diff --git a/cli/commands/auth/status.ts b/cli/commands/auth/status.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ea863c01c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cli/commands/auth/status.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+import { __, sprintf } from '@wordpress/i18n';
+import { AuthCommandLoggerAction as LoggerAction } from 'common/logger-actions';
+import { getUserInfo } from 'cli/lib/api';
+import { getAuthToken } from 'cli/lib/appdata';
+import { Logger, LoggerError } from 'cli/logger';
+import { StudioArgv } from 'cli/types';
+
+export async function runCommand(): Promise< void > {
+	const logger = new Logger< LoggerAction >();
+
+	logger.reportStart( LoggerAction.STATUS_CHECK, __( 'Checking authentication status…' ) );
+	let token: Awaited< ReturnType< typeof getAuthToken > >;
+
+	try {
+		token = await getAuthToken();
+	} catch ( error ) {
+		logger.reportError( new LoggerError( __( 'Authentication token is invalid or expired' ) ) );
+		return;
+	}
+
+	try {
+		const userData = await getUserInfo( token.accessToken );
+		logger.reportSuccess(
+			sprintf( __( 'Successfully authenticated with WordPress.com as `%s`' ), userData.username )
+		);
+	} catch ( error ) {
+		if ( error instanceof LoggerError ) {
+			logger.reportError( error );
+		} else {
+			logger.reportError( new LoggerError( __( 'Failed to check authentication status' ), error ) );
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+export const registerCommand = ( yargs: StudioArgv ) => {
+	return yargs.command( {
+		command: 'status',
+		describe: __( 'Check authentication status' ),
+		handler: async () => {
+			await runCommand();
+		},
+	} );
+};
diff --git a/cli/commands/auth/tests/status.test.ts b/cli/commands/auth/tests/status.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..9d2350e20
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cli/commands/auth/tests/status.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,87 @@
+import { getUserInfo } from 'cli/lib/api';
+import { getAuthToken } from 'cli/lib/appdata';
+import { Logger, LoggerError } from 'cli/logger';
+
+jest.mock( 'cli/lib/api' );
+jest.mock( 'cli/lib/appdata' );
+jest.mock( 'cli/logger' );
+
+describe( 'Auth Status Command', () => {
+	const mockToken = {
+		accessToken: 'existing-token',
+		id: 999,
+		email: 'existing@example.com',
+		displayName: 'Existing User',
+		expiresIn: 1209600,
+		expirationTime: Date.now() + 1209600000,
+	};
+	const mockUserData = {
+		username: 'testuser',
+	};
+
+	let mockLogger: {
+		reportStart: jest.Mock;
+		reportSuccess: jest.Mock;
+		reportError: jest.Mock;
+	};
+
+	beforeEach( () => {
+		jest.clearAllMocks();
+
+		mockLogger = {
+			reportStart: jest.fn(),
+			reportSuccess: jest.fn(),
+			reportError: jest.fn(),
+		};
+
+		( Logger as unknown as jest.Mock ).mockReturnValue( mockLogger );
+		( getAuthToken as jest.Mock ).mockResolvedValue( mockToken );
+		( getUserInfo as jest.Mock ).mockResolvedValue( mockUserData );
+	} );
+
+	afterEach( () => {
+		jest.restoreAllMocks();
+	} );
+
+	it( 'should report success when authenticated', async () => {
+		const { runCommand } = await import( '../status' );
+		await runCommand();
+
+		expect( mockLogger.reportStart ).toHaveBeenCalled();
+		expect( getAuthToken ).toHaveBeenCalled();
+		expect( getUserInfo ).toHaveBeenCalledWith( mockToken.accessToken );
+		expect( mockLogger.reportSuccess ).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
+			expect.stringContaining( 'Successfully authenticated with WordPress.com as `testuser`' )
+		);
+	} );
+
+	it( 'should report error when token is invalid', async () => {
+		( getAuthToken as jest.Mock ).mockRejectedValue( new Error( 'Token error' ) );
+
+		const { runCommand } = await import( '../status' );
+		await runCommand();
+
+		expect( mockLogger.reportError ).toHaveBeenCalled();
+		expect( mockLogger.reportError ).toHaveBeenCalledWith( expect.any( LoggerError ) );
+		expect( getUserInfo ).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+	} );
+
+	it( 'should forward LoggerError from getUserInfo', async () => {
+		const apiError = new LoggerError( 'API error' );
+		( getUserInfo as jest.Mock ).mockRejectedValue( apiError );
+
+		const { runCommand } = await import( '../status' );
+		await runCommand();
+
+		expect( mockLogger.reportError ).toHaveBeenCalledWith( apiError );
+	} );
+
+	it( 'should wrap unknown error when getUserInfo fails', async () => {
+		( getUserInfo as jest.Mock ).mockRejectedValue( new Error( 'Unknown error' ) );
+
+		const { runCommand } = await import( '../status' );
+		await runCommand();
+
+		expect( mockLogger.reportError ).toHaveBeenCalledWith( expect.any( LoggerError ) );
+	} );
+} );
diff --git a/cli/index.ts b/cli/index.ts
index f02605ea7..3fcf65f47 100644
--- a/cli/index.ts
+++ b/cli/index.ts
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import { StatsGroup, StatsMetric } from 'common/types/stats';
 import yargs from 'yargs';
 import { registerCommand as registerAuthLoginCommand } from 'cli/commands/auth/login';
 import { registerCommand as registerAuthLogoutCommand } from 'cli/commands/auth/logout';
+import { registerCommand as registerAuthStatusCommand } from 'cli/commands/auth/status';
 import { registerCommand as registerCreateCommand } from 'cli/commands/preview/create';
 import { registerCommand as registerDeleteCommand } from 'cli/commands/preview/delete';
 import { registerCommand as registerListCommand } from 'cli/commands/preview/list';
@@ -50,6 +51,7 @@ async function main() {
 		.command( 'auth', __( 'Manage authentication' ), ( authYargs ) => {
 			registerAuthLoginCommand( authYargs );
 			registerAuthLogoutCommand( authYargs );
+			registerAuthStatusCommand( authYargs );
 			authYargs.demandCommand( 1, __( 'You must provide a valid auth command' ) );
 		} )
 		.command( 'preview', __( 'Manage preview sites' ), ( previewYargs ) => {
diff --git a/cli/lib/api.ts b/cli/lib/api.ts
index ac709b185..7c8956922 100644
--- a/cli/lib/api.ts
+++ b/cli/lib/api.ts
@@ -149,6 +149,7 @@ const userResponseSchema = z.object( {
 	ID: z.number(),
 	email: z.string().email(),
 	display_name: z.string(),
+	username: z.string(),
 } );
 
 export async function getUserInfo(
@@ -157,7 +158,7 @@ export async function getUserInfo(
 	const wpcom = wpcomFactory( token, wpcomXhrRequest );
 	try {
 		const rawResponse = await wpcom.req.get( '/me', {
-			fields: 'ID,login,email,display_name',
+			fields: 'ID,username,email,display_name',
 		} );
 		return userResponseSchema.parse( rawResponse );
 	} catch ( error ) {
diff --git a/common/logger-actions.ts b/common/logger-actions.ts
index 0e07a70fb..b847b7d1e 100644
--- a/common/logger-actions.ts
+++ b/common/logger-actions.ts
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 export enum AuthCommandLoggerAction {
 	LOGIN = 'login',
 	LOGOUT = 'logout',
+	STATUS_CHECK = 'status_check',
 }
 
 export enum PreviewCommandLoggerAction {