fix(mcp): handle 400 auth errors, clear auth mode after OAuth, trim tokens (#1158)

* fix(mcp): handle 400 auth errors, clear auth mode after OAuth, trim tokens

Three bugs prevented MCP server authentication (e.g. GitHub MCP) from
working correctly:

1. **400 treated as auth-required**: GitHub's MCP endpoint returns 400
   "Authorization header is badly formatted" instead of 401 when auth
   is missing. Broadened auth detection in activate_mcp, send_request,
   and discover_via_401 to also match 400+authorization errors.

2. **Auth mode not cleared after OAuth callback**: The OAuth callback
   handler and setup submit handler did not call clear_auth_mode(),
   leaving pending_auth on the thread. The next user message was
   intercepted as a token instead of triggering an LLM turn.

3. **Token trimming**: Tokens with leading/trailing whitespace or
   newlines produced malformed Authorization headers. Now trimmed
   before storage (configure) and before use (build_request_headers).

Adds E2E tests with a mock MCP server (JSON-RPC + OAuth discovery +
DCR + token exchange) covering install -> activate -> OAuth callback ->
LLM turn lifecycle, plus a GitHub-style 400 error variant.

[skip-regression-check]

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 (1M context) <[email protected]>

* fix(mcp): add TTL to PendingAuth and clear auth mode on all failure paths

Auth mode (pending_auth on a Thread) had no timeout and several code
paths that failed to clear it, causing user messages to be swallowed
indefinitely. This adds defense-in-depth:

- Add created_at + 5-minute TTL to PendingAuth; auto-clear on next
  message if expired (safety net for edge cases like user closing
  browser mid-OAuth)
- Clear auth mode on OAuth callback failure paths (unknown/consumed
  state, expired flow)
- Move clear_auth_mode before configure() match in setup_submit so
  it runs on failure too (addresses Copilot review feedback)

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 (1M context) <[email protected]>

* fix(ci): exclude test hunks from unwrap/assert pre-commit check

The pre-commit safety script only excluded files in tests/ but not
#[cfg(test)] mod tests blocks inside src/ files. Use the git diff @@
hunk header context (which includes the enclosing function name) to
detect and skip test hunks.

Also removes unnecessary // safety: comments from test assertions.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 (1M context) <[email protected]>

* fix: restore formatting in test assertions

The replace_all edit that removed // safety: comments collapsed
newlines. Restore proper line breaks.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 (1M context) <[email protected]>

* fix: address Copilot review - tighten pre-commit filter, document TTL sync

- pre-commit-safety.sh: only exclude `mod tests` hunks (not `fn test_*`)
  to avoid hiding unwrap/assert in production functions like test_server()
- session.rs: extract AUTH_MODE_TTL_SECS constant and add doc comment
  linking to OAUTH_FLOW_EXPIRY to prevent silent drift

[skip-regression-check]

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 (1M context) <[email protected]>

* fix(mcp): return error on expired auth input, clear auth on all OAuth paths

- When auth mode TTL expires and the user sends a message (possibly a
  pasted token), return an explicit "expired, please retry" response
  instead of forwarding the content to the LLM/history
- Add clear_auth_mode() to all early-return paths in oauth_callback_handler
  (provider error, missing state/code, no extension manager)

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 (1M context) <[email protected]>

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Co-authored-by: Claude Opus 4.6 (1M context) <[email protected]>

tests/e2e/mock_llm.py

@@ -225,6 +225,128 @@ async def models(_request: web.Request) -> web.Response:
     })
 
