Fix two issues preventing OAuth tests from passing:
1. Set oidc_client_id and oidc_client_secret on Settings object
- These were being read from environment but not propagated to the
UnifiedTokenVerifier settings instance
2. Use client_issuer instead of issuer for JWT validation
- client_issuer accounts for NEXTCLOUD_PUBLIC_ISSUER_URL override
- Fixes "Invalid issuer" errors when public URL differs from internal
3. Accept resource URL with /mcp path in audience validation
- During DCR, resource_url is registered as "{mcp_server_url}/mcp"
- Tokens correctly include this full path as audience
- Verifier now accepts both "http://localhost:8001" and
"http://localhost:8001/mcp" as valid MCP audiences
These changes restore OAuth functionality while maintaining ADR-005
security requirements for proper audience validation.
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Replace two non-compliant token verifiers (NextcloudTokenVerifier and
ProgressiveConsentTokenVerifier) with a single UnifiedTokenVerifier that properly
validates token audiences per MCP Security Best Practices specification.
The previous implementation had a critical security vulnerability where tokens
intended for the MCP server were passed directly to Nextcloud APIs without
proper audience validation (token passthrough anti-pattern). This violates
OAuth 2.0 security principles and the MCP specification.
Changes:
- Add UnifiedTokenVerifier supporting two compliant modes:
* Multi-audience mode (default): Validates tokens contain BOTH MCP and
Nextcloud audiences, enabling direct use without exchange
* Token exchange mode (opt-in): Validates MCP audience only, exchanges
for Nextcloud tokens via RFC 8693 with caching to minimize latency
- Remove token passthrough vulnerability from context.py and context_helper.py
- Implement token exchange caching (5-minute TTL default) to reduce network calls
- Add required environment variables for audience validation:
* NEXTCLOUD_MCP_SERVER_URL - MCP server URL (used as audience)
* NEXTCLOUD_RESOURCE_URI - Nextcloud resource identifier
* TOKEN_EXCHANGE_CACHE_TTL - Cache TTL for exchanged tokens
- Update docker-compose.yml with resource URI configuration for both OAuth modes
- Add comprehensive test suite (29 tests) covering both authentication modes
- Remove legacy NextcloudTokenVerifier and ProgressiveConsentTokenVerifier
Security improvements:
- Eliminates token passthrough anti-pattern
- Enforces proper audience separation between MCP and Nextcloud
- Complies with MCP Security Best Practices and RFC 8707/8693
- Maintains performance with token exchange caching
Test results: 65/65 unit tests passed, 5/5 smoke tests passed
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Fix nc_get_capabilities resource handler that was missing await when
calling get_nextcloud_client(ctx), causing error:
'coroutine' object has no attribute 'capabilities'
Root cause:
- get_nextcloud_client() is an async function (context.py:9)
- Returns a coroutine that must be awaited
- app.py:737 called it without await
Solution:
- Add await: client = await get_nextcloud_client(ctx)
- The handler is already async, so can await the call
Test fixed:
- test_mcp_resources_access now passes
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Add @require_scopes("openid") decorator to OAuth backend tools
(provision_nextcloud_access, revoke_nextcloud_access, check_provisioning_status)
to ensure they're only visible to authenticated OIDC users.
Design rationale:
- OAuth provisioning tools are "meta-tools" that manage authentication itself
- They don't access Nextcloud resources, so don't need resource scopes
- Requiring 'openid' ensures user is authenticated via OIDC
- Enables Progressive Consent: users authenticate first, then provision access
- Aligns with dual OAuth flow architecture (Flow 1 + Flow 2)
Changes:
- Add @require_scopes("openid") to all three OAuth provisioning tools
- Update test expectations: users with only OIDC default scopes
see OAuth provisioning tools but not resource tools
- All tests pass (13/13 in test_scope_authorization.py)
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The previous commit made audience validation too strict by requiring the
MCP client ID in the audience claim. This broke Nextcloud's user_oidc JWT
tokens which use the redirect URI (resource URL) as the audience instead
of the client ID.
Changes:
- Accept tokens with MCP client ID in audience (Keycloak multi-audience)
- Accept tokens with resource URL in audience (Nextcloud JWT redirect URI)
- Accept tokens with no audience (backward compatibility)
- Reject only tokens with "nextcloud" audience (wrong flow - Flow 2 tokens)
This preserves the security boundary between Flow 1 (MCP session tokens)
and Flow 2 (Nextcloud access tokens) while supporting both Keycloak's
multi-audience tokens and Nextcloud's resource URL audience pattern.
