mcp: pass TokenInfo to server handler

If there is a TokenInfo in the request context of a
StreamableServerTransport, then propagate it through to the
ServerRequest that is passed to server methods like callTool.

Author: jba

auth/auth.go

@@ -13,22 +13,41 @@ import (
 	"time"
 )
 
+// TokenInfo holds information from a bearer token.
 type TokenInfo struct {
 	Scopes     []string
 	Expiration time.Time
+	// TODO: add standard JWT fields
+	Extra map[string]any
 }
 
+// The error that a TokenVerifier should return if the token cannot be verified.
+var ErrInvalidToken = errors.New("invalid token")
+
+// A TokenVerifier checks the validity of a bearer token, and extracts information
+// from it. If verification fails, it should return an error that unwraps to ErrInvalidToken.
 type TokenVerifier func(ctx context.Context, token string) (*TokenInfo, error)
 
+// RequireBearerTokenOptions are options for [RequireBearerToken].
 type RequireBearerTokenOptions struct {
-	Scopes              []string
+	// The URL for the resource server metadata OAuth flow, to be returned as part
+	// of the WWW-Authenticate header.
 	ResourceMetadataURL string
+	// The required scopes.
+	Scopes []string
 }
 
-var ErrInvalidToken = errors.New("invalid token")
-
 type tokenInfoKey struct{}
 
+// TokenInfoFromContext returns the [TokenInfo] stored in ctx, or nil if none.
+func TokenInfoFromContext(ctx context.Context) *TokenInfo {
+	ti := ctx.Value(tokenInfoKey{})
+	if ti == nil {
+		return nil
+	}
+	return ti.(*TokenInfo)
+}
+
 // RequireBearerToken returns a piece of middleware that verifies a bearer token using the verifier.
 // If verification succeeds, the [TokenInfo] is added to the request's context and the request proceeds.
 // If verification fails, the request fails with a 401 Unauthenticated, and the WWW-Authenticate header
@@ -75,7 +94,7 @@ func verify(ctx context.Context, verifier TokenVerifier, opts *RequireBearerToke
 		return nil, err.Error(), http.StatusInternalServerError
 	}
 
-	// Check scopes.
+	// Check scopes. All must be present.
 	if opts != nil {
 		// Note: quadratic, but N is small.
 		for _, s := range opts.Scopes {

internal/jsonrpc2/messages.go

@@ -56,6 +56,9 @@ type Request struct {
 	Method string
 	// Params is either a struct or an array with the parameters of the method.
 	Params json.RawMessage
+	// Meta is additional information that does not appear on the wire. It can be
+	// used to pass information from the application to the underlying transport.
+	Meta any
 }
 
 // Response is a Message used as a reply to a call Request.
@@ -67,6 +70,9 @@ type Response struct {
 	Error error
 	// id of the request this is a response to.
 	ID ID
+	// Meta is additional information that does not appear on the wire. It can be
+	// used to pass information from the underlying transport to the application.
+	Meta any
 }
 
 // StringID creates a new string request identifier.

mcp/shared.go

@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ import (
 	"strings"
 	"time"
 
+	"github.com/modelcontextprotocol/go-sdk/auth"
 	"github.com/modelcontextprotocol/go-sdk/internal/jsonrpc2"
 	"github.com/modelcontextprotocol/go-sdk/jsonrpc"
 )
@@ -132,7 +133,8 @@ func handleReceive[S Session](ctx context.Context, session S, jreq *jsonrpc.Requ
 	}
 
 	mh := session.receivingMethodHandler().(MethodHandler)
-	req := info.newRequest(session, params)
+	ti, _ := jreq.Meta.(*auth.TokenInfo)
+	req := info.newRequest(session, params, ti)
 	// mh might be user code, so ensure that it returns the right values for the jsonrpc2 protocol.
 	res, err := mh(ctx, jreq.Method, req)
 	if err != nil {
@@ -179,7 +181,7 @@ type methodInfo struct {
 	// Unmarshal params from the wire into a Params struct.
 	// Used on the receive side.
 	unmarshalParams func(json.RawMessage) (Params, error)
-	newRequest      func(Session, Params) Request
+	newRequest      func(Session, Params, *auth.TokenInfo) Request
 	// Run the code when a call to the method is received.
 	// Used on the receive side.
 	handleMethod methodHandler
@@ -214,7 +216,7 @@ const (
 
