diff --git a/.changeset/fresh-lizards-knock.md b/.changeset/fresh-lizards-knock.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..89efcb198c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/fresh-lizards-knock.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+"gradio": minor
+---
+
+feat:workflow: forward x-ip-token so zerogpu spaces bill the caller
diff --git a/gradio/routes.py b/gradio/routes.py
index 87b8665c22..5ec81c353d 100644
--- a/gradio/routes.py
+++ b/gradio/routes.py
@@ -1718,12 +1718,19 @@ async def component_server(
                 request,  # type: ignore
                 None,
             )
+            fn = utils.get_function_with_locals(
+                fn,
+                app.get_blocks(),
+                event_id=None,
+                in_event_listener=False,
+                request=request,  # type: ignore
+                state=state,
+            )
             if inspect.iscoroutinefunction(fn):
                 return await fn(*processed_input)
-            else:
-                return await anyio.to_thread.run_sync(
-                    fn, *processed_input, limiter=app.get_blocks().limiter
-                )
+            return await anyio.to_thread.run_sync(
+                fn, *processed_input, limiter=app.get_blocks().limiter
+            )
 
         @router.get(
             "/queue/status",
diff --git a/test/test_routes.py b/test/test_routes.py
index 252e314178..131c09bbab 100644
--- a/test/test_routes.py
+++ b/test/test_routes.py
@@ -2553,6 +2553,41 @@ def get_url(self, request: gr.Request):
     assert response.json()["_url"].endswith("/gradio_api/component_server")
 
 
+def test_server_fn_forwards_x_ip_token_via_local_context():
+    """/component_server must set LocalContext.request so gradio_client.Client
+    can forward the caller's x-ip-token to downstream ZeroGPU Spaces."""
+    import requests
+
+    from gradio.components.base import server
+    from gradio.context import LocalContext
+
+    def get_ip_token(self, _data):
+        req = LocalContext.request.get(None)
+        return req.headers.get("x-ip-token") if req else None
+
+    tb = gr.Textbox()
+    tb.get_ip_token = server(get_ip_token)  # type: ignore
+    iface = gr.Interface(lambda x: x, inputs=tb, outputs="text")
+    component_id = next(
+        c["id"]
+        for c in iface.config["components"]
+        if c["type"] == "textbox"  # type: ignore
+    )
+    _, local_url, _ = iface.launch(prevent_thread_lock=True)
+    response = requests.post(
+        f"{local_url}/gradio_api/component_server",
+        json={
+            "session_hash": "foo",
+            "component_id": component_id,
+            "fn_name": "get_ip_token",
+            "data": json.dumps({}),
+        },
+        headers={"x-ip-token": "test-token"},
+    )
+    assert response.status_code == 200
+    assert response.json() == "test-token"
+
+
 def test_slugify():
     items = (
         ("Hello, World!", "hello-world"),