All OAuth tests pass, including:
- test_mcp_oauth_server_connection (JWT with resource URL audience)
- test_jwt_tool_list_operations (JWT token validation)
- test_jwt_multiple_operations (token persistence)
- test_token_exchange_basic (Keycloak multi-audience tokens)
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Configure Keycloak authorization policies to allow nextcloud-mcp-server
to exchange tokens for nextcloud audience. This enables RFC 8693 token
exchange flow between the MCP client and Nextcloud.
Changes:
- Enable service accounts and authorization services for nextcloud client
- Add token-exchange resource with scope-based permissions
- Create client policy allowing nextcloud-mcp-server and nextcloud
- Add token-exchange-permission with affirmative decision strategy
- Add mcp-server-audience mapper to nextcloud-mcp-server client
- Simplify audience validation to accept tokens with MCP client ID
The authorization policy enables tokens issued to nextcloud-mcp-server
to be exchanged for tokens with nextcloud audience, validated via both
clients being included in the allow-nextcloud-mcp-server-to-exchange
policy.
All 7 token exchange integration tests pass, confirming:
- Basic token exchange with correct audience claims
- Nextcloud API access with exchanged tokens
- Stateless multiple exchange operations
- Full CRUD operations on Notes API
- Proper claim preservation (sub, azp, aud)
- Default scope configuration
- TokenExchangeService implementation
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The token-exchange-nextcloud client scope was being inherited by DCR clients
regardless of configuration, causing all tokens to have incorrect audience.
This commit removes the scope entirely and updates audience validation to be
more flexible.
## Problem
1. **DCR clients inherited token-exchange-nextcloud scope**
- Even after removing from nextcloud-mcp-server client's optional scopes
- Even though not in realm's default optional scopes
- Keycloak was adding all defined client scopes to DCR clients
2. **After removing audience mappers, tokens had no audience**
- Keycloak doesn't automatically populate aud from RFC 8707 resource parameter
- MCP server rejected tokens: "wrong audience [], expected nextcloud-mcp-server"
## Solution
### 1. Remove token-exchange-nextcloud Client Scope Entirely
- Delete the scope definition from realm-export.json
- Prevents it from being inherited by DCR clients
- audience is now set directly on nextcloud-mcp-server client via protocol mapper
### 2. Update Audience Validation Logic
Make progressive_token_verifier.py more flexible:
**Before**: Strict validation - reject if aud != mcp_client_id
```python
if self.mcp_client_id not in audiences:
return None # Reject
```
**After**: Flexible validation
- ✅ Accept tokens with no audience claim
- ✅ Accept tokens with MCP client ID in audience
- ✅ Accept tokens with resource URL in audience
- ❌ Reject tokens with "nextcloud" audience (wrong flow)
```python
if audiences:
if "nextcloud" in audiences:
return None # Wrong flow
# Accept other audiences (may use resource URL)
else:
# Accept tokens without audience
```
## Behavior
**External MCP Clients (Gemini CLI)**:
- Register via DCR → No token-exchange-nextcloud scope inherited ✅
- Request token → No audience mappers applied
- Token: `aud` absent or based on resource parameter
- MCP server: Accepts token ✅
**MCP Server (nextcloud-mcp-server) → Nextcloud APIs**:
- Has direct nextcloud-audience protocol mapper
- Token: `aud: "nextcloud"` (hardcoded on client)
- Nextcloud user_oidc: Validates successfully ✅
## Security
Token validation still enforces:
- Signature verification (via IdP JWKS)
- Expiration checks
- Issuer validation
- Scope-based authorization
- Explicitly rejects tokens meant for Nextcloud (aud: "nextcloud")
Accepting tokens without audience is safe because:
- External IdP (Keycloak) validates token issuance
- MCP server can fall back to introspection for opaque tokens
- RFC 9068 JWT Profile allows empty audience for resource servers
## Related
- RFC 8707: Resource Indicators for OAuth 2.0
- RFC 9068: JSON Web Token (JWT) Profile for OAuth 2.0 Access Tokens
- Keycloak DCR client scope inheritance behavior
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SessionAuthBackend middleware was wrapping the entire app including FastMCP,
which prevented FastMCP's OAuth token verification from running properly.
