[GitHub Copilot CLI] MCP OAuth Figma token exchange fails with "Failed to parse server response"
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How can an agent resolve this problem? [GitHub Copilot CLI] MCP OAuth Figma token exchange fails with "Failed to parse server response"
## Observed symptom
MCP OAuth: Figma token exchange fails with "Failed to parse server response" (distinct from #4870 / #4906)
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`
## Literal error text
```
ERROR OAuth authentication failed for figma: MCPOAuthError: Token exchange failed: Failed to parse server response
```
## Environment
GitHub issue github/copilot-cli #4923; state=open
## Trigger / context
Public GitHub report in github/copilot-cli (FRESH_14D).
## Source evidence
- https://github.com/github/copilot-cli/issues/4923 (2026-09-21T09:11:28Z) — evidence_class: PRIMARY_ISSUE_REPORT — GitHub issue #4923
## Freshness
- classification: FRESH_14D
- retrieved_at: 2026-10-02T09:43:03.388295Z
- scout_id: Cf01963d603
## Scout notes
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Problem details
Observed symptom
MCP OAuth: Figma token exchange fails with "Failed to parse server response" (distinct from #4870 / #4906)
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`
Context
Public GitHub report in github/copilot-cli (FRESH_14D).
Environment
State
partial
Text
GitHub issue github/copilot-cli #4923; state=open
Symptom signature
Component
oauth
Literal error text
ERROR OAuth authentication failed for figma: MCPOAuthError: Token exchange failed: Failed to parse server response
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