 func newClientMethodInfo[P paramsPtr[T], R Result, T any](d typedClientMethodHandler[P, R], flags methodFlags) methodInfo {
 	mi := newMethodInfo[P, R](flags)
-	mi.newRequest = func(s Session, p Params) Request {
+	mi.newRequest = func(s Session, p Params, _ *auth.TokenInfo) Request {
 		r := &ClientRequest[P]{Session: s.(*ClientSession)}
 		if p != nil {
 			r.Params = p.(P)
@@ -229,19 +231,15 @@ func newClientMethodInfo[P paramsPtr[T], R Result, T any](d typedClientMethodHan
 
 func newServerMethodInfo[P paramsPtr[T], R Result, T any](d typedServerMethodHandler[P, R], flags methodFlags) methodInfo {
 	mi := newMethodInfo[P, R](flags)
-	mi.newRequest = func(s Session, p Params) Request {
-		r := &ServerRequest[P]{Session: s.(*ServerSession)}
+	mi.newRequest = func(s Session, p Params, ti *auth.TokenInfo) Request {
+		r := &ServerRequest[P]{Session: s.(*ServerSession), TokenInfo: ti}
 		if p != nil {
 			r.Params = p.(P)
 		}
 		return r
 	}
 	mi.handleMethod = MethodHandler(func(ctx context.Context, _ string, req Request) (Result, error) {
-		rf := &ServerRequest[P]{Session: req.GetSession().(*ServerSession)}
-		if req.GetParams() != nil {
-			rf.Params = req.GetParams().(P)
-		}
-		return d(ctx, rf)
+		return d(ctx, req.(*ServerRequest[P]))
 	})
 	return mi
 }
@@ -395,8 +393,9 @@ type ClientRequest[P Params] struct {
 
 // A ServerRequest is a request to a server.
 type ServerRequest[P Params] struct {
-	Session *ServerSession
-	Params  P
+	Session   *ServerSession
+	Params    P
+	TokenInfo *auth.TokenInfo // bearer token info (e.g. from OAuth) if any
 }
 
 func (*ClientRequest[P]) isRequest() {}

mcp/streamable.go

@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ import (
 	"sync/atomic"
 	"time"
 
+	"github.com/modelcontextprotocol/go-sdk/auth"
 	"github.com/modelcontextprotocol/go-sdk/internal/jsonrpc2"
 	"github.com/modelcontextprotocol/go-sdk/jsonrpc"
 )
@@ -490,12 +491,13 @@ func (c *streamableServerConn) servePOST(w http.ResponseWriter, req *http.Reques
 	// This also requires access to the negotiated version, which would either be
 	// set by the MCP-Protocol-Version header, or would require peeking into the
 	// session.
-	incoming, _, err := readBatch(body)
 	if err != nil {
 		http.Error(w, fmt.Sprintf("malformed payload: %v", err), http.StatusBadRequest)
 		return
 	}
+	incoming, _, err := readBatch(body)
 	requests := make(map[jsonrpc.ID]struct{})
+	tokenInfo := auth.TokenInfoFromContext(req.Context())
 	for _, msg := range incoming {
 		if req, ok := msg.(*jsonrpc.Request); ok {
 			// Preemptively check that this is a valid request, so that we can fail
@@ -505,6 +507,7 @@ func (c *streamableServerConn) servePOST(w http.ResponseWriter, req *http.Reques
 				http.Error(w, err.Error(), http.StatusBadRequest)
 				return
 			}
+			req.Meta = tokenInfo
 			if req.ID.IsValid() {
 				requests[req.ID] = struct{}{}
 			}
@@ -1036,6 +1039,10 @@ func (c *streamableClientConn) Read(ctx context.Context) (jsonrpc.Message, error
 	}
 }
 
