diff --git a/app/controllers/api/v1/instances/activity_controller.rb b/app/controllers/api/v1/instances/activity_controller.rb
index 4fb5a69d8b..b30e8464c3 100644
--- a/app/controllers/api/v1/instances/activity_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/api/v1/instances/activity_controller.rb
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ class Api::V1::Instances::ActivityController < Api::BaseController
   before_action :require_enabled_api!
 
   skip_before_action :set_cache_headers
+  skip_before_action :require_authenticated_user!, unless: :whitelist_mode?
 
   respond_to :json
 
diff --git a/app/controllers/api/v1/instances/peers_controller.rb b/app/controllers/api/v1/instances/peers_controller.rb
index 75c3cb4ba8..cc00d8a6bc 100644
--- a/app/controllers/api/v1/instances/peers_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/api/v1/instances/peers_controller.rb
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ class Api::V1::Instances::PeersController < Api::BaseController
   before_action :require_enabled_api!
 
   skip_before_action :set_cache_headers
+  skip_before_action :require_authenticated_user!, unless: :whitelist_mode?
 
   respond_to :json
 
diff --git a/app/controllers/api/v1/instances_controller.rb b/app/controllers/api/v1/instances_controller.rb
index 8d8231423e..c323b60b42 100644
--- a/app/controllers/api/v1/instances_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/api/v1/instances_controller.rb
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ class Api::V1::InstancesController < Api::BaseController
   respond_to :json
 
   skip_before_action :set_cache_headers
+  skip_before_action :require_authenticated_user!, unless: :whitelist_mode?
 
   def show
     expires_in 3.minutes, public: true