[juliusmarminge]

Testing #33632 on nightly, Approve on app.t3.codes failed with "Your session cannot approve this request. Enter a pairing code instead."

app.t3.codes only caches a T3 Connect token for environments saved in its catalog (putRemoteDpopTokenInCatalog). On the approval page the environment usually isn't saved, so each call minted a fresh credential, two per call in fact. The environment then saw a new session on every call. The approval's CSRF token was bound to the session that loaded the page, so the decision, arriving as another session, was refused. Cookie sessions and plain bearer tokens reuse one session, which is why the server tests passed.

Fix

• Server: for DPoP sessions, the CSRF token is bound to the client's proof key (its thumbprint) instead of the session ID. Every credential the relay mints for that browser carries the same key, and the key can't be used without the browser's non-extractable private key. This also covers a token renewal between load and Approve, which Fable flagged in https://git.cafe/pingdotgg/t3code/pulls/33632. Cookie and plain bearer sessions stay bound to their session.
• Client: the hosted page reuses the call's one authorization instead of authorizing again inside the request. That halves the relay mints and the sessions they leave behind.

Testing

• New case in the McpOAuth one-click test, which fails on main:
  • Details load with one DPoP credential, and the decision is sent with another credential bound to the same key: it's approved.
  • A credential bound to a different key is refused.
• DpopKey moved from EnvironmentAuth.test.ts into auth/dpop.testkit.ts so both tests share it.
• Live: I reproduced the failure with Grok Bot against a nightly test environment on cups. The session table shows the fresh credential pairs. I'll retest on the next nightly.

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Approvability

Verdict: Needs Human Approval

Macroscope's review found this PR requires human approval — The change stabilizes hosted MCP approval across credential renewal by binding CSRF tokens to the DPoP key and reusing authorization per call. The new diagnostic suppression in dpop.testkit.ts:1 requires human review of that exception.

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Thread transfer impact

✅ Thread transfer remains within every enforced ceiling.

Provider	Metric	Main baseline	This PR	Impact	PR ceiling
Codex	Total thread wire	5.0 KiB	5.0 KiB	0 B (0.0%)	6.8 KiB	✅
Codex	Thread snapshot wire	3.8 KiB	3.8 KiB	0 B (0.0%)	4.9 KiB	✅
Codex	Live turn WebSocket wire	1.2 KiB	1.2 KiB	0 B (0.0%)	2.0 KiB	✅
Codex	Live turn WebSocket decoded	21.5 KiB	21.5 KiB	0 B (0.0%)	24.4 KiB	✅
Codex	Live turn messages	1	1	0 (0.0%)	8	✅
Claude	Total thread wire	5.0 KiB	5.0 KiB	0 B (0.0%)	6.8 KiB	✅
Claude	Thread snapshot wire	3.8 KiB	3.8 KiB	0 B (0.0%)	4.9 KiB	✅
Claude	Live turn WebSocket wire	1.2 KiB	1.2 KiB	0 B (0.0%)	2.0 KiB	✅
Claude	Live turn WebSocket decoded	21.9 KiB	21.9 KiB	0 B (0.0%)	24.4 KiB	✅
Claude	Live turn messages	1	1	0 (0.0%)	8	✅

Baseline: 53bcb9a · PR result: ee28af3 · Source CI: success

Scenario and decoded snapshot size

10 historical turns, 5 command tools per turn, 878.9 KiB retained MCP result per historical turn, and a 1.05 MiB retained result in the measured turn.

• Codex decoded thread snapshot: 108.5 KiB
• Claude decoded thread snapshot: 108.8 KiB

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Walkthrough

The server now binds MCP approval CSRF tokens to a DPoP proof-key thumbprint when one is available. The client reuses its authorized session for approval requests unless the access token is rejected. Tests cover renewed credentials with matching and different DPoP keys.

