refactor(mcp): make the aggregate DCR front door always-on, remove the mcp_gateway_dcr flag

The flag guarded no breaking change: the aggregate discovery lives at new /mcp-suffixed
routes, the challenge only fires at aggregate scope, and the authorize/token/register/admission
arms self-gate on the llm_dcrc_/llm_session_ prefixes. Bare-origin and per-server discovery are
left exactly as they were, and a server literally named mcp keeps its own discovery via
disambiguation, so turning it on for everyone changes nothing about existing flows.
This commit is contained in:
Tin Chi Lo 2026-07-14 17:27:22 -07:00
parent 64868f2fc8
commit 943d7aa0a9
5 changed files with 104 additions and 215 deletions

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@ -12,7 +12,6 @@ import litellm
from litellm._logging import verbose_logger
from litellm.proxy._experimental.mcp_server.oauth_utils import (
get_request_base_url,
is_mcp_gateway_dcr_enabled,
)
from litellm.proxy._experimental.mcp_server.outbound_credentials.bridge_credentials import (
BridgeEnvelopeAdmitted,
@ -133,14 +132,12 @@ def _is_aggregate_gateway_dcr_challenge_scope(
) -> bool:
"""True when an unauthenticated request to the aggregate ``/mcp`` endpoint
should receive the RFC 9728 401 challenge that advertises the gateway as
the authorization server (``mcp_gateway_dcr`` front door).
the authorization server.
Fires only for a genuine 401 on the aggregate scope: any named target
(path or ``x-mcp-servers``) belongs to the per-server challenge paths, and
client-supplied MCP auth headers mean the caller is not a cold-start DCR
client. Fails closed to the original admission error otherwise."""
if not is_mcp_gateway_dcr_enabled():
return False
if not _is_litellm_auth_admission_error(exc):
return False
if mcp_servers:

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@ -42,7 +42,6 @@ from litellm.proxy._experimental.mcp_server.faults import (
from litellm.proxy._experimental.mcp_server.oauth_utils import (
TOKEN_NO_CACHE_HEADERS,
get_request_base_url,
is_mcp_gateway_dcr_enabled,
validate_trusted_redirect_uri,
)
from litellm.proxy.auth.ip_address_utils import IPAddressUtils
@ -1641,12 +1640,6 @@ async def _build_oauth_protected_resource_response(
global_mcp_server_manager,
)
# With the gateway-level DCR front door enabled, unnamed discovery
# describes the gateway itself as the authorization server for the
# aggregate /mcp resource instead of narrowing to one server.
if mcp_server_name is None and is_mcp_gateway_dcr_enabled():
return _build_aggregate_protected_resource_response(request)
request_base_url = get_request_base_url(request)
client_ip = IPAddressUtils.get_mcp_client_ip(request)
@ -1821,13 +1814,20 @@ def _build_aggregate_authorization_server_response(request: Request) -> dict:
}
def _raise_404_unless_gateway_dcr_enabled() -> None:
"""The aggregate well-known routes exist only under the gateway-level DCR
front door; flag-off they 404 exactly like the previously-absent routes so
discovery behavior is byte-identical for existing deployments."""
if is_mcp_gateway_dcr_enabled():
return
raise HTTPException(status_code=404, detail="Not Found")
def _mcp_named_server_exists(request: Request) -> bool:
"""True when a server literally named ``mcp`` is configured and visible to this caller.
Its per-server authorization-server document is served at
``/.well-known/oauth-authorization-server/mcp``, a single segment that collides with the
aggregate path. When such a server exists the real server wins the route, so that
deployment keeps its per-server discovery regardless of whether the aggregate front door
is on."""
from litellm.proxy._experimental.mcp_server.mcp_server_manager import ( # noqa: PLC0415 # circular import with mcp_server_manager at module load
global_mcp_server_manager,
)
client_ip = IPAddressUtils.get_mcp_client_ip(request)
return global_mcp_server_manager.get_mcp_server_by_name("mcp", client_ip=client_ip) is not None
# RFC 9728 path-appended discovery for the aggregate /mcp endpoint. A client
@ -1841,10 +1841,12 @@ def _raise_404_unless_gateway_dcr_enabled() -> None:
)
async def oauth_protected_resource_aggregate(request: Request):
"""
OAuth protected resource discovery for the aggregate /mcp endpoint
(gateway-level DCR front door; 404 when the flag is off).
