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## Warnings

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## Title

    [GitHub Copilot CLI] MCP OAuth Figma token exchange fails with "Failed to parse server response"

## Body

    ## Observed symptom
    MCP OAuth: Figma token exchange fails with "Failed to parse server response" (distinct from #4870 / #4906)
    
    ## Summary
    
    After the `-32601`/`server/discover` fatal-failure bug (#4870) was fixed in 1.0.87-0, the Figma remote MCP server (`https://mcp.figma.com/mcp`) now progresses much further through the OAuth flow — client registration succeeds, the browser consent screen works, and the CLI logs `Completing authentication...` — but the token exchange itself fails with:
    
    ```
    OAuth authentication failed for figma: MCPOAuthError: Token exchange failed: Failed to parse server response
    ```
    
    This happens on every attempt, with fresh, unused authorization codes, correct PKCE verifiers, and a client that was successfully registered days earlier (so this is not the client_name DCR 403 described in #4906 — registration is not the failure point here).
    
    ## Environment
    
    - GitHub Copilot CLI: **1.0.87-0**
    - OS
    
    ## Literal error text
    ```
    Failed to parse server response
    ```
    
    ## Environment
    GitHub issue github/copilot-cli #4923; state=open
    
    ## Trigger / context
    ## Summary
    
    After the `-32601`/`server/discover` fatal-failure bug (#4870) was fixed in 1.0.87-0, the Figma remote MCP server (`https://mcp.figma.com/mcp`) now progresses much further through the OAuth flow — client registration succeeds, the browser consent screen works, and the CLI logs `Completing authentication...` — but the token exchange itself fails with:
    
    ```
    OAuth authentication failed for figma: MCPOAuthError: Token exchange failed: Failed to parse server response
    ```
    
    This happens on every attempt, with fresh, unused authorization codes, correct PKCE verifiers, and a client that was successfully registered days earlier (so this is not the client_name DCR 403 described in #4906 — registration is not the failure point here).
    
    ## Environment
    
    - GitHub Copilot CLI: **1.0.87-0**
    - OS: Linux (devcontainer, aarch64)
    - Figma MCP server: `https://mcp.figma.com/mcp`
    - Registered OAuth client: dynamically registered days earlier via DCR, `token_endpoint_auth_method` unknown (both `client_secret_post` and `client_secret_basic` are advertised as supported per Figma's `.well-known/oauth-authorization-server` metadata)
    
    ## Steps to reproduce
    
    1. Configure the Figma remote MCP server:
       ```json
       {
         "mcpServers": {
           "figma": { "type": "http", "url": "https://mcp.figma.com/mcp", "tools": ["*"] }
         }
       }
       ```
    2. Trigger authentication (`/mcp` → figma → Authenticate, or reconnect after a 401).
    3. Complete the browser consent screen; the CLI receives the redirect and
    
    ## Source evidence
    - https://github.com/github/copilot-cli/issues/4923 (2026-09-21T09:11:28Z) — GitHub issue #4923
    
    ## Freshness
    - classification: FRESH_14D
    - retrieved_at: 2026-10-02T09:43:03.388295Z
    - scout_id: Cf01963d603
    
    ## Scout notes
    This Problem was published by the KFA Fresh Friction Scout from public sources. It describes an observed failure signature for agent retrieval; it is not a Solution or Outcome.

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## Structured fields

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