Handle rejected MCP OAuth refresh tokens

codex-rs/rmcp-client/src/oauth/refresh_transaction.rs

@@ -178,6 +178,25 @@ impl OAuthPersistor {
                 debug!("received refreshed MCP OAuth credentials from the provider");
                 refreshed_tokens(token_response, &latest, &self.inner)
             }
+            Ok(Err(error @ AuthError::TokenRefreshFailed(_))) => {
+                // RMCP 1.8 collapses definitive OAuth rejection (for example,
+                // `invalid_grant`) and transient token-endpoint failures into this string
+                // variant. Match RMCP's own request path for now so rejected refresh tokens
+                // prompt reauthorization instead of surfacing as generic MCP startup failures.
+                // This can also prompt reauthorization after a transient failure.
+                // TODO: Once modelcontextprotocol/rust-sdk#963 is available in the RMCP version
+                // used by Codex, map only its typed refresh-token rejection error here.
+                warn!(
+                    error = %error,
+                    "MCP OAuth refresh failed; reauthorization required by RMCP compatibility policy"
+                );
+                return Err(AuthError::AuthorizationRequired).with_context(|| {
+                    format!(
+                        "failed to refresh OAuth tokens for server {}: {error}",
+                        self.inner.server_name
+                    )
+                });
+            }
             Ok(Err(error)) => {
                 warn!(
                     error = %error,

codex-rs/rmcp-client/src/oauth/tests/persistor_tests.rs

@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ use crate::oauth::compute_store_key;
 use crate::oauth::load_oauth_tokens_from_file;
 use crate::oauth::refresh_lock::RefreshCredentialLock;
 use crate::oauth::save_oauth_tokens_to_file;
+use crate::startup_error::is_authentication_required_error;
 
 const REFRESH_LOCK_CONTENTION_EVENT_TARGET: &str =
     "codex_rmcp_client::oauth::refresh_lock::contention";
@@ -201,6 +202,35 @@ async fn missing_authoritative_credentials_require_reauthorization() -> Result<(
     Ok(())
 }
 
+#[tokio::test(flavor = "current_thread")]
+async fn rejected_refresh_token_requires_reauthorization() -> Result<()> {
+    let (_env, server, initial) = test_context().await?;
+    Mock::given(method("POST"))
+        .and(path("/oauth/token"))
+        .and(body_string_contains("grant_type=refresh_token"))
+        .and(body_string_contains("refresh_token=refresh-token"))
+        .respond_with(ResponseTemplate::new(400).set_body_json(serde_json::json!({
+            "error": "invalid_grant",
+            "error_description": "refresh token expired or revoked",
+        })))
+        .expect(1)
+        .mount(&server)
+        .await;
+    save_oauth_tokens_to_file(&initial)?;
+    let persistor = persistor_for(&initial).await?;
+
+    let error = persistor
+        .refresh_if_needed()
+        .await
+        .expect_err("a provider-rejected refresh token should require reauthorization");
+    assert!(is_authentication_required_error(&error));
+    let stored = load_oauth_tokens_from_file(&initial.server_name, &initial.url)?
+        .expect("rejected refresh must preserve the durable credentials");
+    assert_tokens_match_without_expiry(&stored, &initial);
+    server.verify().await;
+    Ok(())
+}
+
 #[tokio::test(flavor = "multi_thread", worker_threads = 2)]
 async fn caller_cancellation_does_not_cancel_refresh_persistence() -> Result<()> {
     let (_env, server, initial) = test_context().await?;