 
+# ── Mock MCP Server ──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+#
+# Simulates an MCP server that requires OAuth.  Unauthenticated requests get
+# 401 + WWW-Authenticate (standard MCP flow) or 400 "Authorization header is
+# badly formatted" (GitHub-style).  Authenticated requests return valid
+# JSON-RPC responses for initialize and tools/list.
+
+
+async def mcp_endpoint(request: web.Request) -> web.Response:
+    """Handle POST /mcp — JSON-RPC MCP endpoint requiring Bearer auth."""
+    auth = request.headers.get("Authorization", "")
+    if not auth.startswith("Bearer ") or len(auth.split(" ", 1)[1].strip()) == 0:
+        # Return 401 with WWW-Authenticate header for OAuth discovery
+        resource_meta_url = f"http://127.0.0.1:{request.app['port']}/.well-known/oauth-protected-resource"
+        return web.Response(
+            status=401,
+            headers={"WWW-Authenticate": f'Bearer resource_metadata="{resource_meta_url}"'},
+            text="Unauthorized",
+        )
+    return await _mcp_handle_authed(request)
+
+
+async def mcp_endpoint_400(request: web.Request) -> web.Response:
+    """Handle POST /mcp-400 — MCP endpoint that returns 400 (GitHub-style).
+
+    Simulates GitHub's MCP server which returns 400 "Authorization header
+    is badly formatted" instead of 401 when auth is missing or invalid.
+    """
+    auth = request.headers.get("Authorization", "")
+    if not auth.startswith("Bearer ") or len(auth.split(" ", 1)[1].strip()) == 0:
+        return web.Response(
+            status=400,
+            text="bad request: Authorization header is badly formatted",
+        )
+    return await _mcp_handle_authed(request)
+
+
+async def _mcp_handle_authed(request: web.Request) -> web.Response:
+    """Handle an authenticated MCP JSON-RPC request."""
+    body = await request.json()
+    method = body.get("method", "")
+    req_id = body.get("id")
+
+    if method == "initialize":
+        return web.json_response({
+            "jsonrpc": "2.0", "id": req_id,
+            "result": {
+                "protocolVersion": "2024-11-05",
+                "capabilities": {"tools": {}},
+                "serverInfo": {"name": "mock-mcp", "version": "1.0.0"},
+            },
+        })
+    if method == "notifications/initialized":
+        return web.json_response({"jsonrpc": "2.0", "id": req_id, "result": {}})
+    if method == "tools/list":
+        return web.json_response({
+            "jsonrpc": "2.0", "id": req_id,
+            "result": {"tools": [{
+                "name": "mock_search",
+                "description": "A mock search tool for testing",
+                "inputSchema": {"type": "object", "properties": {
+                    "query": {"type": "string"},
+                }},
+            }]},
+        })
+    return web.json_response({"jsonrpc": "2.0", "id": req_id, "error": {
+        "code": -32601, "message": f"Method not found: {method}",
+    }})
+
+
+async def mcp_protected_resource(request: web.Request) -> web.Response:
+    """GET /.well-known/oauth-protected-resource[/{path}] — RFC 9728 discovery.
+
+    Production code appends the MCP server path after the well-known suffix
+    (e.g. /.well-known/oauth-protected-resource/mcp-400), so this handler
+    accepts an optional tail and returns a resource matching the request.
+    """
+    port = request.app["port"]
+    tail = request.match_info.get("tail", "mcp")
+    return web.json_response({
+        "resource": f"http://127.0.0.1:{port}/{tail}",
+        "authorization_servers": [f"http://127.0.0.1:{port}"],
+    })
+
+
+async def mcp_auth_server_metadata(request: web.Request) -> web.Response:
+    """GET /.well-known/oauth-authorization-server[/{path}] — OAuth metadata."""
+    port = request.app["port"]
+    base = f"http://127.0.0.1:{port}"
+    return web.json_response({
+        "issuer": base,
+        "authorization_endpoint": f"{base}/oauth/authorize",
+        "token_endpoint": f"{base}/oauth/token",
+        "registration_endpoint": f"{base}/oauth/register",
+        "scopes_supported": ["read", "write"],
+        "response_types_supported": ["code"],
+        "grant_types_supported": ["authorization_code", "refresh_token"],
+        "code_challenge_methods_supported": ["S256"],
+    })
+
+
+async def mcp_oauth_register(request: web.Request) -> web.Response:
+    """POST /oauth/register — Dynamic Client Registration."""
+    body = await request.json()
+    return web.json_response({
+        "client_id": "mock-mcp-client-id",
+        "client_name": body.get("client_name", "IronClaw"),
+        "redirect_uris": body.get("redirect_uris", []),
+    })
+
+
+async def mcp_oauth_token(request: web.Request) -> web.Response:
+    """POST /oauth/token — Token endpoint for MCP OAuth."""
+    data = await request.post()
+    code = data.get("code", "")
+    return web.json_response({
+        "access_token": f"mcp-token-{code}",
+        "token_type": "Bearer",
+        "expires_in": 3600,
+    })
+
+
 def main():
     parser = argparse.ArgumentParser()
     parser.add_argument("--port", type=int, default=0)
@@ -236,6 +358,15 @@ def main():
     app.router.add_get("/v1/models", models)
     app.router.add_get("/models", models)
     app.router.add_post("/oauth/exchange", oauth_exchange)
+    # Mock MCP server endpoints
+    app.router.add_post("/mcp", mcp_endpoint)
+    app.router.add_post("/mcp-400", mcp_endpoint_400)
+    app.router.add_get("/.well-known/oauth-protected-resource", mcp_protected_resource)
+    app.router.add_get("/.well-known/oauth-protected-resource/{tail:.*}", mcp_protected_resource)
+    app.router.add_get("/.well-known/oauth-authorization-server", mcp_auth_server_metadata)
+    app.router.add_get("/.well-known/oauth-authorization-server/{tail:.*}", mcp_auth_server_metadata)
+    app.router.add_post("/oauth/register", mcp_oauth_register)
+    app.router.add_post("/oauth/token", mcp_oauth_token)
 