OAuth protected resource discovery for the aggregate /mcp endpoint.
The single-segment ``/mcp`` path does not collide with any per-server PRM pattern
(those are two-segment: ``/mcp/{server}`` or ``/{server}/mcp``), so this unambiguously
describes the aggregate resource.
"""
_raise_404_unless_gateway_dcr_enabled()
return _build_aggregate_protected_resource_response(request)
@ -1853,13 +1855,15 @@ async def oauth_protected_resource_aggregate(request: Request):
)
async def oauth_authorization_server_aggregate(request: Request):
"""
OAuth authorization server discovery for the aggregate /mcp endpoint, the
RFC 8414 path-inserted form for a client that treats {base}/mcp as its
authorization base URL (gateway-level DCR front door; 404 when the flag
is off, indistinguishable from an unknown server name on the
parameterized route below).
OAuth authorization server discovery for the aggregate /mcp endpoint, the RFC 8414
path-inserted form for a client that treats {base}/mcp as its authorization base URL.
This single-segment path collides with the parameterized ``/{mcp_server_name}`` route
below, so a server literally named ``mcp`` wins it and keeps its per-server discovery;
only when no such server exists is the aggregate document served.
"""
_raise_404_unless_gateway_dcr_enabled()
if _mcp_named_server_exists(request):
return _build_oauth_authorization_server_response(request=request, mcp_server_name="mcp")
return _build_aggregate_authorization_server_response(request)
@ -1922,11 +1926,6 @@ def _build_oauth_authorization_server_response(
global_mcp_server_manager,
)
# With the gateway-level DCR front door enabled, unnamed discovery keeps
# advertising the gateway's own /authorize, /token, and /register.
if mcp_server_name is None and is_mcp_gateway_dcr_enabled():
return _build_aggregate_authorization_server_response(request)
request_base_url = get_request_base_url(request)
client_ip = IPAddressUtils.get_mcp_client_ip(request)

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@ -70,29 +70,6 @@ def _origin_label(scheme: str, netloc: str) -> str:
return f"{scheme}://{netloc}" if netloc else f"{scheme}://"
MCP_GATEWAY_DCR_SETTING = "mcp_gateway_dcr"
def is_mcp_gateway_dcr_enabled() -> bool:
"""True when ``general_settings.mcp_gateway_dcr`` opts this deployment into
the gateway-level DCR front door for the aggregate ``/mcp`` endpoint: root
OAuth discovery advertises the gateway itself as the authorization server
(instead of resolving the single configured oauth2 server), and the
anonymous aggregate 401 carries the RFC 9728 ``resource_metadata``
challenge so DCR clients (Claude Desktop, MCP Inspector) can start the
sign-in flow. Off by default; flag-off behavior is unchanged."""
from litellm.proxy.proxy_server import general_settings # noqa: PLC0415 # circular import at module load
if not isinstance(general_settings, dict):
return False
raw = general_settings.get(MCP_GATEWAY_DCR_SETTING)
if isinstance(raw, bool):
return raw
if isinstance(raw, str):
return raw.strip().lower() == "true"
return False
def _resolve_proxy_base_url_env() -> Optional[str]:
global _warned_invalid_proxy_base_url
configured = os.environ.get("PROXY_BASE_URL", "").strip()

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@ -5957,9 +5957,8 @@ class TestAggregateGatewayDcrChallenge:
"""The mcp_gateway_dcr front door: a 401 on the aggregate /mcp scope must
carry the RFC 9728 resource_metadata challenge pointing at the gateway's
own protected-resource metadata, and must NOT fire for named-server
targets, explicit litellm keys, non-401 failures, or with the flag off."""
targets, explicit litellm keys, or non-401 failures."""
_FLAG_PATCH_TARGET = "litellm.proxy._experimental.mcp_server.auth.user_api_key_auth_mcp.is_mcp_gateway_dcr_enabled"
_AUTH_PATCH_TARGET = "litellm.proxy._experimental.mcp_server.auth.user_api_key_auth_mcp.user_api_key_auth"
_EXPECTED_RESOURCE_METADATA = 'resource_metadata="http://testserver/.well-known/oauth-protected-resource/mcp"'
@ -5983,11 +5982,10 @@ class TestAggregateGatewayDcrChallenge:
return _raise
async def test_challenge_on_anonymous_aggregate_mcp(self):
"""Anonymous request to the aggregate /mcp with the flag on: 401 plus
"""Anonymous request to the aggregate /mcp: 401 plus
the bare bearer challenge (no error attribute, RFC 6750 section 3.1)."""
