openai/codex · error · OAuthHttpClientAdapterError

OAuth HTTP request exceeded {MAX_OAUTH_HTTP_REDIRECTS} redir

Error message

OAuth HTTP request exceeded {MAX_OAUTH_HTTP_REDIRECTS} redirects

What it means

Error "OAuth HTTP request exceeded {MAX_OAUTH_HTTP_REDIRECTS} redirects" thrown in openai/codex.

Source

Thrown at codex-rs/rmcp-client/src/oauth_http_client.rs:47

use rmcp::transport::auth::OAuthHttpRequest;
use url::Origin;
use url::Url;

use crate::auth_status::OAuthDiscoveryTimeout;
use crate::http_client_adapter::StreamableHttpRedirectMode;
use crate::utils::MCP_USER_AGENT;

const MAX_OAUTH_HTTP_RESPONSE_BODY_BYTES: usize = 1024 * 1024;
const MAX_OAUTH_HTTP_REDIRECTS: usize = 10;
static NEXT_OAUTH_REQUEST_ID: AtomicU64 = AtomicU64::new(0);

#[derive(Debug, thiserror::Error)]
enum OAuthHttpClientAdapterError {
    #[error("unsupported OAuth HTTP redirect policy")]
    UnsupportedRedirectPolicy,
    #[error("OAuth HTTP request timed out")]
    TimedOut,
    #[error("OAuth HTTP request exceeded {MAX_OAUTH_HTTP_REDIRECTS} redirects")]
    TooManyRedirects,
    #[error("OAuth HTTP response body exceeds {maximum_bytes} bytes")]
    ResponseBodyTooLarge { maximum_bytes: usize },
    #[error("OAuth authorization server issuer does not match authorization metadata origin")]
    AuthorizationMetadataIssuerOriginMismatch,
}

fn oauth_http_client_error(
    error: impl std::error::Error + Send + Sync + 'static,
) -> OAuthHttpClientError {
    Box::new(error)
}

#[derive(Clone)]
pub(crate) struct OAuthHttpClientAdapter {
    http_client: Arc<dyn HttpClient>,
    default_headers: HeaderMap,
    resource_origin: Origin,

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When it happens

Trigger: Thrown at codex-rs/rmcp-client/src/oauth_http_client.rs:47 when the library encounters an invalid state.

Common situations: See trigger scenarios.

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