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🚨 Critical: Refactor authentication architecture (30K LOC β†’ 500 LOC)Β #64

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Problem

We currently have THREE separate security/auth crates with massive overlap:

  • mcp-auth: 30,232 lines (bigger than entire core framework!)
  • mcp-security: ~3,300 lines
  • mcp-security-middleware: 3,045 lines

All three implement JWT/API key validation. Only 1 out of 12 examples uses this.

Proposed Solution

Phase 1: Create mcp-auth-simple (~500 LOC)

  • API key validation only
  • Simple middleware integration

Phase 2: Archive enterprise features

  • Move RBAC, vault, sessions to optional mcp-auth-enterprise

Phase 3: Delete redundant crates

  • Delete mcp-security-middleware
  • Merge mcp-security into mcp-server

Priority: CRITICAL | Effort: 2-4 weeks

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