     async def start():
         runner = web.AppRunner(app)
@@ -243,6 +374,7 @@ def main():
         site = web.TCPSite(runner, "127.0.0.1", args.port)
         await site.start()
         port = site._server.sockets[0].getsockname()[1]
+        app["port"] = port  # used by MCP handlers
         print(f"MOCK_LLM_PORT={port}", flush=True)
         await asyncio.Event().wait()
 

tests/e2e/scenarios/test_mcp_auth_flow.py

@@ -0,0 +1,355 @@
+"""MCP server auth flow E2E tests.
+
+Tests the full MCP server lifecycle: install MCP server (pointing at mock) ->
+activate triggers auth (401/400 -> AuthRequired -> OAuth URL) -> OAuth callback
+completes -> auth mode cleared (next message triggers LLM turn) -> MCP tools
+available.
+
+Regression coverage for:
+  - 400 "Authorization header is badly formatted" treated as auth-required
+  - OAuth discovery via 401 + WWW-Authenticate header
+  - clear_auth_mode after OAuth callback (user message not swallowed)
+  - Token trimming (whitespace/newline in stored tokens)
+
+The mock_llm.py serves a mock MCP server at /mcp with full OAuth discovery
+endpoints (.well-known/oauth-protected-resource, DCR, token exchange).
+"""
+
+from urllib.parse import parse_qs, urlparse
+
+import httpx
+import pytest
+
+from helpers import SEL, api_get, api_post
+
+
+def _extract_state(auth_url: str) -> str:
+    """Extract the CSRF state parameter from an OAuth authorization URL."""
+    parsed = urlparse(auth_url)
+    qs = parse_qs(parsed.query)
+    assert "state" in qs, f"auth_url should contain state param: {auth_url}"
+    return qs["state"][0]
+
+
+async def _get_extension(base_url, name):
+    """Get a specific extension from the extensions list, or None."""
+    r = await api_get(base_url, "/api/extensions")
+    for ext in r.json().get("extensions", []):
+        if ext["name"] == name:
+            return ext
+    return None
+
+
+async def _ensure_removed(base_url, name):
+    """Remove extension if already installed."""
+    ext = await _get_extension(base_url, name)
+    if ext:
+        await api_post(base_url, f"/api/extensions/{name}/remove", timeout=30)
+
+
+# ── Section A: Install MCP Server ────────────────────────────────────────
+
+
+async def test_mcp_install(ironclaw_server, mock_llm_server):
+    """Install a mock MCP server pointing at mock_llm.py's /mcp endpoint."""
+    await _ensure_removed(ironclaw_server, "mock-mcp")
+
+    mcp_url = f"{mock_llm_server}/mcp"
+    r = await api_post(
+        ironclaw_server,
+        "/api/extensions/install",
+        json={"name": "mock-mcp", "url": mcp_url, "kind": "mcp_server"},
+        timeout=30,
+    )
+    assert r.status_code == 200
+    data = r.json()
+    assert data.get("success") is True, f"Install failed: {data}"
+
+    ext = await _get_extension(ironclaw_server, "mock-mcp")
+    assert ext is not None, "mock-mcp should appear in extensions list"
+    assert ext["kind"] == "mcp_server"
+
+
+# ── Section B: Activate Triggers Auth ────────────────────────────────────
+
+
+async def test_mcp_activate_triggers_auth(ironclaw_server):
+    """Activating an unauthenticated MCP server triggers the OAuth flow.
+
+    The mock MCP returns 401 with WWW-Authenticate when no Bearer token
+    is present. The activate handler should detect this as auth-required
+    and return an auth_url.
+    """
+    ext = await _get_extension(ironclaw_server, "mock-mcp")
+    if ext is None:
