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Reactive Bearer Token request form POST support

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in: oauth2 type: enhancement
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Description

Add support for sending bearer token in the POST body.

Note that reading the request body would be a blocking operation, so this should likely be configured behind a flag of sorts as opposed to being default behavior.

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Research direction

Start with RFC 6750 section 2.2 and inspect Spring Security's existing reactive bearer-token request handling. Determine how POST-body token reading can be gated behind configuration, then verify that enabled handling accepts the token while default behavior avoids blocking body reads.

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Assessment

Tech stack
java, spring
Domain
authentication, security
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
38/100

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