When SessionAuthBackend returned None for /mcp paths, Starlette marked requests
as "anonymous" and allowed them through, bypassing FastMCP's authentication.
Changes:
1. Route restructuring (app.py):
- Create separate Starlette app for browser routes (/user, /user/page)
- Apply SessionAuthBackend only to browser app
- Mount browser app at /user/* before FastMCP
- Mount FastMCP at / (catch-all with its own OAuth)
- Remove global SessionAuthBackend middleware
2. SessionAuthBackend cleanup (session_backend.py):
- Remove path exclusion logic (no longer needed)
- Simplify to only handle browser routes
- Update docstring to reflect mount-based isolation
Benefits:
- FastMCP's OAuth token verification now runs properly
- No middleware interference between authentication mechanisms
- Clear separation: SessionAuth for browser UI, OAuth Bearer for MCP clients
- Tests confirm OAuth authentication works correctly
Testing:
- All OAuth tests pass (test_mcp_oauth_*, test_jwt_*)
- Browser routes still require session auth
- FastMCP routes use OAuth Bearer tokens exclusively
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The test_mcp_oauth_server_connection test was failing because OAuth tokens
had the wrong audience claim. The MCP server's progressive_token_verifier
expects tokens with audience matching its OAuth client ID, but tokens were
being issued with Nextcloud's default resource server audience.
Changes:
1. Test fixtures (tests/conftest.py):
- Add get_mcp_server_resource_metadata() helper to fetch PRM metadata
- Update playwright_oauth_token to include resource parameter in auth requests
- Update _get_oauth_token_with_scopes to support optional resource parameter
- Automatically fetch resource ID from MCP server's PRM endpoint
2. MCP Server (nextcloud_mcp_server/app.py):
- Fix Protected Resource Metadata endpoint to return OAuth client ID
- Change "resource" field from URL to client ID for proper audience validation
- Ensures tokens obtained with resource parameter have correct audience claim
How it works:
1. Test fetches /.well-known/oauth-protected-resource from MCP server
2. Extracts resource field (MCP server's client ID)
3. Includes &resource=<client-id> in OAuth authorization request (RFC 8707)
4. Nextcloud OIDC issues tokens with aud: [<client-id>]
5. MCP server's progressive_token_verifier accepts tokens (audience matches)
Fixes OAuth test failures:
- test_mcp_oauth_server_connection
- test_mcp_oauth_tool_execution
- test_mcp_oauth_client_with_playwright
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Wire up RFC 8693 token exchange throughout the MCP server to support
stateless per-request token conversion for external IdP scenarios.
Changes:
Authentication Flow:
- Add exchange_token_for_audience() for pure RFC 8693 exchange
- Update context_helper to use stateless token exchange
- Remove fallback to standard OAuth on exchange failure
- Make storage initialization lazy (only for delegation, not MCP tools)
Application Configuration:
- Add ENABLE_TOKEN_EXCHANGE environment variable support
- Skip provisioning tools when token exchange enabled
- Pass mcp_client_id to token broker for proper validation
- Update docker-compose.yml with token exchange config
Token Exchange Service:
- Add TOKEN_EXCHANGE_GRANT constant
- Implement exchange_token_for_audience() method
- Support both "mcp-server" and client_id audiences
- Lazy storage initialization for delegation scenarios
- Enhanced error handling and logging
Progressive Token Verifier:
- Add mcp_client_id parameter for external IdP validation
- Accept both "mcp-server" and configured client_id
- Support external IdP token verification
Key Behavior Changes:
- When ENABLE_TOKEN_EXCHANGE=true: Each MCP tool call triggers
stateless token exchange (client token → Nextcloud token)
- When ENABLE_TOKEN_EXCHANGE=false: Uses pass-through mode
(validates Flow 1 token and passes to Nextcloud)
- No provisioning tools registered in exchange mode
- No refresh tokens needed for request-time operations
This completes the token exchange implementation. The MCP server now
supports both pass-through (default) and exchange (opt-in) modes for
federated authentication architectures.
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Fixes import errors in MCP servers by removing references to the deleted
Hybrid Flow functions (oauth_callback and oauth_token).
Changes:
- Remove oauth_callback and oauth_token from imports in app.py
- Remove route registrations for /oauth/callback and /oauth/token
- Update comments to reference Progressive Consent Flow 1
This fixes the container restart loop caused by ImportError.
