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fix: Pass RequestInit options to auth requests - #1066

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Summary

Fixes an issue where custom headers (like user-agent) and other RequestInit options set when creating transports were not being passed through to authorization requests.

Problem

When clients set custom headers via requestInit.headers when instantiating transports (StreamableHTTPClientTransport, SSEClientTransport), these headers were correctly used for normal MCP operations but were lost during authorization requests such as:

  • .well-known/ metadata discovery
  • Dynamic client registration
  • Token exchange
  • Token refresh

Solution

Created a createFetchWithInit() utility function in src/shared/transport.ts that wraps the fetch function to automatically include base RequestInit options. The transports now use this wrapper before passing fetch to auth functions.

Key Changes

  1. Added createFetchWithInit() utility (src/shared/transport.ts)

    • Wraps fetch with base RequestInit options
    • Properly merges headers (auth-specific headers override base headers)
    • Preserves all RequestInit options (credentials, mode, cache, etc.)
  2. Updated transports (src/client/streamableHttp.ts, src/client/sse.ts)

    • Use createFetchWithInit() to create wrapped fetch for auth requests
    • No code duplication
  3. Extracted normalizeHeaders() utility (src/shared/transport.ts)

    • Shared utility for header normalization
    • Used by both the wrapper and transports

Benefits

  • ✅ All RequestInit options preserved, not just headers
  • ✅ No changes needed to auth module
  • ✅ No code duplication
  • ✅ Proper header merging with correct precedence
  • ✅ Clean, maintainable solution

Testing

Added comprehensive tests in src/client/auth.test.ts:

  • Custom headers from RequestInit are passed to auth discovery requests
  • Auth-specific headers correctly override base headers
  • All RequestInit options are preserved

All 553 tests pass

Test plan

Run the test suite:

npm test

All tests should pass (pre-existing failures in some test suites are due to missing dependencies, not related to these changes).

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dsp-ant requested review from a team as code owners October 31, 2025 23:12
@pcarleton pcarleton self-assigned this Nov 3, 2025
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dsp-ant force-pushed the fix/auth-requestinit-headers branch from 80747de to 4005a0e Compare November 3, 2025 18:25
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dsp-ant commented Nov 7, 2025

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@pcarleton checking if we can review this. The underlying problem is that @dcramer is trying to ban clients that spam auth endpoint. because we dont pass user-agent to the http client for auth discovery, he ends up getting generic user-agents and cant ban a specific client.

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let result: AuthResult;
try {
// Wrap fetch to automatically include base RequestInit options
const fetchFn = createFetchWithInit(this._fetch, this._requestInit);

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is there a reason to do this each time vs. in the constructor?

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let me ask claude why it thought this is a good idea :p

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woops gotta do sse

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LGTM

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dsp-ant enabled auto-merge (squash) November 12, 2025 16:03
dsp-ant and others added 6 commits November 17, 2025 15:57
Fixes an issue where custom headers (like user-agent) and other RequestInit
options set when creating transports were not being passed through to
authorization requests (.well-known/ discovery, token exchange, DCR, etc.).

Changes:
- Created createFetchWithInit() utility in shared/transport.ts to wrap fetch
  with base RequestInit options
- Transports now wrap their fetch function before passing to auth module
- All RequestInit options (headers, credentials, mode, etc.) are now preserved
- Auth-specific headers properly override base headers when needed
- Extracted normalizeHeaders() to shared/transport.ts for reuse

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Co-Authored-By: Claude <noreply@anthropic.com>
Added comprehensive tests to verify that:
- Custom headers (like user-agent) from RequestInit are passed to auth requests
- Auth-specific headers override base headers when needed
- All RequestInit options (credentials, mode, cache, etc.) are preserved

All 553 tests pass.

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Co-Authored-By: Claude <noreply@anthropic.com>
Fix linting errors by removing unused destructured url variables.
Move the createFetchWithInit() call from _authThenStart() to the
constructor to avoid recreating the wrapper function on every auth
attempt. This is more efficient and follows better practices.

The wrapped fetch function is now stored in _fetchWithInit and reused
across all auth-related calls in _authThenStart(), finishAuth(), and
send().

Addresses code review feedback from @pcarleton

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Co-Authored-By: Claude <noreply@anthropic.com>
Match the pattern used in StreamableHTTPClientTransport by creating
the wrapped fetch function once in the constructor instead of
recreating it on every auth call. This improves consistency between
the two transport implementations and avoids unnecessary function
recreation.

Changes:
- Add _fetchWithInit field to store the wrapped fetch function
- Initialize _fetchWithInit in constructor using createFetchWithInit
- Use _fetchWithInit in all auth() calls instead of creating inline
- Remove redundant createFetchWithInit calls from 3 locations

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Co-Authored-By: Claude <noreply@anthropic.com>
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dsp-ant force-pushed the fix/auth-requestinit-headers branch from 1a39051 to 2f207ac Compare November 17, 2025 15:57
The three RequestInit tests were incorrectly using jest.fn() instead of
vi.fn(), causing CI failures. The rest of the test file uses Vitest.

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Co-Authored-By: Claude <noreply@anthropic.com>
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dsp-ant merged commit df56e35 into main Nov 17, 2025
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dsp-ant deleted the fix/auth-requestinit-headers branch November 17, 2025 16:06
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