Model Context Protocol revises its spec

Spec revision — OIDC Discovery support, incremental scope consent via WWW-Authenticate, OAuth Client ID Metadata Documents recommended, URL mode elicitation, experimental tasks, formalized governance and working groups

Why it matters

Aligned the auth model with standard OAuth practice and moved spec governance to committee procedures

Source — Primary sources first; secondary reports are labelled “Press”

Officialmodelcontextprotocol.iohttps://modelcontextprotocol.io/specification/2025-11-25/changelog

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