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fix(server,sdk): a2a security schemes in agent card#1785

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Add platform proxy auth schemes to agent card schemes:

        "security": [
          {
            "platform_context_token": []
          },
          {
            "platform_context_token": [],
            "basic": []
          }
        ],
        "securitySchemes": {
          "platform_context_token": {
            "bearerFormat": "JWT",
            "description": "Platform context token, issued by the AgentStack server using POST /api/v1/context/{context_id}/token.",
            "scheme": "bearer",
            "type": "http"
          },
          "basic": {
            "bearerFormat": null,
            "description": null,
            "scheme": "basic",
            "type": "http"
          }
        },

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@jezekra1 jezekra1 requested a review from pilartomas January 8, 2026 14:28
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This pull request refactors and standardizes the declaration of authentication security schemes within the AgentStack server and SDK, particularly for agent cards. It introduces a new SdkAuthenticationBackend interface, enabling authentication providers to dynamically inject their supported security mechanisms, such as platform_context_token (JWT bearer), into the agent's metadata. This change ensures that agent cards accurately communicate their authentication requirements, improving interoperability and security configuration.

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  • Standardized Agent Card Security: Introduces a consistent way to declare authentication schemes for agent cards, specifically adding platform_context_token as a bearer JWT scheme.
  • Authentication Backend Interface: Defines a new abstract base class SdkAuthenticationBackend to allow custom authentication backends to programmatically update agent card security metadata.
  • Refactored Authentication Handling: Modifies the SDK's create_app function to remove direct AuthenticationMiddleware setup, implying that authentication configuration is now handled more dynamically via the SdkAuthenticationBackend.
  • Proxy and Deployment Agent Card Updates: Ensures that both proxy and deployment agent cards correctly reflect the new platform_context_token and other configured authentication schemes (OIDC bearer, basic).

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This pull request refactors authentication handling in the SDK to allow authentication backends to modify the agent card's security schemes, which is a solid architectural improvement. It correctly introduces an abstract base class for this purpose. However, there is a critical flaw in how the proxy server combines its own security requirements with those of the upstream agent. The current implementation incorrectly requires clients to authenticate with both the proxy and the agent simultaneously, which defeats the purpose of a proxy. I've provided a detailed comment and a code suggestion to rectify this by ensuring the proxy advertises its own authentication schemes, replacing the agent's.

@jezekra1 jezekra1 force-pushed the fix-a2a-proxy-security-schemes branch from 76023c3 to 7ee0fce Compare January 9, 2026 08:18
@jezekra1 jezekra1 force-pushed the fix-a2a-proxy-security-schemes branch from 7ee0fce to 2d46252 Compare January 26, 2026 14:12
Signed-off-by: Radek Ježek <radek.jezek@ibm.com>
@jezekra1 jezekra1 force-pushed the fix-a2a-proxy-security-schemes branch from 2d46252 to c6af842 Compare January 26, 2026 15:56
@jezekra1 jezekra1 merged commit 3050779 into main Jan 26, 2026
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@jezekra1 jezekra1 deleted the fix-a2a-proxy-security-schemes branch January 26, 2026 16:55
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