Set OIDC application_type on Dynamic Client Registration per SEP-837

## Motivation and Context

SEP-837 (modelcontextprotocol/modelcontextprotocol#837, merged for the 2026-07-28 spec release)
updates the authorization spec to require MCP clients to specify an appropriate OIDC `application_type`
(`"native"` vs `"web"`) during Dynamic Client Registration, so the authorization server can apply
the matching redirect URI policy and native and web clients do not collide on redirect URI validation rules.

This mirrors the approach taken by the TypeScript SDK (typescript-sdk#2266) and the Python SDK (python-sdk#2784):

- `MCP::Client::OAuth::Discovery.infer_application_type(redirect_uris)` returns `"native"` when every redirect URI
  is a native-app URI (a custom  non-http(s) scheme per RFC 8252 Section 7.1, or an http(s) URI with a loopback host
  per RFC 8252 Section 7.3) and `"web"` otherwise, including for nil, empty, or unparseable input.
  Loopback detection reuses the existing `loopback_host?` helper, so lookalike hosts such as `localhost.example.com`
  or `127.attacker.com` are not treated as native.
- `Flow#ensure_client_registered` now posts the metadata through the new `registration_client_metadata` helper,
  which merges the inferred `application_type` into the DCR request body only when the user did not set
  one explicitly (symbol or string key); an explicit value always wins.

Resolves #375.

## How Has This Been Tested?

New tests in `test/mcp/client/oauth/discovery_test.rb` cover the inference: loopback http URIs (IPv4, IPv6, `localhost`),
custom schemes, https URIs, mixed lists, the `localhost.example.com` lookalike, nil/empty input, and unparseable URIs.

New tests in `test/mcp/client/oauth/flow_test.rb` assert on the actual DCR request body via WebMock `assert_requested`:
loopback redirect URI registers `"application_type": "native"`, an HTTPS redirect URI registers `"web"`,
and an explicit `application_type` (symbol- or string-keyed) is never overridden.

## Breaking Changes

None. The DCR request body gains an `application_type` member only when the user has not specified one;
RFC 7591 requires authorization servers to accept and use known metadata fields, and OIDC-registration servers
already default this field to `"web"` when absent.
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Koichi ITO 2026-06-14 23:32:13 +09:00
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@ -367,7 +367,7 @@ module MCP
end
response = begin
http_post_json(registration_endpoint, @provider.client_metadata)
http_post_json(registration_endpoint, registration_client_metadata)
rescue Faraday::Error => e
raise AuthorizationError,
"Dynamic client registration failed: #{e.class}: #{e.message}."
@ -393,6 +393,20 @@ module MCP
info
end
# Returns the client metadata to submit on Dynamic Client Registration.
# Per SEP-837, MCP clients MUST specify an appropriate OIDC `application_type`
# so the authorization server can apply the matching redirect URI policy.
# When the user did not set one explicitly, infer `"native"` vs `"web"` from
# the registered `redirect_uris`; an explicit value always wins.
# https://github.com/modelcontextprotocol/modelcontextprotocol/pull/837
def registration_client_metadata
metadata = @provider.client_metadata
return metadata if metadata[:application_type] || metadata["application_type"]
redirect_uris = metadata[:redirect_uris] || metadata["redirect_uris"]
metadata.merge("application_type" => Discovery.infer_application_type(redirect_uris))
end
# Reads `key` from a `client_information` hash that may use either string or
# symbol keys, so users can persist the result of `JSON.parse` *or* a hand-built
# `{ client_id:, client_secret: }` and have both work.