Changes: MCP approval authentication

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Bind approval CSRF tokens to DPoP keys apps/server/src/auth/McpOAuth.ts, apps/server/src/auth/dpop.testkit.ts, apps/server/src/auth/McpOAuth.test.ts, apps/server/src/auth/EnvironmentAuth.test.ts	The server uses the proof-key thumbprint as the CSRF holder when available and falls back to the session ID. Tests cover renewed credentials from the same key and rejection of credentials from another key. The shared test helper replaces the inline DPoP helper.
Reuse authorized session for approval requests packages/client-runtime/src/state/connectMcpApproval.ts	The approval call uses the current authorized session unless the access token is rejected. In that case, it calls authorizeDpopHttp.

Estimated code review effort: 3 (Moderate) | ~20 minutes

Change: Bug fix

Possibly related PRs

• pingdotgg/t3code#33632: Introduces the hosted approval flow that this PR changes.
• pingdotgg/t3code#32543: Changes DPoP renewal behavior used by the rejected-token fallback.

Suggested labels: bugfix

Suggested reviewers: t3dotgg, maria-rcks, macroscopeapp

Merge Risk: Low · up to ee28a

Approval behavior is not shown to be broken, but the new test could miss a regression in different-key refusal. Strengthen the test before merging if practical.

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Nitpick comments: 1

apps/server/src/auth/McpOAuth.test.ts: 1

749-792: Trivial · Functional Correctness · Quick win

Add a positive control for the other key.

An invalid credential or DPoP proof can also produce status 400. The error message does not distinguish that failure from a CSRF mismatch. Decide with the other key’s own CSRF token after the negative assertion to exercise the same decision path.

Suggested fix

       const otherKey = makeDpopKey();
+      const otherToken = yield* dpopSession(otherKey.thumbprint);
+      const otherDetails = yield* handler(
+        postJson(
+          "/oauth/mcp/approval",
+          params,
+          dpopHeaders(otherKey, otherToken, "/oauth/mcp/approval"),
+        ),
+      ).pipe(Effect.flatMap(json<{ csrfToken?: string }>));
+      expect(otherDetails.csrfToken).toEqual(expect.any(String));
       const elsewhere = yield* decide(
         handler,
         params,
         { _tag: "browser-session", access: "auto", csrfToken: loaded.csrfToken! },
-        dpopHeaders(otherKey, yield* dpopSession(otherKey.thumbprint), "/oauth/mcp/decision"),
+        dpopHeaders(otherKey, otherToken, "/oauth/mcp/decision"),
       );
       expect(elsewhere.status).toBe(400);
+      const otherOwn = yield* decide(
+        handler,
+        params,
+        { _tag: "browser-session", access: "auto", csrfToken: otherDetails.csrfToken! },
+        dpopHeaders(otherKey, otherToken, "/oauth/mcp/decision"),
+      );
+      expect(new URL(otherOwn.redirectTo!).searchParams.get("code")).toEqual(expect.any(String));

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Review comment at @apps/server/src/auth/McpOAuth.test.ts around lines 749 - 792:
Extend the DPoP browser-key test to verify the other key can complete the same
decision flow with its own CSRF token. In the test around `dpopSession`, first
obtain that key’s access token and approval `csrfToken`, use them for the
existing negative decision with the original key’s token, then assert a decision
using the other key’s own CSRF token succeeds and returns an authorization code.

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Nitpick comments:
Review comments at @apps/server/src/auth/McpOAuth.test.ts:
- Around line 749-792: Extend the DPoP browser-key test to verify the other key
can complete the same decision flow with its own CSRF token. In the test around
`dpopSession`, first obtain that key’s access token and approval `csrfToken`,
use them for the existing negative decision with the original key’s token, then
assert a decision using the other key’s own CSRF token succeeds and returns an
authorization code.

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• apps/server/src/auth/EnvironmentAuth.test.ts
• apps/server/src/auth/McpOAuth.test.ts
• apps/server/src/auth/McpOAuth.ts
• apps/server/src/auth/dpop.testkit.ts
• packages/client-runtime/src/state/connectMcpApproval.ts

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[juliusmarminge]

Re the nitpick on the other-key case: fair point, but the same helper signs the valid DPoP decision two lines above with an identical proof shape, so a malformed proof would fail that assertion first. Not adding a positive control in this PR, to avoid delaying the nightly retest.