fix the build

app/controllers/application_controller.rb

@@ -159,14 +159,7 @@ class ApplicationController < ActionController::Base
                        (request.xhr?) ||
                        ((params[:external_id] || '').ends_with? '.json')
 
-    invalid_user =
-      begin
-        current_user
-      rescue Discourse::InvalidAccess
-        nil
-      end
-
-    if show_json_errors || invalid_user
+    if show_json_errors
       # HACK: do not use render_json_error for topics#show
       if request.params[:controller] == 'topics' && request.params[:action] == 'show'
         return render status: status_code, layout: false, plain: (status_code == 404 || status_code == 410) ? build_not_found_page(status_code) : I18n.t(type)

spec/controllers/topics_controller_spec.rb

@@ -1065,13 +1065,6 @@ describe TopicsController do
 
           expect(response.code.to_i).to be(403)
           expect(response.body).to eq(I18n.t("invalid_access"))
-
-          get :show, params: {
-            topic_id: topic.id, slug: topic.slug, api_key: "bad"
-          }, format: :html
-
-          expect(response.code.to_i).to be(403)
-          expect(response.body).to eq(I18n.t("invalid_access"))
         end
       end
     end