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Workspace App Connect
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Created on Jun 30, 2026

RELATED IDEAS

Expose a pre-emptive vs. reactive authorization toggle for Basic Auth / OAuth directly in the security policy

Right now, whether the server challenges a client pre-emptively or reactively for Basic Auth or OAuth comes down to a setting that's hidden. It's not in the security policy where you'd expect it, and the docs don't make it obvious. You only find it if you go looking, and most people don't know it's there.

Make it a proper toggle in the security policy, for both Basic Auth and OAuth.

Reactive: the server answers an unauthenticated request with a 401 and a WWW-Authenticate challenge, and the client resends with credentials. Pre-emptive: the server expects credentials on the first request and doesn't challenge.

The two behave differently enough to matter. Some clients only send credentials after a challenge, others send them up front. Pick the wrong mode and you get 401s with nothing useful to go on, because the setting that controls it isn't anywhere near where you configure security. A documented, per-policy toggle takes the guesswork out.

Idea priority High

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