+        pytest.skip("mock-mcp not installed")
+
+    r = await api_post(
+        ironclaw_server,
+        "/api/extensions/mock-mcp/activate",
+        timeout=30,
+    )
+    assert r.status_code == 200
+    data = r.json()
+
+    # Activation should fail with an auth_url (OAuth needed)
+    # OR it should return awaiting_token (manual token prompt)
+    auth_url = data.get("auth_url")
+    awaiting_token = data.get("awaiting_token")
+    assert auth_url is not None or awaiting_token, (
+        f"Activate should require auth, got: {data}"
+    )
+
+
+# ── Section C: OAuth Round-Trip ──────────────────────────────────────────
+
+
+async def test_mcp_oauth_callback(ironclaw_server):
+    """Complete the OAuth flow via setup + callback for the MCP server."""
+    ext = await _get_extension(ironclaw_server, "mock-mcp")
+    if ext is None:
+        pytest.skip("mock-mcp not installed")
+
+    # Configure with empty secrets to trigger OAuth
+    r = await api_post(
+        ironclaw_server,
+        "/api/extensions/mock-mcp/setup",
+        json={"secrets": {}},
+        timeout=30,
+    )
+    assert r.status_code == 200
+    data = r.json()
+
+    # If no auth_url, try activate to trigger it
+    auth_url = data.get("auth_url")
+    if auth_url is None:
+        r = await api_post(
+            ironclaw_server,
+            "/api/extensions/mock-mcp/activate",
+            timeout=30,
+        )
+        data = r.json()
+        auth_url = data.get("auth_url")
+
+    if auth_url is None:
+        # Server might have been auto-authenticated via DCR; check if active
+        ext = await _get_extension(ironclaw_server, "mock-mcp")
+        if ext and ext.get("authenticated"):
+            return  # Already authenticated, skip callback test
+        pytest.skip("Could not obtain auth_url for mock-mcp")
+
+    csrf_state = _extract_state(auth_url)
+
+    # Hit the OAuth callback endpoint
+    async with httpx.AsyncClient() as client:
+        r = await client.get(
+            f"{ironclaw_server}/oauth/callback",
+            params={"code": "mock_mcp_code", "state": csrf_state},
+            timeout=30,
+            follow_redirects=True,
+        )
+    assert r.status_code == 200, f"Callback returned {r.status_code}: {r.text[:300]}"
+    body = r.text.lower()
+    assert "connected" in body or "success" in body, (
+        f"Callback should indicate success: {r.text[:500]}"
+    )
+
+
+async def test_mcp_authenticated_after_oauth(ironclaw_server):
+    """After OAuth callback, MCP server shows authenticated=True."""
+    ext = await _get_extension(ironclaw_server, "mock-mcp")
+    if ext is None:
+        pytest.skip("mock-mcp not installed")
+    assert ext["authenticated"] is True, (
+        f"mock-mcp should be authenticated after OAuth: {ext}"
+    )
+
+
+async def test_mcp_tools_registered(ironclaw_server):
+    """After authentication, MCP tools appear in the extension."""
+    ext = await _get_extension(ironclaw_server, "mock-mcp")
+    if ext is None:
+        pytest.skip("mock-mcp not installed")
+    tools = ext.get("tools", [])
+    assert len(tools) > 0, f"mock-mcp should have tools after auth: {ext}"
+    # The mock MCP serves a tool named "mock_search", prefixed with server name
+    tool_names = [t for t in tools if "mock_search" in t]
+    assert len(tool_names) > 0, f"Expected mock_search tool, got: {tools}"
+
+
+# ── Section D: Auth Mode Cleared — LLM Turn Fires ───────────────────────