with (
patch(self._AUTH_PATCH_TARGET, side_effect=self._auth_401()),
patch(self._FLAG_PATCH_TARGET, return_value=True),
):
with pytest.raises(HTTPException) as exc_info:
await MCPRequestHandler.process_mcp_request(self._scope())
@ -6001,7 +5999,6 @@ class TestAggregateGatewayDcrChallenge:
so a spec client re-authorizes instead of retrying the dead token."""
with (
patch(self._AUTH_PATCH_TARGET, side_effect=self._auth_401()),
patch(self._FLAG_PATCH_TARGET, return_value=True),
):
with pytest.raises(HTTPException) as exc_info:
await MCPRequestHandler.process_mcp_request(
@ -6011,25 +6008,12 @@ class TestAggregateGatewayDcrChallenge:
www_authenticate = (exc_info.value.headers or {})["WWW-Authenticate"]
assert www_authenticate == f'Bearer error="invalid_token", {self._EXPECTED_RESOURCE_METADATA}'
async def test_no_challenge_when_flag_off(self):
"""Flag off: the original admission error propagates untouched, both
with and without a bearer."""
for extra_headers in ((), ((b"authorization", b"Bearer some-token"),)):
with (
patch(self._AUTH_PATCH_TARGET, side_effect=self._auth_401()),
patch(self._FLAG_PATCH_TARGET, return_value=False),
):
with pytest.raises(ProxyException) as exc_info:
await MCPRequestHandler.process_mcp_request(self._scope(extra_headers=extra_headers))
assert str(exc_info.value.code) == "401"
async def test_no_challenge_for_explicit_litellm_key(self):
"""An explicit x-litellm-api-key declares a litellm-key client; a typo
there must surface the real auth error, never a DCR challenge that
would send SDKs into a sign-in flow."""
with (
patch(self._AUTH_PATCH_TARGET, side_effect=self._auth_401()),
patch(self._FLAG_PATCH_TARGET, return_value=True),
):
with pytest.raises(ProxyException):
await MCPRequestHandler.process_mcp_request(
@ -6041,7 +6025,6 @@ class TestAggregateGatewayDcrChallenge:
own those, so the aggregate challenge must not fire."""
with (
patch(self._AUTH_PATCH_TARGET, side_effect=self._auth_401()),
patch(self._FLAG_PATCH_TARGET, return_value=True),
):
with pytest.raises(ProxyException):
await MCPRequestHandler.process_mcp_request(
@ -6053,7 +6036,6 @@ class TestAggregateGatewayDcrChallenge:
fire even when that server does not resolve."""
with (
patch(self._AUTH_PATCH_TARGET, side_effect=self._auth_401()),
patch(self._FLAG_PATCH_TARGET, return_value=True),
):
with pytest.raises(ProxyException):
await MCPRequestHandler.process_mcp_request(self._scope(path="/mcp/github"))
@ -6063,7 +6045,6 @@ class TestAggregateGatewayDcrChallenge:
not a cold-start DCR client; keep the original error."""
with (
patch(self._AUTH_PATCH_TARGET, side_effect=self._auth_401()),
patch(self._FLAG_PATCH_TARGET, return_value=True),
):
with pytest.raises(ProxyException):
await MCPRequestHandler.process_mcp_request(
@ -6078,7 +6059,6 @@ class TestAggregateGatewayDcrChallenge:
with (
patch(self._AUTH_PATCH_TARGET, side_effect=_raise_500),
patch(self._FLAG_PATCH_TARGET, return_value=True),
):
with pytest.raises(ProxyException) as exc_info:
await MCPRequestHandler.process_mcp_request(self._scope())

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@ -7132,19 +7132,74 @@ async def test_token_exchange_unreadable_body_still_renders_oauth_fault():
assert body == {"error": "server_error", "error_description": "upstream token endpoint returned HTTP 400"}
def _patch_gateway_dcr_flag(enabled: bool):
return patch(
"litellm.proxy._experimental.mcp_server.discoverable_endpoints.is_mcp_gateway_dcr_enabled",
return_value=enabled,
def test_aggregate_wellknown_routes_serve_gateway_metadata():
"""Both path-appended aggregate routes serve the gateway documents. Exercises real
routing, so this also pins registration order: the parameterized
/.well-known/oauth-authorization-server/{name} route would otherwise capture the /mcp
suffix as a server name."""
