wso2 / wso2/api-platform

[Improvement]: Retry mechanism for oauth2 upstream-auth policy

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Aspect/API Type/Improvement
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Go
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Description

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Gateway

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Aspect/API (API backends, definitions, contracts, interfaces, OpenAPI)

Suggested Improvement

We need a retry mechanism for the oauth2 upstream-auth policy so that a failed authenticated call to the upstream (e.g. a 401 due to an expired/invalid token) can be retried.

This is applicable to the model failover policy as well. The same problem we have where we need to retry with the fallback model/endpoint when the request fails.

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Research direction

Start by locating the oauth2 upstream-auth policy and the model failover policy, then trace how failed authenticated upstream calls are handled. Define the retry and fallback behavior for failures such as expired or invalid tokens, and add tests covering retries and the fallback endpoint or model.

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Assessment

Tech stack
go
Domain
api, authentication, backend-api-design
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Activity status
Active
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
45/100

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