diff --git a/servers/fdr/src/controllers/api/getRegisterApiService.ts b/servers/fdr/src/controllers/api/getRegisterApiService.ts
index 44dadacac6..85b8ddfe5d 100644
--- a/servers/fdr/src/controllers/api/getRegisterApiService.ts
+++ b/servers/fdr/src/controllers/api/getRegisterApiService.ts
@@ -1,8 +1,11 @@
-import { SDKSnippetHolder, convertAPIDefinitionToDb } from "@fern-api/fdr-sdk";
+import { APIV1Write, SDKSnippetHolder, convertAPIDefinitionToDb } from "@fern-api/fdr-sdk";
 import { v4 as uuidv4 } from "uuid";
 import { APIV1WriteService } from "../../api";
 import { SdkRequest } from "../../api/generated/api";
 import type { FdrApplication } from "../../app";
+import { LOGGER } from "../../app/FdrApplication";
+import { SdkIdForPackage } from "../../db/sdk/SdkDao";
+import { SnippetTemplatesByEndpoint } from "../../db/snippets/SnippetTemplate";
 import { writeBuffer } from "../../util";
 
 const REGISTER_API_DEFINITION_META = {
@@ -22,62 +25,30 @@ export function getRegisterApiService(app: FdrApplication): APIV1WriteService {
 
             const snippetsConfigurationWithSdkIds = await app.dao.sdks().getSdkIdsForPackages(snippetsConfiguration);
             const sdkIds: string[] = [];
-            const sdkRequests: SdkRequest[] = [];
             if (snippetsConfigurationWithSdkIds.typescriptSdk != null) {
                 sdkIds.push(snippetsConfigurationWithSdkIds.typescriptSdk.sdkId);
-                sdkRequests.push({
-                    type: "typescript",
-                    package: snippetsConfigurationWithSdkIds.typescriptSdk.package,
-                    version: snippetsConfigurationWithSdkIds.typescriptSdk.version,
-                });
             }
             if (snippetsConfigurationWithSdkIds.pythonSdk != null) {
                 sdkIds.push(snippetsConfigurationWithSdkIds.pythonSdk.sdkId);
-                sdkRequests.push({
-                    type: "python",
-                    package: snippetsConfigurationWithSdkIds.pythonSdk.package,
-                    version: snippetsConfigurationWithSdkIds.pythonSdk.version,
-                });
             }
             if (snippetsConfigurationWithSdkIds.javaSdk != null) {
                 sdkIds.push(snippetsConfigurationWithSdkIds.javaSdk.sdkId);
-                const coordinate = snippetsConfigurationWithSdkIds.javaSdk.coordinate;
-                const [group, artifact] = coordinate.split(":");
-                if (group == null || artifact == null) {
-                    throw new Error(
-                        `Invalid coordinate for Java SDK: ${coordinate}. Must be in the format group:artifact`,
-                    );
-                }
-                sdkRequests.push({
-                    type: "java",
-                    group,
-                    artifact,
-                    version: snippetsConfigurationWithSdkIds.javaSdk.version,
-                });
             }
             if (snippetsConfigurationWithSdkIds.goSdk != null) {
                 sdkIds.push(snippetsConfigurationWithSdkIds.goSdk.sdkId);
-                sdkRequests.push({
-                    type: "go",
-                    githubRepo: snippetsConfigurationWithSdkIds.goSdk.githubRepo,
-                    version: snippetsConfigurationWithSdkIds.goSdk.version,
-                });
             }
             if (snippetsConfigurationWithSdkIds.rubySdk != null) {
                 sdkIds.push(snippetsConfigurationWithSdkIds.rubySdk.sdkId);
-                sdkRequests.push({
-                    type: "ruby",
-                    gem: snippetsConfigurationWithSdkIds.rubySdk.gem,
-                    version: snippetsConfigurationWithSdkIds.rubySdk.version,
-                });
             }
 
