* feat: add RFC 8707 resource indicator via resource config `Config.Resource` is an alternative to `audience` for IdPs that implement RFC 8707. `buildAuthURL` sends it as the `resource` parameter on the authorization request, before `extraAuthParams` so an operator-configured `resource` key there cannot override or duplicate it. `exchangeTokens` repeats it on both the `authorization_code` and `refresh_token` grants (RFC 8707 §2.2), so a refreshed token keeps the audience binding of the original grant. Only one resource is accepted. RFC 8707 permits a list, but no provider that supports the parameter handles a list usefully: one rejects any request naming more than one resource with HTTP 400 `invalid_target`; node-oidc-provider accepts several and issues an opaque token bound to none of them. `Config.Validate()` requires an absolute URI of at most 256 characters with no fragment, wildcard, or control characters. `http`/`https` values go through `isValidSecureURL`, so HTTPS is required outside loopback; other schemes (`urn:`) pass as-is. When `resource` is set and `audience` is not, `audience` defaults to the resource for access-token validation; `strictAudienceValidation` applies the same way whichever of the two is set. That default is validation-only. A new `TraefikOidc.explicitAudience` mirrors `Config.Audience` verbatim, and `buildAuthURL` keys the non-standard `audience` request parameter (the Auth0 custom-API pattern) on it rather than on `audience`, so a resource-derived default is never sent as an unsolicited `audience` parameter alongside `resource` — a combination that misbehaves against providers such as Ory Hydra, which give `audience` a different meaning. `audience_test.go` and `url_helpers_ultra_test.go` set `audience` on the struct directly, bypassing `New()`, and now set `explicitAudience` too. docs/CONFIGURATION.md carries only the reference-table row and a short pointer; the new docs/RFC8707.md holds the request behaviour, the single-resource rationale, the `resource`/`audience` relationship, and a provider-support table from interop testing: node-oidc-provider supports it; Zitadel accepts and silently ignores it (`oidc.AuthRequest` has no `resource` field, confirmed against a live instance); Authentik returns `invalid_target`; Keycloak has no support through 26.6; Ory Hydra/Fosite uses its own `audience` parameter; Azure AD/Entra ID v2 is reported to reject `resource` combined with v2-style `scope`; Auth0 and AWS Cognito claims are unverified. README.md, docs/index.html, and .traefik.yml each point at docs/RFC8707.md instead of repeating it, and the comments on `Config.Resource`, in main.go, and in url_helpers.go defer to it as well. rfc8707_resource_test.go covers the authorization-URL parameter (set, unset, query-bearing value percent-encoded rather than merged, `extraAuthParams` unable to override), both grants sending `resource` in the form body, the `Config.Validate()` rules table, audience defaulting through `New()`, and a regression pair: a resource-derived audience default is not sent as `audience`, while an explicitly configured one still is. * fix: accept Resource in place of Audience for bearer-auth validation `NewWithContext` rejected `EnableBearerAuth=true` whenever `config.Audience` was empty, even though `t.audience` already falls back to `config.Resource` in that case. The check now fails only when both `Audience` and `Resource` are empty, and the error names both fields. `TestStartupValidation_BearerAcceptsResourceInPlaceOfAudience` covers the `Resource`-only configuration. `docs/RFC8707.md` links the `audience` parameter note to `docs/AUTH0_AUDIENCE_GUIDE.md` instead of restating it, and drops the provider table's GitHub row and the interop-testing paragraph, which are covered elsewhere.
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RFC 8707 Resource Indicators
resource (Config.Resource) is an alternative to audience for IdPs that
implement RFC 8707. See
docs/CONFIGURATION.md for the config reference; this
document covers exactly what request is made and which providers support it.
What the plugin sends
- One
resourceparameter on the authorization request (buildAuthURL), added beforeextraAuthParamsso an operator-configuredresourcekey there cannot override or duplicate it. - The same
resourceparameter on both theauthorization_codeandrefresh_tokengrants (exchangeTokens), per RFC 8707 §2.2 — so a refreshed token keeps the same audience binding as the original grant.
Only a single resource is supported, not a list. RFC 8707 allows a server to accept multiple
resource values and scope the issued token to a subset of them, but no provider found to
support the parameter at all handles that usefully: one provider tested rejects a request
naming more than one resource with HTTP 400 invalid_target; node-oidc-provider accepts
multiple resources but issues an opaque access token bound to none of them. A single value
avoids both failure modes.
Relationship to audience
resource and audience both feed the same access-token audience check —
strictAudienceValidation applies identically to either — but they produce different requests
on the wire:
audience, when explicitly configured, is sent as a non-standardaudiencerequest parameter (see docs/AUTH0_AUDIENCE_GUIDE.md).resourceis sent as the RFC 8707resourceparameter instead.- If
resourceis set andaudienceis not, the expected-audience check defaults to the resource value, but this is validation-only: it does not cause anaudienceparameter to be sent. Setting both is allowed — e.g. as a hedge against a provider that ignoresresource— in which case both parameters are sent.
Provider support
Verified 2026-09-02 (Zitadel reverified separately against a live instance). RFC 8707 requires
a server that does not support resource to ignore it, but not every implementation does —
verify against your specific provider and version before relying on it.
| Provider | Support | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| node-oidc-provider | Supported | Via its resourceIndicators feature. |
| Zitadel | Ignored, not rejected | oidc.AuthRequest has no resource field; confirmed against a live instance — /oauth/v2/authorize returns the same 302 with or without resource, including a spec-invalid value. |
| Authentik | Rejected | Returns invalid_target ("Resource indicators are not supported"). |
| Keycloak | Not supported (through 26.6) | Its own guidance is an audience mapper plus scope instead (keycloak/keycloak#41526). |
| Ory Hydra / Fosite | Not implemented | Uses its own non-standard audience request parameter instead. |
| Azure AD / Entra ID v2.0 (MSAL) | Reported to reject | When combined with v2-style scope, rather than ignoring it (writeup). Do not enable against an Entra ID v2 tenant without confirming. The v1.0 endpoint has a separate, pre-RFC resource parameter with similar but not identical semantics. |
| Auth0 | Not verified | Documents a Resource Parameter Compatibility Profile mapping resource → audience (Auth0 docs). |
| AWS Cognito | Not verified | Announced Oct 2025 for user-pool authorization-code/implicit grants (announcement). |
| Okta, Google, GitLab | Unverified | No confirming documentation found either way. |