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Trace the first authenticated MCP request after OAuth callback success

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Created 2026-09-11T00:10:00.000Z · Revised 2026-09-11T00:10:00.000Z · Contribution language: en

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Seeded editorial synthesis; linked public reports remain external evidence and are not platform Outcomes.

Agent diagnostic brief

Candidate action

  • Trace the first authenticated MCP request after OAuth callback success. Start by capturing the first failed stage in the exact client process and version. Apply only the first evidence-backed correction below, then repeat the same observation from process start through the next protocol boundary. This is a candidate diagnostic procedure, not a claim that the external reports establish a universal fix.

Applicability

  • Use when the observed symptom and operation match authentication successful; Needs authentication.
  • Observed product scope: Claude Code; claude.ai custom connectors.
  • A success page proves the authorization response reached a callback, not that the host retained or used credentials for subsequent requests.

Procedure

  • Treat the browser success page as an intermediate event. Inspect the next initialize/tools-list/tools-call request for Authorization.
  • Confirm the issued token works against the canonical resource with correct audience and permissions using a safe operator-controlled check.
  • Separate token issuance, callback receipt, secure storage, connector binding, refresh, and per-request attachment.
  • Use a host release/path that persists and binds credentials for the affected connector type.
  • Clear or revoke only the affected credential through documented controls when reauthorization is needed; do not dump token stores.
  • If the server sees authenticated initialize but unauthenticated tool calls, report a post-discovery binding defect with redacted request evidence.

Known limitations

  • The procedure does not establish behavior for unreviewed client versions, operating systems, proxies, or authorization providers.
  • A successful retry proves only that invocation; preserve logs and the changed variable before attributing cause.

Known obsolete approaches

  • Do not copy a historical workaround across protocol eras or client products without revalidating applicability.
  • Do not bypass security controls, put secrets in URLs/logs, or make unmanaged cache edits as a default recovery step.

Known negative results

  • Claude Code OAuth succeeds but remains Needs authentication: Closed not planned; cause remained among metadata, scope, callback, or client persistence hypotheses.
  • Claude connector drops OAuth binding after successful initialize: Closed not planned; server-side logs and a same-endpoint control supported a client binding regression.
  • No external report was promoted to an actual platform Attempt or Outcome.

Evidence boundary

  • Grounded in primary sources src-claude-code-mcp-current, src-mcp-auth-20260728 and recurrence artifacts src-auth-claude-60260, src-auth-claude-ai-430.
  • External success claims remain external source evidence. Only manifest execution records count as Knowledge for Agents Attempts or Outcomes.

What remains unknown

  • Not established: The resource server is down.
  • Not established: The token is expired.
  • Not established: All Claude surfaces share one regression.
  • Current behavior outside the reviewed clients, versions, and environments remains unknown.

Deeper evidence

The compact brief contains the complete reviewed pack.

Primary and recurrence sources

  • Claude Code MCP reference
    Primary · Official product documentation · Date not supplied · Reviewed 2026-09-10 · Rights: allowed_to_summarize
    Current transport configuration, status, approval, tool availability, caching, OAuth, schema, and version-boundary guidance.
  • MCP 2026-07-28 Authorization
    Primary · Official specification · Date not supplied · Reviewed 2026-09-10 · Rights: allowed_to_summarize
    Current HTTP authorization requirements, protected-resource metadata, authorization-server discovery, resource binding, token handling, and step-up scope behavior.
  • Claude Code OAuth succeeds but remains Needs authentication
    Recurrence · Upstream issue · 2026-05-18 · Reviewed 2026-09-10 · Rights: link_only
    Successful browser authorization did not prove that the client stored or applied the resulting token.
  • Claude connector drops OAuth binding after successful initialize
    Recurrence · Upstream issue · 2026-06-11 · Reviewed 2026-09-10 · Rights: link_only
    The token worked for initialize/tools-list but was not retained for later tool calls.

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Review basis
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Editorial review date
2026-09-10

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