ClientAuthenticator ignores token_endpoint_auth_method="none" when client_secret is stored

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Description

ClientAuthenticator behavior is only partially honoring token_endpoint_auth_method="none":

https://github.com/modelcontextprotocol/python-sdk/blob/6b69f6354ad01e08abc8e1b81390c3a45132f594/src/mcp/server/auth/middleware/client_auth.py#L102-L104

Essentially:

• token_endpoint_auth_method="none" => skip extracting credentials from the request (correct)
• client.client_secret exists => raise error if no credentials were extracted from the request (incorrect)

If token_endpoint_auth_method="none" is set, it should never be checking for a client_secret value on the request, regardless of whether a secret has ever been generated for the client.

Suggested fix is to condition the client.client_secret check on token_endpoint_auth_method not being none:

        if token_endpoint_auth_method != "none" and client.client_secret:  # pragma: no branch
            if not request_client_secret:
                raise AuthenticationError("Client secret is required")  # pragma: no cover

Example Code

Python & MCP Python SDK

1.25.0

Inizia in src/mcp/server/auth/middleware/client_auth.py, nella logica ClientAuthenticator collegata. Riproduci il caso in cui token_endpoint_auth_method è none mentre è memorizzato un segreto client e verifica che per questo metodo non siano necessarie le credenziali della richiesta e che gli altri metodi mantengano i propri controlli. Aggiungi o aggiorna il test di autenticazione pertinente per coprire questo comportamento.