from fastapi import FastAPI
from fastapi.testclient import TestClient
from litellm.proxy._experimental.mcp_server.discoverable_endpoints import router
from litellm.proxy._experimental.mcp_server.mcp_server_manager import (
global_mcp_server_manager,
)
global_mcp_server_manager.registry.clear()
app = FastAPI()
app.include_router(router)
client = TestClient(app)
prm = client.get("/.well-known/oauth-protected-resource/mcp")
asm = client.get("/.well-known/oauth-authorization-server/mcp")
assert prm.status_code == 200
assert prm.json()["resource"] == "http://testserver/mcp"
assert prm.json()["authorization_servers"] == ["http://testserver/mcp"]
assert asm.status_code == 200
assert asm.json()["issuer"] == "http://testserver/mcp"
assert asm.json()["authorization_endpoint"] == "http://testserver/authorize"
assert "none" in asm.json()["token_endpoint_auth_methods_supported"]
def test_as_aggregate_route_prefers_a_real_server_named_mcp():
"""A server literally named ``mcp`` wins the single-segment
/.well-known/oauth-authorization-server/mcp route (it collides with the parameterized
/{server_name} route) and keeps its per-server discovery; the aggregate document is
served only when no such server exists."""
from fastapi import FastAPI
from fastapi.testclient import TestClient
from litellm.proxy._experimental.mcp_server.discoverable_endpoints import router
from litellm.proxy._experimental.mcp_server.mcp_server_manager import (
global_mcp_server_manager,
)
global_mcp_server_manager.registry.clear()
server_named_mcp = _create_oauth2_server(server_id="mcp_srv", name="mcp", server_name="mcp", alias="mcp")
global_mcp_server_manager.registry[server_named_mcp.server_id] = server_named_mcp
app = FastAPI()
app.include_router(router)
client = TestClient(app)
try:
asm = client.get("/.well-known/oauth-authorization-server/mcp")
assert asm.status_code == 200
# the real server's own document (issuer is the bare origin, endpoint is /mcp/authorize),
# not the aggregate one (whose issuer would be {base}/mcp)
assert asm.json()["issuer"] == "http://testserver"
assert "/mcp/authorize" in asm.json()["authorization_endpoint"]
finally:
global_mcp_server_manager.registry.clear()
@pytest.mark.asyncio
async def test_gateway_dcr_root_discovery_describes_gateway_not_single_server():
"""Flag on: root discovery must keep describing the gateway as the
authorization server for the aggregate /mcp resource even when exactly one
OAuth2 server exists (flag off, resolution narrows to that server; that
behavior is pinned by test_discovery_root_includes_server_name_prefix)."""
async def test_bare_origin_discovery_resolves_single_server_not_aggregate():
"""The always-on aggregate front door must not change bare-origin discovery: with one
oauth2 server configured, the no-suffix /.well-known/oauth-{authorization-server,
protected-resource} still resolves THAT server, so an existing single-server deployment's
discovery is unchanged. The aggregate document lives only at the /mcp-suffixed routes."""
from fastapi import Request
from litellm.proxy._experimental.mcp_server.discoverable_endpoints import (
@ -7164,134 +7219,15 @@ async def test_gateway_dcr_root_discovery_describes_gateway_not_single_server():
mock_request.headers = {}
try:
with _patch_gateway_dcr_flag(True):
authorization_response = _build_oauth_authorization_server_response(
request=mock_request,
mcp_server_name=None,
)
resource_response = await _build_oauth_protected_resource_response(
request=mock_request,
mcp_server_name=None,
use_standard_pattern=True,
)
assert authorization_response["issuer"] == "https://llm.example.com/mcp"
assert authorization_response["authorization_endpoint"] == "https://llm.example.com/authorize"
assert authorization_response["token_endpoint"] == "https://llm.example.com/token"
assert authorization_response["registration_endpoint"] == "https://llm.example.com/register"
assert "none" in authorization_response["token_endpoint_auth_methods_supported"]
assert authorization_response["code_challenge_methods_supported"] == ["S256"]
assert authorization_response["scopes_supported"] == []
assert resource_response["resource"] == "https://llm.example.com/mcp"
assert resource_response["authorization_servers"] == ["https://llm.example.com/mcp"]
assert resource_response["scopes_supported"] == []
authorization_response = _build_oauth_authorization_server_response(
request=mock_request, mcp_server_name=None
)
resource_response = await _build_oauth_protected_resource_response(
request=mock_request, mcp_server_name=None, use_standard_pattern=True
)
# per-server, not aggregate: the single server's name is in the endpoints
assert "/test_oauth/authorize" in authorization_response["authorization_endpoint"]
assert authorization_response["issuer"] == "https://llm.example.com"
assert resource_response["authorization_servers"] == ["https://llm.example.com/test_oauth"]
finally:
global_mcp_server_manager.registry.clear()
@pytest.mark.asyncio
async def test_gateway_dcr_named_discovery_unaffected_by_flag():
"""Flag on must not change named-server discovery: a named oauth2 server
still resolves to its own per-server document."""
