fix: auth-first flow for MCP OAuth/DCR servers - #193
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Replace placeholder tool approach with auth-gate middleware that interrupts BEFORE the LLM runs. Previously, unauthenticated DCR servers got a blind placeholder tool (mcp__jira) that the LLM called without knowing the real tools. After auth, the run was stuck on the old graph with only the placeholder. Now: - get_mcp_tools() tracks servers needing auth instead of creating placeholder tools - McpAuthGateMiddleware fires interrupt(mcp_auth_required) in before_agent, before the model node runs - On resume after auth, graph rebuilds with real tools and the LLM sees all 40 Jira tools with full visibility Signed-off-by: Naveen Saharan <nsaharan@redhat.com>
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WalkthroughThe graph cache fingerprint and model construction no longer use temperature or max-token settings. MCP discovery records servers that require OAuth or DCR authentication instead of creating placeholder tools. New middleware interrupts execution with a JSON authentication payload when pending authentication exists. Optional lifecycle persistence attaches execution context metadata to compiled graphs. Unit tests verify pending authentication state and connection URL handling. Possibly related PRs
Suggested labels: Suggested reviewers: Mergeability Score: 🟠 High · up to The PR moves authentication before model execution, but the current implementation can still leak one user's authentication context through shared cached state, apply the wrong authorization gate to another request, and route prefixed server authentication to an incorrect endpoint. These are high-impact security and correctness risks, so the PR is not merge-ready until they are fixed. 🚥 Pre-merge checks | ✅ 5✅ Passed checks (5 passed)
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In `@deep_agent/aegra/graph.py`:
- Around line 394-408: Update the cached-graph lifecycle setup around
build_execution_context and the _lifecycle_* assignments so refresh_token and
user-specific identity/execution context are not attached to the shared compiled
graph. Keep per-user lifecycle data in request-local state while preserving only
cache-safe configuration on the cached object.
- Around line 404-408: Update the lifecycle metadata assignments in the compiled
setup to use direct attribute assignments instead of setattr calls, covering
_lifecycle_enabled, _lifecycle_config_hash, _lifecycle_user_id,
_lifecycle_assistant_id, and _lifecycle_exec_ctx, while preserving their
existing values.
In `@deep_agent/aegra/mcp.py`:
- Line 460: Update the conditional chain around _is_auth_error(exc) by replacing
the unnecessary elif with an independent if after the preceding return,
preserving the existing authentication-error handling while satisfying Ruff
RET505.
- Around line 456-467: Update the OAuth/DCR branch in the MCP tool-discovery
error handling around _is_auth_error to record the server as pending
authentication before returning no tools, using the existing pending-auth
mechanism consumed by graph.py so the mcp_auth_required interrupt is emitted.
- Around line 625-626: Make pending MCP authentication request-scoped instead of
using the global _pending_mcp_auth in deep_agent/aegra/mcp.py lines 625-626, and
clear that request-local state before every cache or empty-server return. In
deep_agent/aegra/graph.py lines 301-303, avoid reusing cached graphs when they
contain request-specific authentication middleware; build or obtain middleware
per request so authentication gates cannot leak between requests.
In `@tests/unit/infrastructure/test_mcp.py`:
- Around line 578-588: Extend the pending-authentication assertions after
get_pending_mcp_auth() to verify that pending[0]["connect_url"] equals the
configured Jira MCP connection URL returned by mock_resolver.connect_url. Keep
the existing length and mcp_name assertions unchanged.
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| _exec_ctx = build_execution_context( | ||
| model_name=model_name, | ||
| config_hash=cache_key, | ||
| assistant_id=assistant_id_val, | ||
| user_id=user_id_val, | ||
| refresh_token=refresh_token, | ||
| mcp_server_names=mcp_server_names, | ||
| orchestrator_config=orchestrator_cfg, | ||
| ) | ||
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| setattr(compiled, "_lifecycle_enabled", True) | ||
| setattr(compiled, "_lifecycle_config_hash", cache_key) | ||
| setattr(compiled, "_lifecycle_user_id", user_id_val) | ||
| setattr(compiled, "_lifecycle_assistant_id", assistant_id_val) | ||
| setattr(compiled, "_lifecycle_exec_ctx", _exec_ctx) |
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🔒 Security & Privacy | 🟠 Major | 🏗️ Heavy lift
Do not attach refresh_token or user-specific lifecycle data to a cached graph: lines 276-280 can return this same object to another user with the prior user’s token and identity.
