diff --git a/packages/backend/src/ee/accountPermissionSyncer.ts b/packages/backend/src/ee/accountPermissionSyncer.ts
index a1c879a2..45bd46ee 100644
--- a/packages/backend/src/ee/accountPermissionSyncer.ts
+++ b/packages/backend/src/ee/accountPermissionSyncer.ts
@@ -1,11 +1,19 @@
 import * as Sentry from "@sentry/node";
-import { PrismaClient, AccountPermissionSyncJobStatus, Account} from "@sourcebot/db";
+import { PrismaClient, AccountPermissionSyncJobStatus, Account } from "@sourcebot/db";
 import { env, hasEntitlement, createLogger } from "@sourcebot/shared";
 import { Job, Queue, Worker } from "bullmq";
 import { Redis } from "ioredis";
 import { PERMISSION_SYNC_SUPPORTED_CODE_HOST_TYPES } from "../constants.js";
-import { createOctokitFromToken, getReposForAuthenticatedUser } from "../github.js";
-import { createGitLabFromOAuthToken, getProjectsForAuthenticatedUser } from "../gitlab.js";
+import {
+    createOctokitFromToken,
+    getOAuthScopesForAuthenticatedUser as getGitHubOAuthScopesForAuthenticatedUser,
+    getReposForAuthenticatedUser,
+} from "../github.js";
+import {
+    createGitLabFromOAuthToken,
+    getOAuthScopesForAuthenticatedUser as getGitLabOAuthScopesForAuthenticatedUser,
+    getProjectsForAuthenticatedUser,
+} from "../gitlab.js";
 import { Settings } from "../types.js";
 import { setIntervalAsync } from "../utils.js";
 
@@ -163,6 +171,12 @@ export class AccountPermissionSyncer {
                     token: account.access_token,
                     url: env.AUTH_EE_GITHUB_BASE_URL,
                 });
+
+                const scopes = await getGitHubOAuthScopesForAuthenticatedUser(octokit);
+                if (!scopes.includes('repo')) {
+                    throw new Error(`OAuth token with scopes [${scopes.join(', ')}] is missing the 'repo' scope required for permission syncing.`);
+                }
+
                 // @note: we only care about the private repos since we don't need to build a mapping
                 // for public repos.
                 // @see: packages/web/src/prisma.ts
@@ -189,6 +203,11 @@ export class AccountPermissionSyncer {
                     url: env.AUTH_EE_GITLAB_BASE_URL,
                 });
 
+                const scopes = await getGitLabOAuthScopesForAuthenticatedUser(api);
+                if (!scopes.includes('read_api')) {
+                    throw new Error(`OAuth token with scopes [${scopes.join(', ')}] is missing the 'read_api' scope required for permission syncing.`);
+                }
+
                 // @note: we only care about the private and internal repos since we don't need to build a mapping
                 // for public repos.
                 // @see: packages/web/src/prisma.ts
diff --git a/packages/backend/src/github.ts b/packages/backend/src/github.ts
index 49ce1d37..85169058 100644
--- a/packages/backend/src/github.ts
+++ b/packages/backend/src/github.ts
@@ -197,6 +197,20 @@ export const getReposForAuthenticatedUser = async (visibility: 'all' | 'private'
     }
 }
 
+// Gets oauth scopes
+// @see: https://github.com/octokit/auth-token.js/?tab=readme-ov-file#find-out-what-scopes-are-enabled-for-oauth-tokens
+export const getOAuthScopesForAuthenticatedUser = async (octokit: Octokit) => {
+    try {
+        const response = await octokit.request("HEAD /");
+        const scopes = response.headers["x-oauth-scopes"]?.split(/,\s+/) || [];
+        return scopes;
+    } catch (error) {
+        Sentry.captureException(error);
+        logger.error(`Failed to fetch OAuth scopes for authenticated user.`, error);
+        throw error;
+    }
+}
+
 const getReposOwnedByUsers = async (users: string[], octokit: Octokit, signal: AbortSignal, url?: string) => {
     const results = await Promise.allSettled(users.map((user) => githubQueryLimit(async () => {
         try {
diff --git a/packages/backend/src/gitlab.ts b/packages/backend/src/gitlab.ts
index b461d59b..6cf25de9 100644
--- a/packages/backend/src/gitlab.ts
+++ b/packages/backend/src/gitlab.ts
@@ -41,8 +41,8 @@ export const getGitLabReposFromConfig = async (config: GitlabConnectionConfig) =
     const token = config.token ?
         await getTokenFromConfig(config.token) :
         hostname === GITLAB_CLOUD_HOSTNAME ?
-        env.FALLBACK_GITLAB_CLOUD_TOKEN :
-        undefined;
+            env.FALLBACK_GITLAB_CLOUD_TOKEN :
+            undefined;
 
     const api = await createGitLabFromPersonalAccessToken({
         token,
@@ -202,7 +202,7 @@ export const getGitLabReposFromConfig = async (config: GitlabConnectionConfig) =
 
             return !isExcluded;
         });
-        
+
     logger.debug(`Found ${repos.length} total repositories.`);
 
     return {
@@ -311,4 +311,29 @@ export const getProjectsForAuthenticatedUser = async (visibility: 'private' | 'i
         logger.error(`Failed to fetch projects for authenticated user.`, error);
         throw error;
     }
+}
+
+// Fetches OAuth scopes for the authenticated user.
+// @see: https://github.com/doorkeeper-gem/doorkeeper/wiki/API-endpoint-descriptions-and-examples#get----oauthtokeninfo
+// @see: https://docs.gitlab.com/api/oauth2/#retrieve-the-token-information
+export const getOAuthScopesForAuthenticatedUser = async (api: InstanceType<typeof Gitlab>) => {
+    try {
+        const response = await api.requester.get('/oauth/token/info');
+        console.log('response', response);
+        if (
+            response &&
+            typeof response.body === 'object' &&
+            response.body !== null &&
+            'scope' in response.body &&
+            Array.isArray(response.body.scope)
+        ) {
+            return response.body.scope;
+        }
+
+        throw new Error('/oauth/token_info response body is not in the expected format.');
+    } catch (error) {
+        Sentry.captureException(error);
+        logger.error('Failed to fetch OAuth scopes for authenticated user.', error);
+        throw error;
+    }
 }
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