+
+
+async def test_mcp_auth_mode_cleared_llm_turn_fires(ironclaw_server, page):
+    """After OAuth completes, the next user message triggers an LLM turn.
+
+    Regression test: previously, pending_auth was not cleared by the OAuth
+    callback handler, so the next user message was consumed as a token and
+    the LLM turn never fired.
+    """
+    chat_input = page.locator(SEL["chat_input"])
+    await chat_input.wait_for(state="visible", timeout=5000)
+
+    assistant_sel = SEL["message_assistant"]
+    before_count = await page.locator(assistant_sel).count()
+
+    # Send a normal message — should trigger LLM, not be swallowed by auth
+    await chat_input.fill("hello")
+    await chat_input.press("Enter")
+
+    # Wait for assistant response
+    expected = before_count + 1
+    await page.wait_for_function(
+        """({ assistantSelector, expectedCount }) => {
+            const messages = document.querySelectorAll(assistantSelector);
+            return messages.length >= expectedCount;
+        }""",
+        arg={"assistantSelector": assistant_sel, "expectedCount": expected},
+        timeout=15000,
+    )
+
+    text = await page.locator(assistant_sel).last.inner_text()
+    assert len(text.strip()) > 0, "Assistant should have responded"
+
+
+# ── Section E: GitHub-style 400 Error ─────────────────────────────────────
+
+
+async def test_mcp_400_activate_triggers_auth(ironclaw_server, mock_llm_server):
+    """MCP server returning 400 "Authorization header is badly formatted"
+    is treated as auth-required (regression for GitHub MCP).
+
+    Previously, only 401 triggered the auth flow. GitHub's MCP returns 400
+    with "Authorization header is badly formatted" instead.
+    """
+    await _ensure_removed(ironclaw_server, "mock-mcp-400")
+
+    mcp_url = f"{mock_llm_server}/mcp-400"
+    r = await api_post(
+        ironclaw_server,
+        "/api/extensions/install",
+        json={"name": "mock-mcp-400", "url": mcp_url, "kind": "mcp_server"},
+        timeout=30,
+    )
+    assert r.status_code == 200
+    assert r.json().get("success") is True, f"Install failed: {r.json()}"
+
+    # Activate should detect 400 + "authorization" as auth-required
+    r = await api_post(
+        ironclaw_server,
+        "/api/extensions/mock-mcp-400/activate",
+        timeout=30,
+    )
+    assert r.status_code == 200, f"Activate returned {r.status_code}: {r.text[:300]}"
+    data = r.json()
+
+    # The 400 should be treated as auth-required, returning an auth_url
+    # or awaiting_token — not a raw "400 Bad Request" activation error.
+    auth_url = data.get("auth_url")
+    awaiting_token = data.get("awaiting_token")
+    assert auth_url is not None or awaiting_token, (
+        f"400 auth error should trigger auth flow (auth_url or awaiting_token), got: {data}"
+    )
+
+
+async def test_mcp_400_oauth_discovery_returns_auth_url(ironclaw_server):
+    """OAuth discovery succeeds for the 400-variant via RFC 9728 (strategy 2).
+
+    Strategy 1 (discover_via_401) fails because /mcp-400 returns 400 without
+    a WWW-Authenticate header.  Strategy 2 queries
+    /.well-known/oauth-protected-resource/mcp-400 (path-suffixed) and must
+    find the mock's wildcard route.  Without that route, discovery fails
+    entirely and only awaiting_token (manual) is returned — no auth_url.
+
+    This test would have failed before the wildcard .well-known routes were
