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fix: return RFC 6749 JSON errors from the token endpoint - #36
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HandleToken answered every failure with a plain-text body via
http.Error, and reported an upstream refresh rejection as
502 "Token refresh failed". MCP clients parse token endpoint errors as
JSON per RFC 6749 section 5.2; on a plain-text 502 they cannot tell an
expired grant from a transient outage, so they keep retrying the refresh
instead of starting a new authorization. With Entra ID, a conditional
access sign-in frequency policy (AADSTS70043) produced thousands of
retries over many hours and never a sign-in prompt.
Return `{"error": ..., "error_description": ...}` with
Content-Type application/json from every OAuth error path:
- Upstream invalid_grant, invalid_request, invalid_scope and
unauthorized_client (from oauth2.RetrieveError) are relayed as 400
with the provider's code and description, so clients re-authorize.
- Other upstream failures (invalid_client, 5xx, network) stay 500/502,
now as server_error; they reflect the proxy, not the client's grant.
- Local validation failures use invalid_request and
unsupported_grant_type.
Signed-off-by: Scott Strickland <srstrickland@gmail.com>
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In `@handlers.go`:
- Line 1008: Update the RetrieveError and relayedTokenErrors check so it relays
a recognized error code only when retrieveErr.Response.StatusCode is a
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golang.org/x/oauth2 parses the error code from any non-2xx token response, so a 5xx whose body carries "invalid_grant" was relayed as a 400. Clients would then treat a transient provider failure as an expired grant and force a new sign-in. Relay the provider's code only when the upstream status is 4xx; otherwise keep the 500/502 server_error fallback. Signed-off-by: Scott Strickland <srstrickland@gmail.com>
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62-88: 🎯 Functional Correctness | 🔵 Trivial | ⚡ Quick winAdd coverage for the three advertised upstream error codes.
token_errors_test.gotests upstream relaying only forinvalid_grant. Localinvalid_requestcases do not exercisewriteUpstreamTokenError. A regression that removesinvalid_request,invalid_scope, orunauthorized_clientfromrelayedTokenErrorscan therefore pass the current tests and returnserver_errorinstead of the upstream code.Suggested fix
{ name: "rejected authorization code relays invalid_grant", upstreamStatus: http.StatusBadRequest, upstreamBody: invalidGrant, form: url.Values{"grant_type": {"authorization_code"}, "code": {"c"}}, wantStatus: http.StatusBadRequest, wantError: "invalid_grant", }, + { + name: "upstream invalid_request is relayed", + upstreamStatus: http.StatusBadRequest, + upstreamBody: `{"error":"invalid_request"}`, + form: url.Values{"grant_type": {"refresh_token"}, "refresh_token": {"rt"}}, + wantStatus: http.StatusBadRequest, + wantError: "invalid_request", + }, + { + name: "upstream invalid_scope is relayed", + upstreamStatus: http.StatusBadRequest, + upstreamBody: `{"error":"invalid_scope"}`, + form: url.Values{"grant_type": {"refresh_token"}, "refresh_token": {"rt"}}, + wantStatus: http.StatusBadRequest, + wantError: "invalid_scope", + }, + { + name: "upstream unauthorized_client is relayed", + upstreamStatus: http.StatusBadRequest, + upstreamBody: `{"error":"unauthorized_client"}`, + form: url.Values{"grant_type": {"refresh_token"}, "refresh_token": {"rt"}}, + wantStatus: http.StatusBadRequest, + wantError: "unauthorized_client", + },🤖 Prompt for AI Agents
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114-129: 🎯 Functional Correctness | 🔵 Trivial | ⚡ Quick winAdd a missing authorization-code test case.
The fixture sends an oversized
authorization_codevalue, but it does not sendgrant_type=authorization_codewithoutcode. A regression in that branch from JSONinvalid_requestback to the previous plain-text response would therefore pass the changed tests. Add a case that omitscodeand asserts the JSON error.🤖 Prompt for AI Agents
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Review comments at @token_errors_test.go:
- Around line 62-88: Add upstream-relaying test cases to the token error table
for invalid_request, invalid_scope, and unauthorized_client. Each should use a
refresh-token request with a 400 upstream response and assert that the matching
upstream error code and status are returned through writeUpstreamTokenError.
- Around line 114-129: Add a test case to the token error test table for
`grant_type=authorization_code` with the `code` parameter omitted. Assert a
bad-request status and the JSON `invalid_request` error, keeping the existing
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Summary
The token endpoint answers every failure with a plain-text body (
http.Error), and reports an upstream refresh rejection as502 Token refresh failed. MCP clients parse token endpoint errors as JSON per RFC 6749 §5.2, so on a plain-text 502 they can't tell an expired grant from a transient outage. They keep retrying the refresh instead of starting a new authorization.Seen in production with Entra ID: a conditional access sign-in frequency policy rejected the refresh token (
AADSTS70043,invalid_grant), and Claude Code retried the refresh~2,300 times over ~19 hours without ever prompting the user to sign in again.
Changes
HandleTokennow returns{"error": ..., "error_description": ...}withContent-Type: application/json(plus the existing security headers, includingCache-Control: no-store) from every OAuth error path.invalid_grant,invalid_request,invalid_scopeandunauthorized_client(read fromoauth2.RetrieveError) are relayed as 400 with the provider's code anddescription, so clients re-authorize.
invalid_client, 5xx, network errors) keep their 500/502 status, now asserver_error. These reflect the proxy's configuration or the provider'savailability, not the client's grant.
invalid_request(malformed body, oversized or missing parameters) andunsupported_grant_type.Testing
go test ./...,go vet,golangci-lint: 0 issues)TestHandleTokenErrorResponses): upstreaminvalid_granton refresh and code exchange, upstreaminvalid_clientand 503, missing refresh token,unsupported grant type, oversized parameter. Each asserts status, JSON
error,Content-Typeandno-store, against a fake token endpoint.Summary by CodeRabbit
server_errorresponse, with status codes reflecting the token flow.