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fix(oauth): register as a public client when the server accepts only none (#163) - #164
Some authorization servers accept only public clients. OnArrival's (agents.onarrival.com) advertises token_endpoint_auth_methods_supported: ["none"] and refuses a client_secret_post registration with 400 invalid_client_metadata: "Only public clients (token_endpoint_auth_method "none") are supported." tinymcp always registered as client_secret_post, so signing in to such a server could never start.
tinymcp now reads the auth methods an authorization server lists and registers as a public client (none, PKCE only, no secret stored or sent) when that is all it accepts. Servers that list client_secret_post, or list nothing, register exactly as before.
New field:AuthorizationServerMetadata gains token_endpoint_auth_methods_supported: Option<Vec<String>>, defaulted when missing and left out of the JSON when absent. Bus contract 1.28 → 1.29, a minor bump for an added optional field. Hosts that build this struct as a literal need token_endpoint_auth_methods_supported: None.
register_client picks the method:
client_secret_post when it is listed, or when the list is absent or empty. This is today's behaviour.
none when that is the only one listed.
Otherwise there is no sign-in: detect reports a static token, and begin fails before registering, with AuthDiscovery "no authorization server accepts client_secret_post or none at its token endpoint". The check sits in can_drive_sign_in, so detect and begin agree.
Public clients: a none client drops any secret the registration returns. Token exchange and refresh already sent client_secret only when one was stored, so neither sends one now.
Discovery merge: if the OAuth metadata document omits the list, the OpenID document does not fill it in. This matches how grant types already merge. RFC 8414 reads an omitted list as client_secret_basic, and backfilling could change servers that sign in fine today.
Internal:OriginLookup::Found in transport/http/discovery.rs now boxes its metadata. The larger struct tripped clippy's large_enum_variant. Behaviour is unchanged.
scripts/check-coverage.sh: flow.rs 93.9%, discovery.rs 96.0%, bus types.rs 100%
Against the real server: OnArrival's registration endpoint answers 400 for client_secret_post and 201 with a client_id for none. A host build carrying this change connected to https://mcp.onarrival.com/mcp, signed a traveller in, and listed and called its tools.
Tests
New file: crates/tinymcp/src/registry/oauth/mod_public_client_tests.rs. It runs against the crate's local axum stand-in, which is modelled on OnArrival: it advertises ["none"] and returns 400 invalid_client_metadata to a client_secret_post registration.
["none"]: registers as none, stores no secret, and neither the code exchange nor the refresh sends client_secret.
["client_secret_post","none"]: registers as client_secret_post, and the secret is sent on both calls.
List absent, and list empty: client_secret_post.
["client_secret_basic","private_key_jwt"]: begin errors with no registration made.
detect: a static token for ["client_secret_basic"], OAuth sign-in for ["none"].
The wording of the error reason.
There are also serde round-trip tests for the new field in tinymcp-bus.
Documentation
README.md: a paragraph on how the registration method is chosen.
crates/tinymcp-bus/README.md and version/mod.rs: the 1.29 contract note.
Checklist
The change is focused on one logical change
No new #[allow(...)], #[ignore], or relaxed lints
No secrets, tokens, or .env contents in the diff or the description
OAuth sign-in now supports public clients when an authorization server accepts the none authentication method. It prefers confidential-client authentication when available and skips sign-in for servers that support neither option.
Authorization-server metadata now includes optional token endpoint authentication methods.
Documentation
Updated OAuth guidance and the documented contract version to reflect public-client support.
AuthorizationServerMetadata gains the optional token_endpoint_auth_methods_supported (RFC 8414), omitted from the wire when absent. Contract 1.29. The OpenID document does not fill it in when the OAuth one omits it, matching how grant types are merged. OriginLookup boxes its metadata to stay within clippy's variant-size limit.
Dynamic registration asks for client_secret_post when the server lists it or lists nothing, and for none when it lists only that. A public client keeps no secret, so the code exchange and refresh send none. A server accepting neither is detected as wanting a static token and refused by begin before registering.