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[warning] 404-404: Do not call setattr with a constant attribute value. It is not any safer than normal property access.
Replace setattr with assignment
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[warning] 405-405: Do not call setattr with a constant attribute value. It is not any safer than normal property access.
Replace setattr with assignment
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[warning] 406-406: Do not call setattr with a constant attribute value. It is not any safer than normal property access.
Replace setattr with assignment
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[warning] 407-407: Do not call setattr with a constant attribute value. It is not any safer than normal property access.
Replace setattr with assignment
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[warning] 408-408: Do not call setattr with a constant attribute value. It is not any safer than normal property access.
Replace setattr with assignment
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In `@deep_agent/aegra/graph.py` around lines 394 - 408, Update the cached-graph
lifecycle setup around build_execution_context and the _lifecycle_* assignments
so refresh_token and user-specific identity/execution context are not attached
to the shared compiled graph. Keep per-user lifecycle data in request-local
state while preserving only cache-safe configuration on the cached object.
| global _pending_mcp_auth # noqa: PLW0603 | ||
| _pending_mcp_auth = [] |
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🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟠 Major | 🏗️ Heavy lift
Keep pending MCP authentication request-scoped: the global list is reset after cache and early-return paths and is then bound into cached graph middleware, so one request can receive another request’s authentication gate or bypass the intended pre-LLM gate.
deep_agent/aegra/mcp.py#L625-L626: store pending authentication in request-local state and clear it before every cache or empty-server return.deep_agent/aegra/graph.py#L301-L303: do not reuse a cached graph with request-specific authentication middleware.
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In `@deep_agent/aegra/mcp.py` around lines 625 - 626, Make pending MCP
authentication request-scoped instead of using the global _pending_mcp_auth in
deep_agent/aegra/mcp.py lines 625-626, and clear that request-local state before
every cache or empty-server return. In deep_agent/aegra/graph.py lines 301-303,
avoid reusing cached graphs when they contain request-specific authentication
middleware; build or obtain middleware per request so authentication gates
cannot leak between requests.
- Replace setattr with direct attribute assignments (Ruff B010) - Fix unnecessary elif after return (Ruff RET505) - Record pending auth in _connect_single_server error paths so auth gate interrupt fires on discovery failures - Reset _pending_mcp_auth before cache-hit early return to prevent stale auth entries leaking between requests - Extract _record_pending_auth() helper to deduplicate - Assert connect_url in test Signed-off-by: Naveen Saharan <nsaharan@redhat.com>
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In `@deep_agent/aegra/graph.py`:
- Around line 404-408: When lifecycle persistence is enabled, stop assigning
request-specific _exec_ctx to the cached compiled graph in the lifecycle setup
block. Keep _lifecycle_enabled, _lifecycle_config_hash, _lifecycle_user_id, and
_lifecycle_assistant_id behavior unchanged, while retaining execution context
only in request-local state.
In `@deep_agent/aegra/mcp.py`:
- Around line 615-617: Keep pending MCP authorization request-local: update the
discovery flow around _pending_mcp_auth in deep_agent/aegra/mcp.py lines 615-617
to return pending authentication with each discovery result instead of resetting
module-global state before cache hits; in deep_agent/aegra/graph.py lines
301-303, avoid caching graphs that contain request-specific authentication
middleware.
- Around line 472-482: Update the OAuth/DCR auth-failure branch in
_connect_single_server so _record_pending_auth receives the original server key
rather than the prefixed name passed as name, preserving the correct mcp_name
and connect endpoint when tool_prefix is configured. Add a regression test
covering tool discovery auth failure with a configured tool_prefix.
