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Scope tasks to authorization context, not session (#3800)
* Scope tasks to authorization context, not session

Tasks were keyed by the transport-layer Mcp-Session-Id, which is
server-assigned and changes on reconnect — so clients lost access to
their running tasks after any connection interruption.

The MCP spec says tasks should be bound to authorization context, not
session.  This replaces session_id with task_scope (derived from
AccessToken.client_id, URL-encoded) in all task data Redis keys and
Docket task keys.  When no auth is configured, a "_" sentinel is used
and security comes from UUID task ID entropy per the spec.

Session ID is still used for transport-level concerns (notification
queues, subscriber registration) and is now stored in the
TaskContextSnapshot payload so background workers can still deliver
notifications.

Also extracts all the task context infrastructure (TaskContextInfo,
TaskContextSnapshot, snapshot loading, session/server registries) from
server/dependencies.py into a new server/tasks/context.py to keep the
DI module from sprawling further.

Closes #3758

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Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>

* Rename _redis_key to _snapshot_redis_key

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>

* Document in-process session registry as an optimization

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>

* Tidy imports and docstrings

Hoist imports where safe, keep subscriptions/notifications deferred in
handlers.py since they pull in docket at module level. Sharpen docstrings
on keys.py and context.py so each module owns its lane. Clean up the
re-export block in dependencies.py.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>

* Fix misleading comment on re-export block

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>

* Tighten task scope: include sub claim, partition keyspaces

Addresses review feedback on #3800:

- Compose task scope from client_id and the JWT sub claim (when present)
  so fixed-OAuth deployments isolate per user, not just per client.
- Replace the "_" anonymous sentinel with a tagged keyspace partition.
  Docket keys are now auth:{enc_scope}:... or anon:..., and Redis keys
  use fastmcp:task:auth:{enc_scope}:... or fastmcp:task:anon:...,
  routed through a single task_redis_prefix() helper.
- get_task_scope() returns the raw scope (or None); encoding happens
  once at the keys.py boundary, collapsing the previous double-quote
  invariant.
- Drop the dormant fallback in notifications.py that routed
  input_required relays into the anon keyspace when task_scope was
  missing -- log and skip instead.
- Add comprehensive parser/encoder tests in test_task_keys.py covering
  round-trips, malformed keys, and adversarial scopes ("anon", "_", and
  scopes containing : / | %).
- Add cross-scope rejection tests: distinct client_ids, distinct sub
  claims under a shared client_id, and authenticated vs anonymous.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>

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Co-authored-by: Claude Opus 4.6 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
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.gitignore chore: gitignore .claude/worktrees/ (#3529) 2026-03-16 14:50:15 -04:00
.pre-commit-config.yaml Add loq file size limits and clean up type ignores (#2859) 2026-01-13 07:29:12 -05:00
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CLAUDE.md fix: drop configurable dedupe from AggregateProvider, always warn (#3877) 2026-04-12 17:03:02 -04:00
CODE_OF_CONDUCT.md Create CODE_OF_CONDUCT.md (#1523) 2025-08-16 16:28:15 -04:00
CONTRIBUTING.md docs: improve contributor guidelines for framework contributions (#3653) 2026-03-27 10:43:12 -04:00
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pyproject.toml chore(deps-dev): bump pydantic-monty from 0.0.9 to 0.0.10 (#3809) 2026-04-12 16:13:20 -04:00
README.md Sync README with welcome.mdx, fix install count (#3224) 2026-02-18 18:38:20 -05:00
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