@@ -63,12 +63,9 @@ specifies how an MCP server indicates the location of its corresponding authoriz
63631 . MCP servers ** MUST** implement OAuth 2.0 Protected Resource Metadata ([ RFC9728] ( https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc9728 ) ).
6464 MCP clients ** MUST** use OAuth 2.0 Protected Resource Metadata for authorization server discovery.
6565
66- 1 . Authorization servers ** MUST** provide _ at least one_ of the following discovery mechanisms:
67-
68- - OAuth 2.0 Authorization Server Metadata ([ RFC8414] ( https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc8414 ) )
69- - [ OpenID Connect Discovery 1.0] ( https://openid.net/specs/openid-connect-discovery-1_0-final.html )
70-
71- MCP clients ** MUST** support both discovery mechanisms to obtain the information required to interact with the authorization server.
66+ 1 . MCP authorization servers ** MUST** provide OAuth 2.0 Authorization
67+ Server Metadata ([ RFC8414] ( https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc8414 ) ).
68+ MCP clients ** MUST** use the OAuth 2.0 Authorization Server Metadata.
7269
7370### Authorization Server Discovery
7471
@@ -94,6 +91,11 @@ as described in [RFC9728 Section 5.1 "WWW-Authenticate Response"](https://datatr
9491
9592MCP clients ** MUST** be able to parse ` WWW-Authenticate ` headers and respond appropriately to ` HTTP 401 Unauthorized ` responses from the MCP server.
9693
94+ #### Server Metadata Discovery
95+
96+ MCP clients ** MUST** follow the OAuth 2.0 Authorization Server Metadata [ RFC8414] ( https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc8414 )
97+ specification to obtain the information required to interact with the authorization server.
98+
9799#### Sequence Diagram
98100
99101The following diagram outlines an example flow:
@@ -112,11 +114,7 @@ sequenceDiagram
112114 M-->>C: Resource metadata with authorization server URL
113115 Note over C: Validate RS metadata,<br />build AS metadata URL
114116
115- alt OAuth 2.0 Authorization Server Metadata
116- C->>A: GET /.well-known/oauth-authorization-server
117- else OpenID Connect Discovery
118- C->>A: GET /.well-known/openid-configuration
119- end
117+ C->>A: GET /.well-known/oauth-authorization-server
120118 A-->>C: Authorization server metadata
121119
122120 Note over C,A: OAuth 2.1 authorization flow happens here
@@ -172,11 +170,7 @@ sequenceDiagram
172170
173171 Note over C: Parse metadata and extract authorization server(s)<br/>Client determines AS to use
174172
175- alt OAuth 2.0 Authorization Server Metadata
176- C->>A: GET /.well-known/oauth-authorization-server
177- else OpenID Connect Discovery
178- C->>A: GET /.well-known/openid-configuration
179- end
173+ C->>A: GET /.well-known/oauth-authorization-server
180174 A->>C: Authorization server metadata response
181175
182176 alt Dynamic client registration
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