Closestinyhumansai#163
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Pull request purpose (title): fix(oauth): register as a public client when the server accepts only none (#163). Tiny Sweeper completed its review; deterministic results follow.
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What changed
Contract 1.29 adds an optional `token_endpoint_auth_methods_supported` list on `AuthorizationServerMetadata`, omitted from the wire when absent. Dynamic registration now chooses a confidential client (`client_secret_post`) when that method is listed or the list is absent or empty, a public client (`none`) when that is the only listed method, and refuses sign-in when neither is accepted — with `detect` reporting a static token and `begin` failing before any registration, keeping the two in agreement through `can_drive_sign_in`. Public clients drop any returned secret, so neither the code exchange nor a refresh sends one. If the OAuth metadata document omits the list, the OpenID metadata does not backfill it. `OriginLookup::Found` boxes its metadata to satisfy clippy's large-enum-variant lint without behaviour change. The READMEs record the new field and contract bump.
Features
Added — Optional `token_endpoint_auth_methods_supported` on `AuthorizationServerMetadata`: Lets a client see which token-endpoint auth methods an authorization server accepts; the field is defaulted when missing and skipped in JSON when absent, so existing payloads are unchanged. (crates/tinymcp-bus/src/transport/types.rspub struct AuthorizationServerMetadata {)
Modified — Bus contract version bump 1.28 → 1.29: Signals the added optional field as a minor contract change; hosts building the struct literally need the new field set to `None`. (crates/tinymcp-bus/src/version/mod.rs)
Added — Client auth-method selection for registration: `client_auth_method` maps the advertised list to `client_secret_post` (listed, absent, or empty) or `none` (sole listed), and returns none when neither is accepted, so `register_client` sends the matching `token_endpoint_auth_method` and a public client discards any issued secret. (crates/tinymcp/src/registry/oauth/flow.rsimpl OAuthFlow {)
Modified — Detection and begin refuse servers accepting neither method: `can_drive_sign_in` now additionally requires a usable client auth method, so `detect` reports a static token and `begin` fails with an `AuthDiscovery` reason before registering, keeping the two paths consistent. (crates/tinymcp/src/registry/oauth/flow.rsimpl OAuthFlow {)
Internal refactor — Boxed metadata in `OriginLookup::Found`: Reduces the enum variant size to satisfy clippy's large-enum-variant lint; behaviour of origin metadata lookup is unchanged. (crates/tinymcp/src/transport/http/discovery.rsenum Fetched {)
Modified — Documentation of the registration method choice and contract 1.29: Documents when a confidential versus public client is requested, that a public client stores no secret, that a server accepting neither is treated as wanting a static token, and the 1.29 contract addition. (README.mdcheck. `registry::OAuthBundle` is the stored refresh bundle's shape., crates/tinymcp-bus/README.mdso a host can tell a tool that only reads from one that changes something)
Tests
unit/async integration against local loopback authorization server — A server advertising only `["none"]` gets a `none` registration, stores no secret, and neither the code exchange nor the refresh sends `client_secret`.: Exercises the public-client branch through begin, complete, and refresh, asserting on the recorded registration body and both token form bodies. (crates/tinymcp/src/registry/oauth/mod_public_client_tests.rs)
unit/async integration — A server listing both `client_secret_post` and `none`, and a server omitting the list, both get a confidential client whose secret is sent on exchange and refresh; an empty list is read as listing none and registers `client_secret_post`.: Pins the confidential default, the both-listed precedence, and the empty-list case. (crates/tinymcp/src/registry/oauth/mod_public_client_tests.rs)
unit/async integration — A server listing only `client_secret_basic` and `private_key_jwt` makes `begin` fail with the `AuthDiscovery` reason and no registration request is made.: Confirms refusal happens before registration and pins the reason wording against the server's recorded registrations. (crates/tinymcp/src/registry/oauth/mod_public_client_tests.rs)
unit/async integration — `detect` returns a static-token kind for a server accepting only `client_secret_basic` and an OAuth kind for a server accepting only `none`; an incomplete server is not blamed on its auth methods.: Verifies detect and the reason helper agree with `begin`. (crates/tinymcp/src/registry/oauth/mod_public_client_tests.rs)
unit — Serde round-trip keeps `token_endpoint_auth_methods_supported` and omits it from the wire when absent.: Pins the wire form of the new optional field. (crates/tinymcp-bus/src/transport/mod_tests.rsfn absent_annotations_stay_off_the_wire() -> TestResult {, crates/tinymcp-bus/src/transport/types.rspub struct AuthorizationServerMetadata {)
Positive: The security lane answered with zero findings on its applicable files; the bus README was excluded as prose.