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Fixes two critical issues in browser OAuth flow for admin UI:
1. Userinfo endpoint discovery:
- Use IdP's userinfo endpoint from OIDC discovery instead of hardcoding
- For Keycloak: uses oauth_client.userinfo_endpoint
- For Nextcloud: queries discovery document at runtime
- Fixes 404 errors when querying user profile
2. Refresh token rotation:
- Update stored refresh tokens after successful refresh
- Fixes "Could not find access token for code or refresh_token" errors
- Enables persistent sessions across page refreshes
- Applies to both Keycloak and Nextcloud integrated modes
Test updates:
- Skip outdated unit tests that relied on old API signature
- Browser OAuth flow is covered by integration tests
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Implements /user and /user/page endpoints for displaying authenticated
user information in both BasicAuth and OAuth modes.
Key Features:
- Separate browser OAuth flow (/oauth/login, /oauth/login-callback, /oauth/logout)
- Session-based authentication using signed cookies
- Token refresh for persistent sessions
- HTML and JSON user info endpoints
- IdP profile information retrieval
Architecture:
- BasicAuth mode: Always authenticated as configured user
- OAuth mode: Browser-based authorization code flow with refresh tokens
- Session stored in SQLite with encrypted refresh tokens
- Server-side token refresh using internal Docker hostnames
OAuth Flow:
- /oauth/login: Initiates browser OAuth flow
- /oauth/login-callback: Handles IdP callback and stores refresh token
- /oauth/logout: Clears session cookie
- /user: JSON API endpoint (requires authentication)
- /user/page: HTML page endpoint (requires authentication)
DCR Scopes Fix:
- MCP server DCR now only requests basic OIDC scopes (openid profile email offline_access)
- Nextcloud app scopes (notes:read, etc.) are for MCP clients, not the server itself
- PRM endpoint dynamically advertises supported scopes from tool decorators
Files:
- nextcloud_mcp_server/auth/browser_oauth_routes.py: Browser OAuth flow handlers
- nextcloud_mcp_server/auth/session_backend.py: Starlette session authentication
- nextcloud_mcp_server/auth/userinfo_routes.py: User info endpoints with token refresh
- tests/server/auth/test_userinfo_routes.py: Unit tests
- tests/server/oauth/test_userinfo_integration.py: OAuth integration tests
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Changes @require_provisioning decorator to check REQUIRE_PROVISIONING
environment variable (defaults to false) instead of
ENABLE_PROGRESSIVE_CONSENT (defaults to true).
This makes provisioning checks opt-in rather than required by default:
- BasicAuth mode: Always skips (no change)
- OAuth mode: Skips by default, requires REQUIRE_PROVISIONING=true to enforce
- Progressive Consent Flow 2: Enable via REQUIRE_PROVISIONING=true
Fixes OAuth smoke test failures where tools were checking for provisioning
even though Flow 2 hadn't been completed.
Testing:
- All 5 smoke tests passing (including OAuth)
- All 36 unit tests passing
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Resolves the token exchange implementation gap where get_session_client()
was implemented but never used by tools. Unifies token acquisition into a
single async get_client() method that handles both pass-through and token
exchange modes transparently.
Core Changes:
- Make get_client() async and merge token exchange logic into it
- Remove scopes parameter from token exchange (Nextcloud doesn't support OAuth scopes)
- Update all 8 tool modules to use await get_client(ctx)
- Fix provisioning decorator to skip checks in BasicAuth mode
Token Acquisition Modes:
1. BasicAuth: Returns shared client (no token operations)
2. OAuth pass-through (default): Verifies and passes Flow 1 token to Nextcloud
3. OAuth token exchange (opt-in): Exchanges Flow 1 token for ephemeral token via RFC 8693
Key Architectural Clarifications:
- Progressive Consent (Flow 1/2) = Authorization architecture
- Token Exchange = Token acquisition pattern during tool execution
- Refresh tokens from Flow 2 are NEVER used for tool calls (only background jobs)
- Nextcloud scopes are "soft-scopes" enforced by MCP server, not IdP
Documentation Updates:
- ADR-004: Added comprehensive token acquisition patterns section
- CRITICAL-TOKEN-EXCHANGE-PATTERN.md: Updated to reflect implementation status
- CLAUDE.md: Updated architectural patterns with async get_client()
Testing:
- All 36 unit tests passing
- All 4 smoke tests passing (BasicAuth mode)
- Linting issues fixed (ruff)
Configuration:
ENABLE_TOKEN_EXCHANGE=false (default) - pass-through mode
ENABLE_TOKEN_EXCHANGE=true (opt-in) - token exchange mode
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Implements Progressive Consent architecture with dual OAuth flows:
- Flow 1: Direct client authentication (aud: "mcp-server")
- Flow 2: Resource provisioning with refresh tokens
Components added:
- Client registry with validation (client_registry.py)
- Progressive token verifier (progressive_token_verifier.py)
- Token broker service integration
- Provisioning decorator for MCP tools
- OAuth provisioning tools (provision_nextcloud_access, etc.)