+    added to mock_llm.py.
+    """
+    ext = await _get_extension(ironclaw_server, "mock-mcp-400")
+    if ext is None:
+        pytest.skip("mock-mcp-400 not installed")
+
+    # Re-activate to get a fresh auth response
+    r = await api_post(
+        ironclaw_server,
+        "/api/extensions/mock-mcp-400/activate",
+        timeout=30,
+    )
+    assert r.status_code == 200, f"Activate returned {r.status_code}: {r.text[:300]}"
+    data = r.json()
+
+    auth_url = data.get("auth_url")
+    assert auth_url is not None, (
+        f"OAuth discovery must produce an auth_url (not just awaiting_token). "
+        f"Strategy 2 (RFC 9728) likely failed — check .well-known wildcard routes. "
+        f"Got: {data}"
+    )
+
+
+async def test_mcp_400_full_oauth_roundtrip(ironclaw_server):
+    """Complete OAuth round-trip for the 400-variant MCP server.
+
+    Exercises the full path: activate → 400 detected as auth-required →
+    OAuth discovery via strategy 2 (path-suffixed .well-known) → DCR →
+    auth_url returned → callback completes token exchange → extension
+    authenticated with tools.
+
+    Without the wildcard .well-known routes, OAuth discovery fails and
+    no auth_url is produced, so this test would fail at the csrf_state
+    extraction step.
+    """
+    ext = await _get_extension(ironclaw_server, "mock-mcp-400")
+    if ext is None:
+        pytest.skip("mock-mcp-400 not installed")
+
+    # Get a fresh auth_url via activate
+    r = await api_post(
+        ironclaw_server,
+        "/api/extensions/mock-mcp-400/activate",
+        timeout=30,
+    )
+    data = r.json()
+    auth_url = data.get("auth_url")
+    if auth_url is None:
+        pytest.skip("No auth_url from activate (discovery may not have succeeded)")
+
+    csrf_state = _extract_state(auth_url)
+
+    # Complete OAuth callback
+    async with httpx.AsyncClient() as client:
+        r = await client.get(
+            f"{ironclaw_server}/oauth/callback",
+            params={"code": "mock_400_code", "state": csrf_state},
+            timeout=30,
+            follow_redirects=True,
+        )
+    assert r.status_code == 200, f"Callback returned {r.status_code}: {r.text[:300]}"
+    body = r.text.lower()
+    assert "connected" in body or "success" in body, (
+        f"400-variant OAuth callback should succeed: {r.text[:500]}"
+    )
+
+    # Verify authenticated + tools loaded
+    ext = await _get_extension(ironclaw_server, "mock-mcp-400")
+    assert ext is not None, "mock-mcp-400 should still be installed"
+    assert ext["authenticated"] is True, (
+        f"mock-mcp-400 should be authenticated after OAuth: {ext}"
+    )
+    tools = ext.get("tools", [])
+    assert len(tools) > 0, f"mock-mcp-400 should have tools after auth: {ext}"
+
+
+async def test_mcp_400_cleanup(ironclaw_server):
+    """Clean up the 400-variant MCP server."""
+    await _ensure_removed(ironclaw_server, "mock-mcp-400")
+    ext = await _get_extension(ironclaw_server, "mock-mcp-400")
+    assert ext is None, "mock-mcp-400 should be removed"
+
+
+# ── Section F: Cleanup ───────────────────────────────────────────────────
+
+
+async def test_mcp_cleanup(ironclaw_server):
+    """Remove mock-mcp (cleanup for other test files)."""
+    await _ensure_removed(ironclaw_server, "mock-mcp")
+    ext = await _get_extension(ironclaw_server, "mock-mcp")
+    assert ext is None, "mock-mcp should be removed"