[Feature]: First-class "Identity Providers / Key Managers" resource for MCP/API authentication, instead of config.toml-only setup
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Description
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AI Workspace, Gateway
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Aspect/UI (Frontend layouts, components, styling), Aspect/Configuration (Config files, settings, env vars, defaults)
Suggested Feature
Securing an MCP proxy (or any resource) with an enterprise IdP requires registering a JWT key manager (issuer, JWKS URL) as a system-level parameter in the gateway's config.toml (policy_configurations.jwtauth_v0.keymanagers). There is no Console UI to register this — checked the MCP proxy's Security/Policies tabs directly, no such option is present.
This is a near-universal, first-touch setup step (any real deployment needs an IdP connected before going to production), yet it requires host/file access to the gateway rather than being doable from the Console — unlike comparable resources (LLM Providers) which are fully UI-managed. It also creates an org/team dependency: whoever configures proxies in the Console often isn't the person with gateway host access.
Suggest adding "Identity Providers" (or "Key Managers") as a first-class, UI-managed resource, following the same pattern as LLM Providers: enter an issuer URL, auto-discover JWKS/token endpoints via /.well-known/openid-configuration (AI Workspace's own admin login already does this kind of discovery, so the capability exists in the codebase), then select the registered IdP from a dropdown when attaching MCP Authentication or similar policies — instead of referencing one by name that only exists in a file the Console user may not have access to.
A "Test Connection" action against the registered JWKS endpoint at config time would also help catch typos/unreachable IdPs before relying on it in production.
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Research direction
Start by reviewing the gateway config.toml keymanagers setup, the Console's MCP proxy Security/Policies tabs, and the existing LLM Providers management flow. Check how AI Workspace login performs OpenID discovery via /.well-known/openid-configuration. Done means an approved design and implementation plan covers UI-managed IdPs, policy selection, connection testing, persistence, and required tests and documentation.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- go
- Domain
- authentication, backend, frontend
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 5/5
- Estimated time
- Over a week
- Activity status
- Active
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100