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`OAuthClientInformationFull.redirect_uris`: pydantic strict-type-equality breaks `AnyUrl(x) != AnyHttpUrl(x)` round-trip
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Description
Summary
When implementing a custom OAuth provider against the MCP Python SDK, callers must construct OAuthClientInformationFull instances. The SDK declares redirect_uris: list[AnyUrl] (where AnyUrl is pydantic's base URL type). Passing pydantic's stricter subtype AnyHttpUrl (or any other AnyUrl subtype) causes silent equality failures downstream: AnyUrl("https://...") == AnyHttpUrl("https://...") returns False in pydantic v2, even when the two URLs serialize identically. This breaks redirect_uri matching during the /authorize → /token exchange.
Reproducer
from pydantic import AnyUrl, AnyHttpUrl
from mcp.server.auth.provider import OAuthClientInformationFull
# pydantic v2 strict-type equality
u1 = AnyUrl("https://example.com/callback")
u2 = AnyHttpUrl("https://example.com/callback")
assert str(u1) == str(u2) # True (both render the same)
assert u1 == u2 # FAILS in pydantic v2 — different runtime types
# Concrete impact in OAuth flow:
client_info = OAuthClientInformationFull(
client_id="test",
redirect_uris=[AnyHttpUrl("https://example.com/cb")],
# ...other required fields
)
# When the /authorize request arrives with redirect_uri parameter, the SDK
# constructs an AnyUrl from the query string and checks membership:
incoming = AnyUrl("https://example.com/cb")
assert incoming in client_info.redirect_uris # FAILS — type mismatch
Expected behavior
OAuthClientInformationFull.redirect_uris should accept and compare-equal across AnyUrl and AnyUrl subtypes (AnyHttpUrl, AnyHttpsUrl, etc.) when the underlying URL is identical.
Actual behavior
Strict-type equality causes the membership check to fail. The OAuth flow returns a generic redirect-mismatch error to the client; the underlying cause (type vs URL mismatch) is invisible without instrumenting the SDK.
Suggested fix
Two options:
Coerce on assignment. Have OAuthClientInformationFull.redirect_uris field validator coerce all values to AnyUrl (the declared base type), regardless of what the caller passes. This is the cleanest fix and matches the field declaration.
Compare-by-string. Override __eq__ on the AnyUrl chain to compare-by-str() rather than by runtime type. Broader-impact change; probably not desirable.
Option 1 is preferred. A short field_validator with mode="before" converting to AnyUrl strings before pydantic instantiates would do it.
Workaround (current PolyBot mitigation)
Pass redirect_uris as raw list[str]; pydantic coerces to AnyUrl per the field declaration. This avoids the type mismatch:
client_info = OAuthClientInformationFull(
client_id="test",
redirect_uris=["https://example.com/cb"], # raw strings, not AnyHttpUrl
# ...
)
Works at runtime; loses some IDE type hints in the caller code.
Environment
mcp Python SDK version: 1.27.1
pydantic version: 2.x
Python: 3.11+
Related code locations
In the MCP SDK:
mcp/server/auth/provider.py — OAuthClientInformationFull definition with redirect_uris: list[AnyUrl]
mcp/server/auth/handlers/authorize.py — where the membership check happens
Severity
Medium — silently breaks OAuth flows in custom-provider setups; reproducer is simple; workaround is trivial once known but the failure mode is hard to diagnose from the user-facing error.
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- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
Start in mcp/server/auth/provider.py at OAuthClientInformationFull and trace redirect_uris validation, then inspect the membership check in mcp/server/auth/handlers/authorize.py. Reproduce the AnyUrl/AnyHttpUrl mismatch with the issue's example and add regression coverage for subtype inputs. Done means equivalent URLs compare successfully during the authorize-to-token flow without requiring callers to pass raw strings.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- python
- Domain
- authentication, backend
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 3/5
- Estimated time
- 1-2 days
- Activity status
- Quiet
- Clarity
- Clearly specified
- Newbie friendliness
- 72/100