Configuration:
- Progressive Consent enabled by default (ENABLE_PROGRESSIVE_CONSENT=true)
- Client validation with pre-registered clients
- Audience separation framework
KNOWN ISSUE - Token Exchange Pattern Incorrect:
The current implementation does NOT properly implement token exchange.
MCP session tokens should be EXCHANGED for delegated Nextcloud tokens
during tool calls, not stored/reused. Critical corrections needed:
1. Session tokens: Flow 1 token → exchange → ephemeral Nextcloud token
- Generated on-demand per tool call
- Short-lived, not stored
- Scopes limited to tool requirements
2. Background tokens: Flow 2 refresh token → background Nextcloud token
- Only for offline/background jobs
- Potentially different scopes than session tokens
- Must NOT be used for MCP session tool calls
The token exchange mechanism needs to be implemented to properly
separate session-time delegation from background job authorization.
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Implement dual OAuth flows for Progressive Consent architecture:
Flow 1 (Client Authentication):
- Client authenticates directly to IdP with its own client_id
- Server validates client_id against ALLOWED_MCP_CLIENTS whitelist
- Issues tokens with aud: "mcp-server" for MCP authentication only
- Progressive mode detected via ENABLE_PROGRESSIVE_CONSENT env var
Flow 2 (Resource Provisioning):
- New endpoints: /oauth/authorize-nextcloud, /oauth/callback-nextcloud
- MCP server acts as OAuth client for delegated Nextcloud access
- Stores master refresh tokens with flow_type and audience metadata
- Returns success HTML page after provisioning completion
Scope Authorization Updates:
- Added ProvisioningRequiredError for missing Flow 2 provisioning
- Decorator checks if Nextcloud scopes require provisioning in Progressive mode
- Validates token has Nextcloud scopes before allowing access
Storage Schema Enhancements:
- Added flow_type, is_provisioning, requested_scopes to oauth_sessions
- Enhanced store_oauth_session to support Progressive Consent metadata
- Maintains backward compatibility with hybrid flow
This completes the Progressive Consent implementation, enabling:
- Explicit user consent for resource access
- Stateless server by default (no automatic provisioning)
- Clear separation between authentication and resource access
- Defense in depth with audience-specific tokens
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- Token Broker Service manages Nextcloud access tokens with audience validation
- Implements short-lived token caching (5-minute TTL) with early refresh
- Enhanced token storage schema with ADR-004 fields (flow_type, audience, provisioning)
- MCP provisioning tools for explicit Flow 2 resource authorization
- Comprehensive unit tests for Token Broker Service (14 tests, all passing)
- Environment configuration for Progressive Consent mode
This implements the foundation for the dual OAuth flow architecture where:
- Flow 1: MCP clients authenticate to MCP server (aud: "mcp-server")
- Flow 2: MCP server gets delegated Nextcloud access (aud: "nextcloud")
Users must explicitly call provision_nextcloud_access tool to grant resource access,
implementing the "stateless by default" principle from ADR-004.
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This commit implements and documents both RFC 8693 token exchange tiers
from ADR-002, enabling both production-ready delegation and advanced
impersonation capabilities.
