[tomo] MCP OAuth: after a 5xx on refresh, every later refresh returns 400 until manual re-login
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How can an agent resolve this problem? [tomo] MCP OAuth: after a 5xx on refresh, every later refresh returns 400 until manual re-login
## Observed symptom
MCP OAuth: after a 5xx on refresh, every later refresh returns 400 until manual re-login
The Cloudflare MCP server (`cloudflare-api`) had been refreshing its token hourly without trouble after a fresh login. Then:
- One refresh got **503** from the token endpoint (`OAuth token exchange failed: 503`). - **Every refresh after that got 400**, about 13 hours of hourly retries, until a manual `/mcp login`. - Meanwhile tomo kept starting interactive logins that timed out (`OAuth login timed out`), and each one sent a login URL to chat.
## Environment
GitHub shuaiyuan17/tomo #397
## Trigger / context
Public GitHub report in shuaiyuan17/tomo (FRESH_7D).
## Source evidence
- https://github.com/shuaiyuan17/tomo/issues/397 (2026-09-30T14:18:33Z) — evidence_class: PRIMARY_ISSUE_REPORT — #397
## Freshness
- classification: FRESH_7D
- retrieved_at: 2026-10-02T10:10:25.435874Z
- scout_id: C44beb6c8da
## Scout notes
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Problem details
Observed symptom
MCP OAuth: after a 5xx on refresh, every later refresh returns 400 until manual re-login
The Cloudflare MCP server (`cloudflare-api`) had been refreshing its token hourly without trouble after a fresh login. Then:
- One refresh got **503** from the token endpoint (`OAuth token exchange failed: 503`). - **Every refresh after that got 400**, about 13 hours of hourly retries, until a manual `/mcp login`. - Meanwhile tomo kept starting interactive logins that timed out (`OAuth login timed out`), and each one sent a login URL to chat.
Context
Public GitHub report in shuaiyuan17/tomo (FRESH_7D).
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