Lane summary: Reviewed 2 files; 0 findings. 1 file was not security-reviewed: crates/tinymcp-bus/README.md (prose or tabular data).
tests
Conclusion: Success
Scope reviewed: all assigned evidence
Positive: The tests lane answered with zero findings, noting the new tests exercise registration bodies, token form contents for exchange and refresh, the refusal before registering, and detection, with the serde round-trip pinned in the bus crate.
Lane summary: The change adds `token_endpoint_auth_methods_supported` to the wire type and makes registration choose `client_secret_post` or `none` from it, with `detect` and `begin` sharing one capability check. The new tests exercise the real paths — registration body, token form contents for both exchange and refresh, the refusal before registering, and detection — and the serde round-trip is pinned in the bus crate, so the behaviour is covered. I found no defect worth blocking on.
commits
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Scope reviewed: all assigned evidence
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Lane summary: No sensitive content in committed files.
description
Conclusion: Success
Scope reviewed: all assigned evidence
Positive: The description lane found the description matches the diff with no defect, covering the new optional field, `client_auth_method` selection, the public-client registration path, the `can_drive_sign_in`/`no_drivable_server_reason` split, the boxed `OriginLookup::Found`, the 1.29 contract note, the README paragraph, and the listed tests.
Lane summary: The description matches the diff: the new optional `token_endpoint_auth_methods_supported` field, the `client_auth_method` selection, the public-client registration path, the `can_drive_sign_in`/`no_drivable_server_reason` split, the boxed `OriginLookup::Found`, the 1.29 contract note and the README paragraph are all described, and the tests listed in the body exist in the diff. I found no description defect.
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Authorization-server metadata now reports supported token endpoint authentication methods. OAuth sign-in selects client_secret_post or none based on that metadata, and public clients send no client secret during code exchange or refresh. Contract version advances to 1.29.
Changes: OAuth public-client registration
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Metadata contract and discovery crates/tinymcp-bus/src/transport/types.rs, crates/tinymcp-bus/src/version/*, crates/tinymcp-bus/src/transport/mod_tests.rs, crates/tinymcp/src/transport/http/*, crates/tinymcp/src/transport/payload_tests.rs, crates/tinymcp-bus/README.md
AuthorizationServerMetadata adds the optional token_endpoint_auth_methods_supported field. Contract version advances to 1.29. Serialization, discovery, and metadata tests cover the field.
Method selection and registration crates/tinymcp/src/registry/oauth/flow.rs
OAuth sign-in checks supported authentication methods and selects a compatible method. Registration requests that method and stores a secret only for client_secret_post clients.
OAuth validation and behavior documentation crates/tinymcp/src/registry/oauth/mod_public_client_tests.rs, crates/tinymcp/src/registry/oauth/mod_tests.rs, README.md
Tests cover registration, code exchange, refresh, detection, and discovery errors for supported and unsupported methods. The README documents the behavior.
sequenceDiagram
participant Host as tinymcp host
participant Flow as OAuth flow
participant Server as Authorization server
Host->>Flow: begin sign-in
Flow->>Server: read supported authentication methods
Flow->>Server: register client with selected method
Host->>Flow: exchange authorization code or refresh token
Flow->>Server: send token request with applicable client credentials
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Merge Risk: Low · previous review eb91b
The documentation may mislead users about supported public-client servers. This is a bounded documentation issue.