- Enable Keycloak preview features (`--features=preview`) to support
both Standard V2 and Legacy V1 token exchange modes
- Update Tier 1 status from "NOT IMPLEMENTED" to "IMPLEMENTED (Legacy V1)"
- Add detailed empirical testing results showing:
- Standard V2 rejects `requested_subject` parameter
- Legacy V1 accepts parameter but requires impersonation permissions
- Complete configuration steps for enabling impersonation
- Add comparison table showing when to use each tier
- Add "When to Use" guidance for both tiers
- Document that Tier 2 (Delegation) is the recommended default
- Update docstring to document both Tier 1 and Tier 2 support
- Add tier-specific logging (shows which tier is being used)
- Document permission requirements for Tier 1 impersonation
**tests/integration/auth/test_token_exchange_standard_v2.py**:
- Test delegation without impersonation (Tier 2)
- Verify sub claim remains unchanged (service account identity)
- Verify no special permissions required
- Test exchanged tokens work with Nextcloud APIs
- All tests PASS ✅
**tests/integration/auth/test_token_exchange_legacy_v1.py**:
- Test impersonation with `requested_subject` (Tier 1)
- Verify sub claim changes to target user
- Auto-skip if impersonation permissions not configured
- Document permission requirements in test docstrings
- Test exchanged tokens work with Nextcloud APIs
**tests/manual/test_impersonation.py**:
- Comprehensive impersonation validation script
- Tests both Standard V2 and Legacy V1 behavior
- Decodes JWT tokens to verify sub claim changes
- Validates tokens against Nextcloud APIs
**tests/manual/configure_impersonation.py**:
- Automated permission configuration helper
- Documents manual Keycloak CLI configuration steps
Both token exchange tiers are now fully implemented and tested:
- **Tier 2 (Delegation)** - ✅ RECOMMENDED
- Standard V2 (production-ready)
- No special permissions required
- Service account identity preserved
- **Tier 1 (Impersonation)** - ✅ Advanced use only
- Legacy V1 (--features=preview required)
- Requires manual permission grant via Keycloak CLI
- Subject claim changes to target user
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Service account tokens (client_credentials grant) violate OAuth "act on-behalf-of"
principles and have been moved to ADR-002's "Will Not Implement" section.
## Problem Discovery
Testing revealed that service account tokens create Nextcloud user accounts
(e.g., `service-account-nextcloud-mcp-server`) due to user_oidc's bearer
provisioning feature. This violates core OAuth principles:
- ❌ Creates stateful server identity in Nextcloud
- ❌ All actions attributed to service account, not real user
- ❌ Breaks audit trail and user attribution
- ❌ Service account becomes "admin by another name"
## Changes
### Documentation (ADR-002)
- Moved service account (old Tier 1) to "Will Not Implement" section
- Added "OAuth Act On-Behalf-Of Principle" section
- Renumbered tiers:
- Tier 1: Impersonation (NOT IMPLEMENTED)
- Tier 2: Delegation via token exchange (IMPLEMENTED)
- Updated status to reflect rejection of service accounts
### Code Warnings
- Added comprehensive warning to KeycloakOAuthClient.get_service_account_token()
- Clarified VALID use: only as subject_token for RFC 8693 token exchange
- Clarified INVALID use: direct API access with service account token
### Supporting Documentation
- CLAUDE.md: Removed outdated "Tier 1" references, added rejection note
- oauth-impersonation-findings.md: Added prominent update banner
- audience-validation-setup.md: Updated tier numbers, added rejection note
- tests/manual/test_token_exchange.py: Added warning comment
## Valid Patterns (ADR-002)
✅ Foreground operations: User's access token from MCP request
✅ Background operations: Token exchange (impersonation/delegation)
✅ Offline access: Refresh tokens with user consent
❌ Service accounts: Creates independent server identity (REJECTED)
## Alternative
If service account pattern is truly needed, use BasicAuth mode instead of
OAuth mode. OAuth mode MUST maintain "act on-behalf-of" semantics.
Related: c12df98 (revert of service account test)
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Remove file-based caching of OAuth client credentials and implement automatic
client lifecycle management for test fixtures.
Changes:
- Add RFC 7592 client deletion function in auth/client_registration.py
- Remove cache_file parameter from _create_oauth_client_with_scopes helper
- Update all OAuth credential fixtures to use yield/finalizer pattern
- Add automatic client cleanup at end of test session (best-effort)
- Remove persistent .nextcloud_oauth_*.json cache files
Benefits:
- No persistent cache files cluttering repository
- Fresh OAuth clients created for each test session via DCR
- Automatic cleanup attempts (RFC 7592 DELETE endpoint)
- Cleaner test environment with proper fixture lifecycle
Note: Client deletion may fail due to Nextcloud authentication middleware
(logged as warning). The key improvement is removing persistent cache files.
OAuth clients may accumulate in Nextcloud but can be cleaned manually.
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