diff --git a/clients/web/src/test/core/mcp/oauthManager.test.ts b/clients/web/src/test/core/mcp/oauthManager.test.ts
index de7770a5..7e8e4de6 100644
--- a/clients/web/src/test/core/mcp/oauthManager.test.ts
+++ b/clients/web/src/test/core/mcp/oauthManager.test.ts
@@ -737,13 +737,18 @@ describe("OAuthManager", () => {
   });
 
   describe("persisting the requested scope after an ordinary grant (#2117)", () => {
-    const CAPTURED_URL = new URL(
-      "https://auth.example.com/authorize?state=abc",
-    );
+    function capturedUrlWithScope(scope?: string): URL {
+      const url = new URL("https://auth.example.com/authorize?state=abc");
+      if (scope !== undefined) {
+        url.searchParams.set("scope", scope);
+      }
+      return url;
+    }
 
     async function authorizeThenComplete(
       storedScope: string | undefined,
       tokenScope: string | undefined,
+      authorizeUrlScope?: string,
     ) {
       mockedMcpAuth.mockResolvedValue("REDIRECT");
       const params = createMockParams();
@@ -758,7 +763,7 @@ describe("OAuthManager", () => {
             .BaseOAuthClientProvider.prototype,
           "getCapturedAuthUrl",
         )
-        .mockReturnValue(CAPTURED_URL);
+        .mockReturnValue(capturedUrlWithScope(authorizeUrlScope));
 
       await manager.authenticate();
 
@@ -798,6 +803,23 @@ describe("OAuthManager", () => {
 
       expect(storageOf(params).saveScope).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
     });
+
+    it("persists the scope the authorize URL actually carried, not the provider's", async () => {
+      // The SDK augments the request with `offline_access` when the AS
+      // advertises it and the client wants a refresh token, so the authorize
+      // URL is a superset of `provider.scope`. Persisting the provider's copy
+      // would understate the grant the AS implied by staying silent.
+      const params = await authorizeThenComplete(
+        "mcp",
+        undefined,
+        "mcp offline_access",
+      );
+
+      expect(storageOf(params).saveScope).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
+        SERVER_URL,
+        "mcp offline_access",
+      );
+    });
   });
 
   describe("completeOAuthFlow (EMA)", () => {
diff --git a/core/mcp/oauthManager.ts b/core/mcp/oauthManager.ts
index 5a8955ff..4dbfbb9d 100644
--- a/core/mcp/oauthManager.ts
+++ b/core/mcp/oauthManager.ts
@@ -324,13 +324,20 @@ export class OAuthManager {
       throw new Error("Failed to capture authorization URL");
     }
 
-    // RFC 6749 5.1: an omitted `scope` in the token response means the grant
+    // RFC 6749 §5.1: an omitted `scope` in the token response means the grant
     // is identical to what was requested. Carry the request across the
-    // redirect so completeOAuthFlow has that fallback to persist (#2117) --
+    // redirect so completeOAuthFlow has that fallback to persist (#2117) —
     // the step-up paths already do this, and without it an ordinary grant
     // whose AS echoes no scope leaves the previous stored scope standing as
     // if it were still what the current token carries.
-    this.pendingAuthorizationScope = requestedScope;
+    //
+    // Read it off the authorize URL rather than from `provider.scope`: the
+    // SDK augments the request with `offline_access` when the AS advertises
+    // it and the client asks for a refresh token, so the provider's scope can
+    // be a strict subset of what was actually asked for — and persisting the
+    // subset would understate the grant in exactly the way this fixes.
+    this.pendingAuthorizationScope =
+      capturedUrl.searchParams.get("scope")?.trim() || requestedScope;
 
     const stateParam = capturedUrl.searchParams.get("state");
     if (stateParam && this.params.onBeforeOAuthRedirect) {
@@ -366,8 +373,8 @@ export class OAuthManager {
           authorizationCode,
           iss,
         );
-        // `scopeForMint` -- not `pendingAuthorizationScope` -- is what the
-        // mint actually asked for, so it is the RFC 6749 5.1 fallback here
+        // `scopeForMint` — not `pendingAuthorizationScope` — is what the
+        // mint actually asked for, so it is the RFC 6749 §5.1 fallback here
         // (the two differ on the ordinary leg, where only the config carries
         // a scope).
         const scopeToPersist = resolvePersistedScopeAfterGrant(