+// testAuth controls whether a fake Authorization header is added to outgoing requests.
+// TODO: replace with a better mechanism when client-side auth is in place.
+var testAuth = false
+
 // Write implements the [Connection] interface.
 func (c *streamableClientConn) Write(ctx context.Context, msg jsonrpc.Message) error {
 	if err := c.failure(); err != nil {
@@ -1053,6 +1060,9 @@ func (c *streamableClientConn) Write(ctx context.Context, msg jsonrpc.Message) e
 	}
 	req.Header.Set("Content-Type", "application/json")
 	req.Header.Set("Accept", "application/json, text/event-stream")
+	if testAuth {
+		req.Header.Set("Authorization", "Bearer foo")
+	}
 	c.setMCPHeaders(req)
 
 	resp, err := c.client.Do(req)

mcp/streamable_test.go

@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/google/go-cmp/cmp"
 	"github.com/google/go-cmp/cmp/cmpopts"
 	"github.com/google/jsonschema-go/jsonschema"
+	"github.com/modelcontextprotocol/go-sdk/auth"
 	"github.com/modelcontextprotocol/go-sdk/internal/jsonrpc2"
 	"github.com/modelcontextprotocol/go-sdk/jsonrpc"
 )
@@ -894,3 +895,51 @@ func TestStreamableStateless(t *testing.T) {
 	// Verify we can make another request without session ID
 	checkRequest(`{"jsonrpc":"2.0","method":"tools/call","id":2,"params":{"name":"greet","arguments":{"name":"World"}}}`)
 }
+
+func TestTokenInfo(t *testing.T) {
+	defer func(b bool) { testAuth = b }(testAuth)
+	testAuth = true
+	ctx := context.Background()
+
+	// Create a server with a tool that returns TokenInfo.
+	tokenInfo := func(ctx context.Context, req *ServerRequest[*CallToolParamsFor[struct{}]]) (*CallToolResultFor[any], error) {
+		return &CallToolResultFor[any]{Content: []Content{&TextContent{Text: fmt.Sprintf("%v", req.TokenInfo)}}}, nil
+	}
+	server := NewServer(testImpl, nil)
+	AddTool(server, &Tool{Name: "tokenInfo", Description: "return token info"}, tokenInfo)
+
+	streamHandler := NewStreamableHTTPHandler(func(req *http.Request) *Server { return server }, nil)
+	verifier := func(context.Context, string) (*auth.TokenInfo, error) {
+		return &auth.TokenInfo{
+			Scopes: []string{"scope"},
+			// Expiration is far, far in the future.
+			Expiration: time.Date(5000, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 0, time.Local),
+		}, nil
+	}
+	handler := auth.RequireBearerToken(verifier, nil)(streamHandler)
+	httpServer := httptest.NewServer(handler)
+	defer httpServer.Close()
+
+	transport := NewStreamableClientTransport(httpServer.URL, nil)
+	client := NewClient(testImpl, nil)
+	session, err := client.Connect(ctx, transport, nil)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("client.Connect() failed: %v", err)
+	}
+	defer session.Close()
+
+	res, err := session.CallTool(ctx, &CallToolParams{Name: "tokenInfo"})
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	if len(res.Content) == 0 {
+		t.Fatal("missing content")
+	}
+	tc, ok := res.Content[0].(*TextContent)
+	if !ok {
+		t.Fatal("not TextContent")
+	}
+	if g, w := tc.Text, "&{[scope] 5000-01-02 03:04:05 -0500 EST map[]}"; g != w {
+		t.Errorf("got %q, want %q", g, w)
+	}
+}

mcp/tool.go

@@ -66,8 +66,9 @@ func newServerTool[In, Out any](t *Tool, h ToolHandlerFor[In, Out]) (*serverTool
 		}
 		// TODO(jba): improve copy
 		res, err := h(ctx, &ServerRequest[*CallToolParamsFor[In]]{
-			Session: req.Session,
-			Params:  params,
+			Session:   req.Session,
+			Params:    params,
+			TokenInfo: req.TokenInfo,
 		})
 		// TODO(rfindley): investigate why server errors are embedded in this strange way,
 		// rather than returned as jsonrpc2 server errors.