from fastapi import Request
from litellm.proxy._experimental.mcp_server.discoverable_endpoints import (
_build_oauth_authorization_server_response,
)
from litellm.proxy._experimental.mcp_server.mcp_server_manager import (
global_mcp_server_manager,
)
global_mcp_server_manager.registry.clear()
oauth2_server = _create_oauth2_server()
global_mcp_server_manager.registry[oauth2_server.server_id] = oauth2_server
mock_request = MagicMock(spec=Request)
mock_request.base_url = "https://llm.example.com/"
mock_request.headers = {}
try:
with _patch_gateway_dcr_flag(True):
response = _build_oauth_authorization_server_response(
request=mock_request,
mcp_server_name="test_oauth",
)
assert "/test_oauth/authorize" in response["authorization_endpoint"]
assert response["scopes_supported"] == ["read", "write"]
finally:
global_mcp_server_manager.registry.clear()
def test_aggregate_wellknown_routes_404_when_flag_off():
"""Flag off, the aggregate well-known routes answer 404 exactly like the
previously-absent routes: discovery behavior is byte-identical for
existing deployments."""
from fastapi import FastAPI
from fastapi.testclient import TestClient
from litellm.proxy._experimental.mcp_server.discoverable_endpoints import router
app = FastAPI()
app.include_router(router)
client = TestClient(app)
with _patch_gateway_dcr_flag(False):
assert client.get("/.well-known/oauth-protected-resource/mcp").status_code == 404
assert client.get("/.well-known/oauth-authorization-server/mcp").status_code == 404
def test_aggregate_wellknown_routes_serve_gateway_metadata_when_flag_on():
"""Flag on, both path-appended aggregate routes serve the gateway
documents. Exercises real routing, so this also pins registration order:
/.well-known/oauth-authorization-server/{name} would otherwise capture
the /mcp suffix as a server name and 404."""
from fastapi import FastAPI
from fastapi.testclient import TestClient
from litellm.proxy._experimental.mcp_server.discoverable_endpoints import router
from litellm.proxy._experimental.mcp_server.mcp_server_manager import (
global_mcp_server_manager,
)
global_mcp_server_manager.registry.clear()
app = FastAPI()
app.include_router(router)
client = TestClient(app)
with _patch_gateway_dcr_flag(True):
prm = client.get("/.well-known/oauth-protected-resource/mcp")
asm = client.get("/.well-known/oauth-authorization-server/mcp")
assert prm.status_code == 200
assert prm.json()["resource"] == "http://testserver/mcp"
assert prm.json()["authorization_servers"] == ["http://testserver/mcp"]
assert asm.status_code == 200
assert asm.json()["issuer"] == "http://testserver/mcp"
assert asm.json()["authorization_endpoint"] == "http://testserver/authorize"
def test_is_mcp_gateway_dcr_enabled_reads_general_settings():
"""The flag reader accepts YAML booleans and env-interpolated strings, and
fails closed on anything else."""
from litellm.proxy._experimental.mcp_server.oauth_utils import (
is_mcp_gateway_dcr_enabled,
)
from litellm.proxy.proxy_server import general_settings
for raw, expected in (
(True, True),
(False, False),
("true", True),
("True", True),
("false", False),
("yes", False),
(1, False),
(None, False),
):
with patch.dict(general_settings, {"mcp_gateway_dcr": raw}):
assert is_mcp_gateway_dcr_enabled() is expected, f"raw={raw!r}"
with patch.dict(general_settings, {}, clear=True):
assert is_mcp_gateway_dcr_enabled() is False