claude-code - 💡(How to fix) Fix [BUG] MCP OAuth fails: Protected Resource domain mismatch when server uses different public URL vs internal resource URL (Asana MCP V2) [4 comments, 4 participants]

Summary

When connecting to Asana's V2 MCP server (https://mcp.asana.com/v2/mcp) with a pre-registered OAuth app (client_id + client_secret), authentication always fails with:

SDK auth failed: Protected resource
https://asana-mcp-server.asana-enterprise-account.workers.dev/v2/mcp
does not match expected https://mcp.asana.com/v2/mcp (or origin)

Environment

• Claude Code version: 2.1.140
• OS: Linux
• MCP server: Asana V2 (https://mcp.asana.com/v2/mcp)

Steps to Reproduce

Follow the official Asana documentation exactly: https://developers.asana.com/docs/connecting-mcp-clients-to-asanas-v2-server#claude-code

claude mcp add --transport http \
  --client-id YOUR_CLIENT_ID \
  --client-secret \
  --callback-port 8080 \
  asana https://mcp.asana.com/v2/mcp

Then attempt to authenticate via /mcp → "Authenticate".

Root Cause

https://mcp.asana.com/v2/mcp returns a WWW-Authenticate header pointing to a resource_metadata URL on a different domain:

resource_metadata="https://asana-mcp-server.asana-enterprise-account.workers.dev/.well-known/oauth-protected-resource/v2"

That metadata returns:

{
  "resource": "https://asana-mcp-server.asana-enterprise-account.workers.dev/v2/mcp",
  "authorization_servers": ["https://app.asana.com"]
}

Claude Code's RFC 9728 validation (added in v2.1.85) rejects the connection because the resource field (workers.dev) does not match the configured URL (mcp.asana.com).

This can be reproduced with curl:

# Step 1: Check WWW-Authenticate header
curl -si https://mcp.asana.com/v2/mcp | grep resource_metadata
# → resource_metadata="https://asana-mcp-server.asana-enterprise-account.workers.dev/..."

# Step 2: Fetch the resource metadata
curl -s "https://asana-mcp-server.asana-enterprise-account.workers.dev/.well-known/oauth-protected-resource/v2"
# → { "resource": "https://asana-mcp-server.asana-enterprise-account.workers.dev/v2/mcp" }

Asana's Official Position

Asana support confirmed this is intentional on their side — the V2 MCP server is hosted on a different domain than the public URL. They state that Claude Code needs to be updated to accept this mismatch:

"Claude Code が更新されて V2 の protected-resource メタデータを受け入れるようになるのを待つ。" ("Wait for Claude Code to be updated to accept V2's protected-resource metadata.")

Impact

• V1 SSE endpoint (https://mcp.asana.com/sse) was shut down on 2026-05-11
• V2 is the only available endpoint
• Asana MCP is completely unusable in Claude Code as of 2026-05-11
• The official Asana documentation explicitly lists Claude Code as a supported client

Expected Behavior

When a client_id is pre-configured (i.e., the user has already registered an OAuth app), Claude Code should either:

1. Relax the strict domain matching and allow connections where the resource URL's origin differs from the configured URL's origin, OR
2. Fall back to the resource URL (https://asana-mcp-server.asana-enterprise-account.workers.dev/v2/mcp) as the effective endpoint when a mismatch is detected, OR
3. Add a skipResourceCheck option in MCP server config for cases where the server operator has confirmed the mismatch is intentional

Related Issues

• #55067 — Random port used instead of configured callbackPort (Asana MCP)
• #58091 — Asana MCP OAuth fails: redirect_uri not registered
• #52638 — HTTP MCP servers with OAuth fail (dynamic client registration) — closed as duplicate
• #27765 — MCP: Support API key authentication and improve OAuth compatibility
• anthropics/claude-plugins-official#998 — Asana MCP V2 migration blocked by OAuth incompatibility