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WalkthroughAdds opt-in ChangesScope-aware tool discovery
Priority: ⬇️ Low Estimated code review effort: 3 (Moderate) | ~20 minutes Change: Feature Suggested reviewers: Sequence Diagram(s)sequenceDiagram
participant Client
participant AuthMiddleware
participant ToolsListHandler
participant OperationScopePolicy
Client->>AuthMiddleware: Request tools/list
AuthMiddleware->>ToolsListHandler: Provide policy and token context
ToolsListHandler->>OperationScopePolicy: Check tool requirements against scopes
OperationScopePolicy-->>ToolsListHandler: Return allowed tools
ToolsListHandler-->>Client: Return filtered tools/list response
Merge Risk: 🔵 Low · up to The implementation is correct, but the header-bypass documentation should be clarified to avoid misleading operators about tool visibility. 🚥 Pre-merge checks | ✅ 4 | ❌ 1❌ Failed checks (1 warning)
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- Around line 223-229: Move the YAML-backed filter_tools_by_scope field,
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| /// Filter `tools/list` results using `overrides.required_scopes`. | ||
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| /// Tools without an entry in `required_scopes` remain visible. Authenticated | ||
| /// clients only see protected tools when their token satisfies the configured | ||
| /// scope requirement; anonymous discovery clients only see unprotected tools. | ||
| #[serde(default)] | ||
| pub filter_tools_by_scope: bool, |
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📐 Maintainability & Code Quality | 🟠 Major | 🏗️ Heavy lift
Keep the new authentication configuration in the runtime module.
filter_tools_by_scope is a YAML-backed authentication setting, but this change adds it to crates/apollo-mcp-server/src/auth.rs. Move the field and its deserialization and wiring into the runtime module, then pass the resolved value into the authentication policy. This keeps the runtime configuration contract in one module.
As per coding guidelines: “Keep runtime configuration concerns, including YAML parsing, environment expansion, telemetry setup, and authentication configuration, in the runtime module.”
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In `@crates/apollo-mcp-server/src/auth.rs` around lines 223 - 229, Move the
YAML-backed filter_tools_by_scope field, deserialization, and configuration
wiring from the auth module into the runtime module, then pass the resolved
value into the authentication policy. Keep the runtime configuration contract
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🟡 Minor · Qualify the tool-list result for a listed header. · auth.mdx:412
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🔒 Security & Privacy | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick winQualify the tool-list result for a listed header.
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filter_tools_by_scopeis enabled, a tokenless caller with a listed header does not get the full tool list.tools/listuses an empty scope set and excludes tools withrequired_scopesentries. State that the caller gets the full list only when filtering is disabled. This distinction matters when operators assess what an unvalidated header can reveal.🤖 Prompt for AI Agents
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- Line 412: Update the `tools/list` disclosure description to clarify that a
caller with an unvalidated listed header gets the full tool list only when
`filter_tools_by_scope` is disabled; when enabled, the empty scope set excludes
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| Make sure something downstream validates that header. If nothing does, the header is an open door: any caller can send it with any value. | ||
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| That validator only gates requests that reach your API. Requests the MCP server answers itself, such as the `initialize` handshake, `notifications/initialized`, `tools/list`, `resources/read`, and the `GET` stream, never reach your API, so nothing validates the header value on them even with a correctly configured downstream validator. A caller that sends the header with any value gets a working session, the full tool list, and your schema. Downstream validation gates tool execution, not discovery. | ||
| That validator only gates requests that reach your API. Requests the MCP server answers itself, such as the `initialize` handshake, `notifications/initialized`, `tools/list`, `resources/read`, and the `GET` stream, never reach your API, so nothing validates the header value on them even with a correctly configured downstream validator. A caller that sends the header with any value gets a working session and your schema. They get the full tool list only when `filter_tools_by_scope` is disabled; when enabled, `tools/list` uses an empty scope set and excludes tools with `required_scopes` entries. Downstream validation gates tool execution, not discovery. |
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🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win
Clarify when filtering can return the full list.
When filter_tools_by_scope is enabled, anonymous discovery keeps tools without required_scopes. If every tool is unrestricted, the full list is still returned, so “only when filtering is disabled” is inaccurate.