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| compiled._lifecycle_enabled = True # noqa: SLF001 | ||
| compiled._lifecycle_config_hash = cache_key # noqa: SLF001 | ||
| compiled._lifecycle_user_id = user_id_val # noqa: SLF001 | ||
| compiled._lifecycle_assistant_id = assistant_id_val # noqa: SLF001 | ||
| compiled._lifecycle_exec_ctx = _exec_ctx # noqa: SLF001 |
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🔒 Security & Privacy | 🟠 Major | 🏗️ Heavy lift
When lifecycle persistence is enabled, do not attach _lifecycle_exec_ctx to the cached compiled graph because it contains refresh_token, user_id, and assistant_id, which can expose one user's credentials and identity to another request; keep lifecycle context request-local.
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In `@deep_agent/aegra/graph.py` around lines 404 - 408, When lifecycle persistence
is enabled, stop assigning request-specific _exec_ctx to the cached compiled
graph in the lifecycle setup block. Keep _lifecycle_enabled,
_lifecycle_config_hash, _lifecycle_user_id, and _lifecycle_assistant_id behavior
unchanged, while retaining execution context only in request-local state.
| _record_pending_auth(server_cfg, name) | ||
| return [] | ||
| if _is_auth_error(exc): | ||
| auth_mode = server_cfg.get("auth_mode", "sso") | ||
| if auth_mode in ("oauth", "dcr"): | ||
| logger.info( | ||
| "[%s] MCP tool discovery auth failed — returning auth placeholder tool", | ||
| "[%s] MCP tool discovery auth failed — deferring to auth gate", | ||
| name, | ||
| ) | ||
| return [_create_auth_placeholder_tool(name)] | ||
| _record_pending_auth(server_cfg, name) | ||
| return [] |
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🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟠 Major | ⚡ Quick win
When tool_prefix is configured, preserve the original server key for _record_pending_auth because _connect_single_server passes the prefix as name, causing OAuth/DCR failures to emit the wrong mcp_name and /mcp/{name}/connect endpoint; add a regression test for this failure path.
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In `@deep_agent/aegra/mcp.py` around lines 472 - 482, Update the OAuth/DCR
auth-failure branch in _connect_single_server so _record_pending_auth receives
the original server key rather than the prefixed name passed as name, preserving
the correct mcp_name and connect endpoint when tool_prefix is configured. Add a
regression test covering tool discovery auth failure with a configured
tool_prefix.
| global _pending_mcp_auth # noqa: PLW0603 | ||
| _pending_mcp_auth = [] | ||
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🔒 Security & Privacy | 🟠 Major | 🏗️ Heavy lift
Keep pending MCP authorization request-local because process-wide pending-auth state and shared graph caching allow concurrent or cached requests to lose or inherit the wrong OAuth gate.
- deep_agent/aegra/mcp.py#L615-L617: return pending authentication with each discovery result instead of resetting module-global state before cache hits
- deep_agent/aegra/graph.py#L301-L303: avoid caching a graph that contains request-specific authentication middleware
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In `@deep_agent/aegra/mcp.py` around lines 615 - 617, Keep pending MCP
authorization request-local: update the discovery flow around _pending_mcp_auth
in deep_agent/aegra/mcp.py lines 615-617 to return pending authentication with
each discovery result instead of resetting module-global state before cache
hits; in deep_agent/aegra/graph.py lines 301-303, avoid caching graphs that
contain request-specific authentication middleware.
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Summary
Fixes the broken MCP OAuth/DCR authentication flow where the LLM was forced to call a blind placeholder tool
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mcp__jira) without seeing the real tools, and after auth the run was stuck on the old graph.The Problem (Before)
When a user sends their first message and the Jira MCP needs OAuth/DCR authentication:
User sends "show my Jira tickets"
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Graph builds → no Jira token → get_mcp_tools() creates 1 PLACEHOLDER tool: mcp__jira
↓
LLM sees only: [write_todos, ls, read_file, ..., mcp__jira]
↓
LLM calls mcp__jira(query="atlassianUserInfo()") ← blind, unstructured call
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HITL fires → user approves a tool they can't evaluate
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Placeholder raises NeedsAuthorization → interrupt → OAuth popup
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User authenticates → caches invalidated
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Run RESUMES on the OLD graph (still has only mcp__jira)
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Placeholder returns "Successfully connected... please repeat your request"
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LLM STILL only sees mcp__jira — the 40 real Jira tools are in the NEW graph
↓
❌ STUCK — user has to start a new chat
The Fix (After) — 3 files changed
1.
mcp.py— Stop creating placeholder tools