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The title clearly and concisely describes the main OAuth change: registering as a public client when the server accepts only none.
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Directly linked issue #163 is open and active, so its coding requirements apply.
[#163 metadata read and method selection] AuthorizationServerMetadata gains token_endpoint_auth_methods_supported …
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Each changed area ties to #163 or supports it.
- flow.rs: method selection, register_client parameter, secret discard for none, no_drivable_server_reason, and can_drive_sign_in changes impl…
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Directly linked issue #163 is open and active, so its coding requirements apply.
[#163 metadata read and method selection] AuthorizationServerMetadata gains token_endpoint_auth_methods_supported (per PR description; bus type change in crates/tinymcp-bus/src/transport/types.rs). flow.rsclient_auth_method returns SecretPost when the list is absent or empty, SecretPost when listed, None when only none is listed, and no method otherwise. register_client sends auth_method.as_str() as token_endpoint_auth_method. This meets the issue goal.
[#163 error path] When no server accepts either method, can_drive_sign_in returns false. begin returns AuthDiscovery with "no authorization server accepts client_secret_post or none at its token endpoint" before any registration request. detect uses the same predicate, so it reports a static token. This meets the issue's "fail with a clear error" requirement.
[#163 public client secret handling] For ClientAuthMethod::None, register_client stores no client_secret. The new test a_server_accepting_only_public_clients_gets_one_that_sends_no_secret asserts that the authorization-code exchange and the refresh form omit client_secret, and that the stored bundle has client_secret: None. This meets the issue requirement.
[#163 acceptance criteria] ["none"] is covered by the test above. ["client_secret_post","none"] and an absent list are covered by a_server_accepting_both_gets_a_confidential_client and a_server_that_lists_no_methods_gets_a_confidential_client, which assert unchanged client_secret_post registration and secret use. The issue asks for wiremock tests. The PR uses the crate's local axum stand-in, which serves HTTP to the same flow code. I treat this as an equivalent HTTP-level test method, not a gap.
The PR also covers an empty list and a server listing neither method. Those cases are not required by #163, but they are consistent with its selection rule.
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Each changed area ties to #163 or supports it.
flow.rs: method selection, register_client parameter, secret discard for none, no_drivable_server_reason, and can_drive_sign_in changes implement #163 directly. The tracing::debug! line logs the chosen method and supports the change.
transport/types.rs, version/mod.rs, version/mod_tests.rs, and the bus README/tests: the new optional field is the input the issue requires. The contract bump 1.28 to 1.29 documents that field. The PR description states the bump is intentional.
transport/http/discovery.rs (OriginLookup::Found boxed): needed because the larger metadata struct triggers clippy large_enum_variant after the new field is added. Behavior is unchanged.
transport/http/mod_tests.rs and payload_tests.rs: fixtures set the new field to None, which is required for the struct literals to compile. The added merge test checks that the OpenID document does not backfill the list. The PR description states this follows the existing grant-type merge behavior.
mod_public_client_tests.rs and mod_tests.rs module registration: tests for #163 acceptance criteria and the error and detection paths.
README.md and crates/tinymcp-bus/README.md: document the new registration behavior and contract change.
I found no change that lacks a connection to #163 or to the required field and contract change. Scope is consistent with the PR description.
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Write docstrings for the functions missing them to satisfy the coverage threshold.
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A rabbit checks the methods list, Then picks the client mode that fits. No secret rides when none is sent, The code and refresh follow suit. The tests record each request made, And contract notes complete the grade.
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- Line 315: Update the README description of when `none` is selected to say it
applies when `none` is listed and `client_secret_post` is not, including cases
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Triage for team#45: merges clean onto main e098e53. On our Linux box the build and clippy pass, and so do all 112 registry::oauth tests. Forcing registration back to client_secret_post makes a_server_accepting_only_public_clients_gets_one_that_sends_no_secret fail, so the new test pins the fix.
The few full-suite failures we saw (directories, boot) are main's own timing flakes: they pass alone and fail on main too.