Proposed wording
-They get the full tool list only when `filter_tools_by_scope` is disabled; when enabled, `tools/list` uses an empty scope set and excludes tools with `required_scopes` entries. Downstream validation gates tool execution, not discovery.
+When you disable `filter_tools_by_scope`, they get the full tool list. When you enable it, `tools/list` uses an empty scope set and excludes tools with `required_scopes` entries. If no tools have `required_scopes` entries, the full list remains visible. Downstream validation gates tool execution, not discovery.The PR objective confirms that anonymous discovery returns unrestricted tools when filtering is enabled.
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[notice] 412-412: docs/source/auth.mdx#L412
Framing: Use reader-centric language ('when you disable') instead of the passive voice.
Verb Tense and Voice: Use active voice instead of passive voice for the condition regarding the filter setting.
Word and Symbol Usage: Avoid semicolons; use a period to separate independent clauses for better clarity.
| That validator only gates requests that reach your API. Requests the MCP server answers itself, such as the `initialize` handshake, `notifications/initialized`, `tools/list`, `resources/read`, and the `GET` stream, never reach your API, so nothing validates the header value on them even with a correctly configured downstream validator. A caller that sends the header with any value gets a working session and your schema. They get the full tool list only when `filter_tools_by_scope` is disabled; when enabled, `tools/list` uses an empty scope set and excludes tools with `required_scopes` entries. Downstream validation gates tool execution, not discovery. | |
| That validator only gates requests that reach your API. Requests the MCP server answers itself, such as the `initialize` handshake, `notifications/initialized`, `tools/list`, `resources/read`, and the `GET` stream, never reach your API, so nothing validates the header value on them even with a correctly configured downstream validator. A caller that sends the header with any value gets a working session and your schema. They get the full tool list only when you disable `filter_tools_by_scope`; when enabled, `tools/list` uses an empty scope set and excludes tools with `required_scopes` entries. Downstream validation gates tool execution, not discovery. |
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Review comment at @docs/source/auth.mdx at line 412:
Update the `filter_tools_by_scope` documentation to clarify that enabled
filtering uses an empty scope set and excludes tools with `required_scopes`,
while tools without required scopes remain visible; state that the full list is
still returned if every tool is unrestricted.
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transport.auth.filter_tools_by_scopesetting to filter GraphQL operation tools returned bytools/listusingoverrides.required_scopes.false, so existing discovery behavior remains unchanged unless explicitly enabled.tools/callas the authorization boundary; discovery filtering does not replace call-time enforcement.Implementation details
filter_tools_by_scopeto the transport authentication configuration with a Serde default offalse.OperationScopePolicycontaining the configured per-operation requirements and the discovery-filtering flag.OperationRequiredScopes::is_satisfied_byfor discovery and call-time checks so both paths retain identical all-of and alternative-group semantics.ValidTokenduringtools/list; when anonymous discovery bypasses token validation, evaluate the policy with an empty scope set.required_scopesentry remain visible.tools/callHTTP 403 enforcement in place as the security boundary.Validation
Built the repository Docker image successfully, confirming that the
apollo-mcp-serverrelease binary and its dependencies compile with these changes.End-to-end testing used:
filter_tools_by_scope: true.tools/listExploreCelestialBodiesastronauts.readGetAstronautDetailsandGetAstronautsCurrentlyInSpacelaunches.readListUpcomingLaunchesExploreCelestialBodiesAdditional validation results:
docker run --rm apollo-mcp-server:scope-aware --versionreturnedapollo-mcp-server 1.17.0.cargo fmt --check: passed.cargo clippy --all-targets -- --deny warnings: passed.cargo clippy -p apollo-mcp-server --lib -- --deny warnings: passed.cargo doc --no-deps: passed, with one pre-existing warning in unchangedhost_validation.rsdocumentation.git diff --check: passed.tools/callto a hidden, unauthorized tool still returned HTTP 403.filter_tools_by_scope: false, its default value, a token without scopes still discovered all four tools.Prior discussion
The implementation proposal received the required sign-off from Ganesh
Closes #474