diff --git a/packages/cli/src/modules/oauth-server/__tests__/oauth.controller.api.test.ts b/packages/cli/src/modules/oauth-server/__tests__/oauth.controller.api.test.ts
index 7952ecce39b..6834b78b155 100644
--- a/packages/cli/src/modules/oauth-server/__tests__/oauth.controller.api.test.ts
+++ b/packages/cli/src/modules/oauth-server/__tests__/oauth.controller.api.test.ts
@@ -146,6 +146,47 @@ describe('GET /.well-known/oauth-protected-resource/mcp-server/http', () => {
 	});
 });
 
+describe('GET /.well-known/oauth-protected-resource (bare path)', () => {
+	test('resolves to the default registered resource', async () => {
+		const response = await testServer.restlessAgent.get('/.well-known/oauth-protected-resource');
+
+		expect(response.statusCode).toBe(200);
+		expect(response.body).toEqual({
+			resource: expect.stringContaining('/mcp-server/http'),
+			bearer_methods_supported: ['header'],
+			authorization_servers: [expect.any(String)],
+			...(SUPPORTED_SCOPES.length > 0 && { scopes_supported: SUPPORTED_SCOPES }),
+		});
+	});
+
+	test('matches the resource-scoped metadata for the default resource', async () => {
+		const bareResponse = await testServer.restlessAgent.get(
+			'/.well-known/oauth-protected-resource',
+		);
+		const scopedResponse = await testServer.restlessAgent.get(
+			'/.well-known/oauth-protected-resource/mcp-server/http',
+		);
+
+		expect(bareResponse.statusCode).toBe(200);
+		expect(bareResponse.body).toEqual(scopedResponse.body);
+	});
+
+	test('is accessible without authentication', async () => {
+		const response = await testServer.restlessAgent.get('/.well-known/oauth-protected-resource');
+
+		expect(response.statusCode).toBe(200);
+	});
+
+	test('responds to OPTIONS with CORS headers', async () => {
+		const response = await testServer.restlessAgent.options(
+			'/.well-known/oauth-protected-resource',
+		);
+
+		expect(response.statusCode).toBe(204);
+		expect(response.headers['access-control-allow-origin']).toBe('*');
+	});
+});
+
 describe('POST /mcp-oauth/register', () => {
 	beforeEach(async () => {
 		await mcpSettingsService.setEnabled(true);
@@ -829,6 +870,8 @@ describe('IP rate limit configuration', () => {
 		'metadataOptions',
 		'protectedResourceMetadata',
 		'protectedResourceMetadataOptions',
+		'defaultProtectedResourceMetadata',
+		'defaultProtectedResourceMetadataOptions',
 	])('applies the configured well-known limit to %s', (handlerName) => {
 		const config = Container.get(OAuthServerConfig);
 		const routeMetadata = Container.get(ControllerRegistryMetadata).getRouteMetadata(
diff --git a/packages/cli/src/modules/oauth-server/oauth.controller.ts b/packages/cli/src/modules/oauth-server/oauth.controller.ts
index b6bdeca1fb3..8c1c63b80fe 100644
--- a/packages/cli/src/modules/oauth-server/oauth.controller.ts
+++ b/packages/cli/src/modules/oauth-server/oauth.controller.ts
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ import {
 import { Container } from '@n8n/di';
 import type { Response, Request, RequestHandler, Router } from 'express';
 
+import type { ProtectedResource } from '@/services/protected-resource.registry';
 import { ProtectedResourceRegistry } from '@/services/protected-resource.registry';
 import { UrlService } from '@/services/url.service';
 
@@ -213,6 +214,54 @@ export class OAuthController {
 			return;
 		}
 
+		res.json(this.buildProtectedResourceMetadata(resource));
+	}
+
+	@Options('/.well-known/oauth-protected-resource', {
+		skipAuth: true,
+		usesTemplates: true,
+		ipRateLimit: wellKnownIpRateLimit,
+	})
+	defaultProtectedResourceMetadataOptions(_req: Request, res: Response) {
+		this.setCorsHeaders(res);
+		res.status(204).end();
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * RFC 9728 protected-resource metadata for the bare `/.well-known/
+	 * oauth-protected-resource` path (no resource-path suffix).
+	 *
+	 * Per RFC 9728 §3.1, a resource server whose resource identifier has no
+	 * path component publishes its metadata at this exact well-known URI.
+	 * We also serve it as a courtesy for clients that probe the origin-level
+	 * document before (or instead of) the resource-scoped one advertised via
+	 * `WWW-Authenticate: resource_metadata=...` — without this route, such a
+	 * probe previously fell through to the SPA's catch-all handler, which
+	 * answered with `200 text/html` instead of a clean `404`, breaking OAuth
+	 * discovery for clients that don't special-case a non-JSON `200`.
+	 *
+	 * Resolves to this instance's default protected resource (today, always
+	 * the single instance-wide MCP resource); returns 404 when no default is
+	 * registered so the caller can fall back to the resource-scoped URL.
+	 */
+	@Get('/.well-known/oauth-protected-resource', {
+		skipAuth: true,
+		usesTemplates: true,
+		ipRateLimit: wellKnownIpRateLimit,
+	})
+	defaultProtectedResourceMetadata(_req: Request, res: Response) {
+		this.setCorsHeaders(res);
+
+		const resource = this.resourceRegistry.getDefaultResource();
+		if (!resource) {
+			res.status(404).json({ message: 'Unknown protected resource' });
+			return;
+		}
+
+		res.json(this.buildProtectedResourceMetadata(resource));
+	}
+
+	private buildProtectedResourceMetadata(resource: ProtectedResource): Record<string, unknown> {
 		const baseUrl = this.urlService.getInstanceBaseUrl();
 		const metadata: Record<string, unknown> = {
 			resource: resource.getResourceUrl(),
@@ -224,6 +273,6 @@ export class OAuthController {
 			metadata.scopes_supported = resource.scopes;
 		}
 
-		res.json(metadata);
+		return metadata;
 	}
 }