             const snippetsBySdkId = await app.dao.snippets().loadAllSnippetsForSdkIds(sdkIds);
-            const snippetTemplatesByEndpoint = await app.dao.snippetTemplates().loadSnippetTemplatesByEndpoint({
+            const snippetTemplatesByEndpoint = await getSnippetTemplatesIfEnabled({
+                app,
+                authorization: req.headers.authorization,
                 orgId: req.body.orgId,
                 apiId: req.body.apiId,
-                sdkRequests,
                 definition: req.body.definition,
+                snippetsConfigurationWithSdkIds,
             });
             const apiDefinitionId = uuidv4();
             const snippetHolder = new SDKSnippetHolder({
@@ -109,3 +80,84 @@ export function getRegisterApiService(app: FdrApplication): APIV1WriteService {
         },
     });
 }
+
+async function getSnippetTemplatesIfEnabled({
+    app,
+    authorization,
+    orgId,
+    apiId,
+    definition,
+    snippetsConfigurationWithSdkIds,
+}: {
+    app: FdrApplication;
+    authorization: string | undefined;
+    orgId: string;
+    apiId: string;
+    definition: APIV1Write.ApiDefinition;
+    snippetsConfigurationWithSdkIds: SdkIdForPackage;
+}): Promise<SnippetTemplatesByEndpoint> {
+    try {
+        const hasSnippetTemplatesAccess = await app.services.auth.checkOrgHasSnippetsApiAccess({
+            authHeader: authorization,
+            orgId,
+            failHard: false,
+        });
+        let snippetTemplatesByEndpoint: SnippetTemplatesByEndpoint = {};
+        if (hasSnippetTemplatesAccess) {
+            const sdkRequests: SdkRequest[] = [];
+            if (snippetsConfigurationWithSdkIds.typescriptSdk != null) {
+                sdkRequests.push({
+                    type: "typescript",
+                    package: snippetsConfigurationWithSdkIds.typescriptSdk.package,
+                    version: snippetsConfigurationWithSdkIds.typescriptSdk.version,
+                });
+            }
+            if (snippetsConfigurationWithSdkIds.pythonSdk != null) {
+                sdkRequests.push({
+                    type: "python",
+                    package: snippetsConfigurationWithSdkIds.pythonSdk.package,
+                    version: snippetsConfigurationWithSdkIds.pythonSdk.version,
+                });
+            }
+            if (snippetsConfigurationWithSdkIds.javaSdk != null) {
+                const coordinate = snippetsConfigurationWithSdkIds.javaSdk.coordinate;
+                const [group, artifact] = coordinate.split(":");
+                if (group == null || artifact == null) {
+                    throw new Error(
+                        `Invalid coordinate for Java SDK: ${coordinate}. Must be in the format group:artifact`,
+                    );
+                }
+                sdkRequests.push({
+                    type: "java",
+                    group,
+                    artifact,
+                    version: snippetsConfigurationWithSdkIds.javaSdk.version,
+                });
+            }
+            if (snippetsConfigurationWithSdkIds.goSdk != null) {
+                sdkRequests.push({
+                    type: "go",
+                    githubRepo: snippetsConfigurationWithSdkIds.goSdk.githubRepo,
+                    version: snippetsConfigurationWithSdkIds.goSdk.version,
+                });
+            }
+            if (snippetsConfigurationWithSdkIds.rubySdk != null) {
+                sdkRequests.push({
+                    type: "ruby",
+                    gem: snippetsConfigurationWithSdkIds.rubySdk.gem,
+                    version: snippetsConfigurationWithSdkIds.rubySdk.version,
+                });
+            }
+            snippetTemplatesByEndpoint = await app.dao.snippetTemplates().loadSnippetTemplatesByEndpoint({
+                orgId,
+                apiId,
+                sdkRequests,
+                definition,
+            });
+        }
+        return snippetTemplatesByEndpoint;
+    } catch (e) {
+        LOGGER.error("Failed to load snippet templates", e);
+        return {};
+    }
+}
diff --git a/servers/fdr/src/db/snippets/SnippetTemplate.ts b/servers/fdr/src/db/snippets/SnippetTemplate.ts
index e5a934e32a..40f87014fb 100644
--- a/servers/fdr/src/db/snippets/SnippetTemplate.ts
+++ b/servers/fdr/src/db/snippets/SnippetTemplate.ts
@@ -29,6 +29,11 @@ export interface LoadSnippetAPIsRequest {
     apiName: string | undefined;
 }
 
+export type SnippetTemplatesByEndpoint = Record<
+    FdrAPI.EndpointPath,
+    Record<FdrAPI.EndpointMethod, APIV1Read.EndpointSnippetTemplates>
+>;
+
 export interface SnippetTemplateDao {
     loadSnippetTemplate({
         loadSnippetTemplateRequest,
@@ -41,7 +46,7 @@ export interface SnippetTemplateDao {
         apiId: FdrAPI.ApiId;
         sdkRequests: SdkRequest[];
         definition: APIV1Write.ApiDefinition;
-    }): Promise<Record<FdrAPI.EndpointPath, Record<FdrAPI.EndpointMethod, APIV1Read.EndpointSnippetTemplates>>>;
+    }): Promise<SnippetTemplatesByEndpoint>;
 
     storeSnippetTemplate({
         storeSnippetsInfo,