MCP-AUT-005
AS advertises authorization_response_iss_parameter_supported: true
“MCP authorization servers SHOULD include the iss parameter in authorization responses... Authorization servers that include the iss parameter MUST advertise this by setting authorization_response_iss_parameter_supported to true.” — spec anchor
How to fix this
This is the honest, indirect form of RFC 9207 iss checking — iss validation is a CLIENT obligation and cannot be tested by probing a server. See /02-SPEC-VERIFICATION-2026-07-28.md §2.3.
How the validator checks this
Probe P8.3, against a streamable-http server on the modern protocol. What it reports:
- pass
- Every authorization server advertises authorization_response_iss_parameter_supported: true
- warn
- Does not advertise authorization_response_iss_parameter_supported: …. Without it a client cannot confirm which authorization server answered — the RFC 9207 mix-up defence.
Quoted from the probe that runs this check, so it cannot drift from what the validator actually reports.
This rule is checked deterministically: a fail here is a certain violation, not an inference.
Checked in the same request as MCP-AUT-004, MCP-AUT-010, MCP-AUT-011.
Check your own server against this rule
The validator makes real protocol requests and reports this rule as pass, warn or fail alongside the other 78. Validate a server or read how the check works.
Other Authorization rules
- MCP-AUT-001Unauthenticated request returns 401 with WWW-Authenticate resource_metadata
- MCP-AUT-002RFC 9728 Protected Resource Metadata is served and valid
- MCP-AUT-003PRM resource equals the canonical server URI
- MCP-AUT-004Each listed authorization server exposes RFC 8414 or OIDC discovery metadata
- MCP-AUT-006WWW-Authenticate includes a scope parameter
- MCP-AUT-007Insufficient scope returns 403 with error="insufficient_scope"
- MCP-AUT-008Tokens with a foreign audience are rejected
- MCP-AUT-009offline_access absent from scopes_supported / challenge scope
- MCP-AUT-010AS advertises S256 in code_challenge_methods_supported
- MCP-AUT-011AS supports Client ID Metadata Documents, not DCR alone