fix: set user specified scope in DCR

client/src/lib/auth.ts

@@ -102,16 +102,40 @@ export const clearClientInformationFromSessionStorage = ({
   sessionStorage.removeItem(key);
 };
 
+export const getScopeFromSessionStorage = (
+  serverUrl: string,
+): string | undefined => {
+  const key = getServerSpecificKey(SESSION_KEYS.SCOPE, serverUrl);
+  const value = sessionStorage.getItem(key);
+  return value || undefined;
+};
+
+export const saveScopeToSessionStorage = (
+  serverUrl: string,
+  scope: string | undefined,
+) => {
+  const key = getServerSpecificKey(SESSION_KEYS.SCOPE, serverUrl);
+  if (scope) {
+    sessionStorage.setItem(key, scope);
+  } else {
+    sessionStorage.removeItem(key);
+  }
+};
+
+export const clearScopeFromSessionStorage = (serverUrl: string) => {
+  const key = getServerSpecificKey(SESSION_KEYS.SCOPE, serverUrl);
+  sessionStorage.removeItem(key);
+};
+
 export class InspectorOAuthClientProvider implements OAuthClientProvider {
-  constructor(
-    protected serverUrl: string,
-    scope?: string,
-  ) {
-    this.scope = scope;
+  constructor(protected serverUrl: string) {
     // Save the server URL to session storage
     sessionStorage.setItem(SESSION_KEYS.SERVER_URL, serverUrl);
   }
-  scope: string | undefined;
+
+  get scope(): string | undefined {
+    return getScopeFromSessionStorage(this.serverUrl);
+  }
 
   get redirectUrl() {
     return window.location.origin + "/oauth/callback";

client/src/lib/constants.ts

@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ export const SESSION_KEYS = {
   PREREGISTERED_CLIENT_INFORMATION: "mcp_preregistered_client_information",
   SERVER_METADATA: "mcp_server_metadata",
   AUTH_DEBUGGER_STATE: "mcp_auth_debugger_state",
+  SCOPE: "mcp_scope",
 } as const;
 
 // Generate server-specific session storage keys

client/src/lib/hooks/__tests__/useConnection.test.tsx

@@ -112,6 +112,8 @@ jest.mock("../../auth", () => ({
   })),
   clearClientInformationFromSessionStorage: jest.fn(),
   saveClientInformationToSessionStorage: jest.fn(),
+  saveScopeToSessionStorage: jest.fn(),
+  clearScopeFromSessionStorage: jest.fn(),
   discoverScopes: jest.fn(),
 }));
 

client/src/lib/hooks/useConnection.ts

@@ -45,6 +45,8 @@ import {
   clearClientInformationFromSessionStorage,
   InspectorOAuthClientProvider,
   saveClientInformationToSessionStorage,
+  saveScopeToSessionStorage,
+  clearScopeFromSessionStorage,
   discoverScopes,
 } from "../auth";
 import {
@@ -142,6 +144,15 @@ export function useConnection({
     });
   }, [oauthClientId, oauthClientSecret, sseUrl]);
 
+  useEffect(() => {
+    if (!oauthScope) {
+      clearScopeFromSessionStorage(sseUrl);
+      return;
+    }
+
+    saveScopeToSessionStorage(sseUrl, oauthScope);
+  }, [oauthScope, sseUrl]);
+
   const pushHistory = (request: object, response?: object) => {
     setRequestHistory((prev) => [
       ...prev,
@@ -346,10 +357,9 @@ export function useConnection({
         }
         scope = await discoverScopes(sseUrl, resourceMetadata);
       }
-      const serverAuthProvider = new InspectorOAuthClientProvider(
-        sseUrl,
-        scope,
-      );
+
+      saveScopeToSessionStorage(sseUrl, scope);
+      const serverAuthProvider = new InspectorOAuthClientProvider(sseUrl);
 
       const result = await auth(serverAuthProvider, {
         serverUrl: sseUrl,

client/src/lib/oauth-state-machine.ts

@@ -80,13 +80,16 @@ export const oauthTransitions: Record<OAuthStep, StateTransition> = {
       const metadata = context.state.oauthMetadata!;
       const clientMetadata = context.provider.clientMetadata;
 
-      // Prefer scopes from resource metadata if available
-      const scopesSupported =
-        context.state.resourceMetadata?.scopes_supported ||
-        metadata.scopes_supported;
-      // Add all supported scopes to client registration
-      if (scopesSupported) {
-        clientMetadata.scope = scopesSupported.join(" ");
+      // Priority: user-provided scope > discovered scopes
+      if (!context.provider.scope || context.provider.scope.trim() === "") {
+        // Prefer scopes from resource metadata if available
+        const scopesSupported =
+          context.state.resourceMetadata?.scopes_supported ||
+          metadata.scopes_supported;
+        // Add all supported scopes to client registration
+        if (scopesSupported) {
+          clientMetadata.scope = scopesSupported.join(" ");
+        }
       }
 
       // Try Static client first, with DCR as fallback
@@ -113,10 +116,14 @@ export const oauthTransitions: Record<OAuthStep, StateTransition> = {
       const metadata = context.state.oauthMetadata!;
       const clientInformation = context.state.oauthClientInfo!;
 
-      const scope = await discoverScopes(
-        context.serverUrl,
-        context.state.resourceMetadata ?? undefined,
-      );
+      // Priority: user-provided scope > discovered scopes
+      let scope = context.provider.scope;
+      if (!scope || scope.trim() === "") {
+        scope = await discoverScopes(
+          context.serverUrl,
+          context.state.resourceMetadata ?? undefined,
+        );
+      }
 
       const { authorizationUrl, codeVerifier } = await startAuthorization(
         context.serverUrl,