diff --git a/services/appview/src/index.ts b/services/appview/src/index.ts
index 44c3f33..e0fbdc2 100644
--- a/services/appview/src/index.ts
+++ b/services/appview/src/index.ts
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ import { createUpdateSubjectStatusRouter } from './routes/com/atproto/admin/upda
 import { createGetRecordRouter } from './routes/com/atproto/repo/getRecord.js'
 import { createGetAccountInfosRouter } from './routes/com/atproto/admin/getAccountInfos.js'
 import { createGetSubjectStatusRouter } from './routes/com/atproto/admin/getSubjectStatus.js'
+import { createResolveHandleRouter } from './routes/com/atproto/identity/resolveHandle.js'
 import wellKnownRouter from './well-known.js'
 import { TakedownService } from './services/takedown.js'
 import { IndexingService } from './services/indexing.js'
@@ -114,7 +115,8 @@ export class Server {
     const getRecordRouter = createGetRecordRouter(ctx)
     const getAccountInfosRouter = createGetAccountInfosRouter(ctx)
     const getSubjectStatusRouter = createGetSubjectStatusRouter(ctx)
-
+    const resolveHandleRouter = createResolveHandleRouter(ctx)
+    
     app.route('/', getPostsRouter)
     app.route('/', getPostThreadRouter)
     app.route('/', getProfileRouter)
@@ -127,6 +129,7 @@ export class Server {
     app.route('/', getRecordRouter)
     app.route('/', getAccountInfosRouter)
     app.route('/', getSubjectStatusRouter)
+    app.route('/', resolveHandleRouter)
     app.route('/', wellKnownRouter())
 
     // Root route
diff --git a/services/appview/src/routes/com/atproto/admin/getSubjectStatus.ts b/services/appview/src/routes/com/atproto/admin/getSubjectStatus.ts
index 72b6d70..990c05e 100644
--- a/services/appview/src/routes/com/atproto/admin/getSubjectStatus.ts
+++ b/services/appview/src/routes/com/atproto/admin/getSubjectStatus.ts
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ import { AppContext } from '../../../../index.js'
 export const createGetSubjectStatusRouter = (ctx: AppContext) => {
   const router = new Hono()
 
-  router.get('/xrpc/com.atproto.admin.getSubjectStatus', (c, next) => optionalAuthMiddleware(c, next), async (c) => {
+  router.get('/xrpc/com.atproto.admin.getSubjectStatus', (c, next) => authMiddleware(c, next, true), async (c) => {
     const did = c.req.query('did')
     const uri = c.req.query('uri')
     const blob = c.req.query('blob')
diff --git a/services/appview/src/routes/com/atproto/identity/resolveHandle.ts b/services/appview/src/routes/com/atproto/identity/resolveHandle.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d5e97b8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/services/appview/src/routes/com/atproto/identity/resolveHandle.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+import * as ident from '@atproto/syntax'
+import { InvalidRequestError } from '@atproto/xrpc-server'
+import { Server } from '../../../../lexicon'
+import { AppContext } from '../../../..'
+import { Hono } from 'hono'
+
+export const createResolveHandleRouter = (ctx: AppContext) => {
+  const router = new Hono()
+
+  router.get('/xrpc/com.atproto.identity.resolveHandle', async (c) => {
+    if (!c.req.query('handle')) {
+      throw new InvalidRequestError('Missing handle')
+    }
+
+    const handle = ident.normalizeHandle(c.req.query('handle')!)
+
+    const actor = await ctx.db.models.Actor.findOne({ handle })
+    if (!actor) {
+      throw new InvalidRequestError('Unable to resolve handle')
+    }
+
+    return c.json({ did: actor.did })
+  })
+
+  return router
+}
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