,7 @@ import { ContextURL } from "./context-url";
 import { ApplicationError, ErrorCode, ErrorCodes } from "./messaging/error";
 import {
     AuthProviderEntry as AuthProviderProtocol,
+    AuthProviderInfo,
     CommitContext,
     EnvVarWithValue,
     Workspace as ProtocolWorkspace,
@@ -379,11 +385,20 @@ export class PublicAPIConverter {
         return result;
     }
 
+    toAuthProviderDescription(ap: AuthProviderInfo): AuthProviderDescription {
+        const result = new AuthProviderDescription({
+            id: ap.authProviderId,
+            host: ap.host,
+            type: this.toAuthProviderType(ap.authProviderType),
+        });
+        return result;
+    }
+
     toAuthProvider(ap: AuthProviderProtocol): AuthProvider {
         const result = new AuthProvider({
             id: ap.id,
             host: ap.host,
-            type: this.toAuthProviderType(ap),
+            type: this.toAuthProviderType(ap.type),
             verified: ap.status === "verified",
             settingsUrl: ap.oauth?.settingsUrl,
             scopes: ap.oauth?.scope?.split(ap.oauth?.scopeSeparator || " ") || [],
@@ -410,8 +425,8 @@ export class PublicAPIConverter {
         });
     }
 
-    toAuthProviderType(ap: AuthProviderProtocol): AuthProviderType {
-        switch (ap.type) {
+    toAuthProviderType(type: string): AuthProviderType {
+        switch (type) {
             case "GitHub":
                 return AuthProviderType.GITHUB;
             case "GitLab":
diff --git a/components/server/src/api/auth-provider-service-api.ts b/components/server/src/api/auth-provider-service-api.ts
index 266cf2b09f757d..e58cf50d4b56ae 100644
--- a/components/server/src/api/auth-provider-service-api.ts
+++ b/components/server/src/api/auth-provider-service-api.ts
@@ -23,7 +23,8 @@ import {
     DeleteAuthProviderResponse,
 } from "@gitpod/public-api/lib/gitpod/v1/authprovider_pb";
 import { AuthProviderService } from "../auth/auth-provider-service";
-import { AuthProviderEntry } from "@gitpod/gitpod-protocol";
+import { AuthProviderEntry, AuthProviderInfo } from "@gitpod/gitpod-protocol";
+import { Unauthenticated } from "./unauthenticated";
 
 @injectable()
 export class AuthProviderServiceAPI implements ServiceImpl<typeof AuthProviderServiceInterface> {
@@ -105,11 +106,22 @@ export class AuthProviderServiceAPI implements ServiceImpl<typeof AuthProviderSe
         return result;
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Listing descriptions of auth providers doesn't require authentication.
+     */
+    @Unauthenticated()
     async listAuthProviderDescriptions(
-        request: ListAuthProviderDescriptionsRequest,
+        _request: ListAuthProviderDescriptionsRequest,
         context: HandlerContext,
     ): Promise<ListAuthProviderDescriptionsResponse> {
-        throw new ConnectError("unimplemented", Code.Unimplemented);
+        const user = context.user;
+        const aps = user
+            ? await this.authProviderService.getAuthProviderDescriptions(user)
+            : await this.authProviderService.getAuthProviderDescriptionsUnauthenticated();
+
+        return new ListAuthProviderDescriptionsResponse({
+            descriptions: aps.map((ap: AuthProviderInfo) => this.apiConverter.toAuthProviderDescription(ap)),
+        });
     }
 
     async updateAuthProvider(