One small ask: the CodeRabbit README note at line 315 is right. none is also chosen when it's listed next to methods we don't use (e.g. ["none","client_secret_basic"]). Could you reword that sentence? Then it's ready for review.
The README said a public client (none) is requested only when the server
lists nothing else. client_auth_method also picks none when it is listed
beside methods tinymcp does not use, such as client_secret_basic. Describe
that case, as the CodeRabbit review on this PR pointed out.
Pushed one docs commit on top of your branch (8ace89c, fast-forward, no rebase): the README sentence on when a public client is chosen, per the CodeRabbit thread. No code changed. On our CI box this PR merged onto main builds, passes clippy and all 112 registry::oauth tests, and the new ["none"] test fails if registration is forced back to client_secret_post. Ready for review from our side.
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Summary
Some authorization servers accept only public clients. OnArrival's (
agents.onarrival.com) advertisestoken_endpoint_auth_methods_supported: ["none"]and refuses aclient_secret_postregistration with 400invalid_client_metadata: "Only public clients (token_endpoint_auth_method "none") are supported." tinymcp always registered asclient_secret_post, so signing in to such a server could never start.tinymcp now reads the auth methods an authorization server lists and registers as a public client (
none, PKCE only, no secret stored or sent) when that is all it accepts. Servers that listclient_secret_post, or list nothing, register exactly as before.Related issue
Closes #163.
API or behavior changes
AuthorizationServerMetadatagainstoken_endpoint_auth_methods_supported: Option<Vec<String>>, defaulted when missing and left out of the JSON when absent. Bus contract 1.28 → 1.29, a minor bump for an added optional field. Hosts that build this struct as a literal needtoken_endpoint_auth_methods_supported: None.register_clientpicks the method:client_secret_postwhen it is listed, or when the list is absent or empty. This is today's behaviour.nonewhen that is the only one listed.detectreports a static token, andbeginfails before registering, withAuthDiscovery"no authorization server accepts client_secret_post or none at its token endpoint". The check sits incan_drive_sign_in, sodetectandbeginagree.noneclient drops any secret the registration returns. Token exchange and refresh already sentclient_secretonly when one was stored, so neither sends one now.client_secret_basic, and backfilling could change servers that sign in fine today.OriginLookup::Foundintransport/http/discovery.rsnow boxes its metadata. The larger struct tripped clippy'slarge_enum_variant. Behaviour is unchanged.Validation
Commands actually run, with their outcome:
cargo fmt --all -- --check: cleancargo clippy --all-targets --all-features -- -D warnings: exit 0cargo build --all-targets --all-features: exit 0cargo test --all-features: 1801 passed, 0 failedRUSTDOCFLAGS="-D warnings" cargo doc --no-deps --all-features: cleanscripts/check-coverage.sh:flow.rs93.9%,discovery.rs96.0%, bustypes.rs100%client_secret_postand 201 with aclient_idfornone. A host build carrying this change connected tohttps://mcp.onarrival.com/mcp, signed a traveller in, and listed and called its tools.Tests
New file:
crates/tinymcp/src/registry/oauth/mod_public_client_tests.rs. It runs against the crate's local axum stand-in, which is modelled on OnArrival: it advertises["none"]and returns 400invalid_client_metadatato aclient_secret_postregistration.["none"]: registers asnone, stores no secret, and neither the code exchange nor the refresh sendsclient_secret.["client_secret_post","none"]: registers asclient_secret_post, and the secret is sent on both calls.client_secret_post.["client_secret_basic","private_key_jwt"]:beginerrors with no registration made.detect: a static token for["client_secret_basic"], OAuth sign-in for["none"].There are also serde round-trip tests for the new field in
tinymcp-bus.Documentation
README.md: a paragraph on how the registration method is chosen.crates/tinymcp-bus/README.mdandversion/mod.rs: the 1.29 contract note.Checklist
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noneauthentication method. It prefers confidential-client authentication when available and skips sign-in for servers that support neither option.