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What this PR does / why we need it

Adds optional audience and issuer verification to the OIDC token parser. Today the parser verifies signature and expiry only, so any validly-signed, unexpired token from the configured IdP authenticates regardless of which resource it was minted for; RBAC role matching is the only remaining gate.

Two new OidcAuthConfig fields, audience and issuer, both unset by default:

auth:
  type: oidc
  client_id: _CLIENT_ID_
  auth_discovery_url: https://login.example.com/.well-known/openid-configuration
  audience: api://feast-feature-server
  issuer: https://login.example.com/realms/master

When set, jwt.decode runs with verify_aud / verify_iss enabled against the configured values, and a mismatched or missing claim rejects the token at authentication. When unset, the decode options are identical to before, so existing deployments see no behavior change; all pre-existing tests are untouched and passing.

Opt-in rather than strict-by-default because IdPs commonly mint tokens whose claims differ from their discovery metadata. Entra ID issues v1.0 tokens (iss under sts.windows.net, api:// audience) that are routinely validated against a v2.0 discovery URL, which works because discovery is only used to source JWKS keys. test_oidc_default_supports_v1_tokens_against_v2_discovery pins that setup so a future refactor cannot silently regress it. Operators state expected values explicitly rather than the code inferring them from the discovery document, for the same reason.

Testing: 11 new unit tests. Config-to-decode fidelity (the verified decode enables exactly the checks the config provides), end-to-end RS256-signed tokens through the real jwt.decode (match accepted, mismatch rejected, missing claim rejected, default permissive), and the v1/v2 pin. tests/unit/permissions: 307 passing; ruff and mypy clean on the changed files.

Docs: the OIDC section of authz_manager.md documents the new options and warns that expected values must match the token's claims, not the discovery document.

Not included: the feast-operator's OIDC secret-key whitelist (OidcOptionalSecretProperties) does not yet pass audience/issuer through to the generated feature_store.yaml. Happy to follow up separately if there is interest in exposing these via the operator CRD.

Which issue(s) this PR fixes

Fixes #6669

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Let's have it in operator as well

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Thanks for the quick review. Operator follow-up PR coming right up: adding audience and issuer to the OIDC secret property whitelist so they flow into the generated feature_store.yaml auth section, plus tests.

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Operator follow-up is tracked in #6676 and the change is ready on my side (whitelist additions for audience and issuer in the OIDC Secret, tests, and docs; verify_ssl and ca_cert_path stay CR fields since they already flow through the CRD). One question on sequencing: happy for this one to merge now with the operator PR following right behind, or would you rather hold it and land the two together? Either works for me.

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will merge this, @aniketpalu fyi

The OIDC token parser verifies signature (JWKS via discovery) and expiry,
but never the audience or issuer: any validly-signed, unexpired token from
the configured IdP authenticates regardless of which resource it was
minted for, leaving RBAC role matching as the only gate.

Add two optional OidcAuthConfig fields, audience and issuer, both unset
by default. When set, the corresponding claim must match or the token is
rejected at authentication; when unset, the decode options are identical
to before, so existing deployments are unaffected.

Opt-in rather than strict-by-default because IdPs commonly mint tokens
whose claims differ from the discovery metadata: Entra ID issues v1.0
tokens (iss under sts.windows.net, api:// audience) that are validated
against a v2.0 discovery URL, which works because discovery is used only
to source JWKS keys. A dedicated test pins that setup so it cannot
silently regress.

Signed-off-by: Larry Singleton <166439969+larrysingleton007@users.noreply.github.com>
Cover the new audience and issuer options in the OIDC authorization page,
including the caveat that expected values must match the token's claims
rather than the discovery document (the Entra ID v1.0-token case).

Signed-off-by: Larry Singleton <166439969+larrysingleton007@users.noreply.github.com>
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ntkathole pushed a commit to larrysingleton007/feast that referenced this pull request Jul 31, 2026
Follow-up to feast-dev#6670, requested in review: add audience and issuer to
OidcOptionalSecretProperties so operators can set them in the referenced
OIDC Secret and have them flow into the generated feature_store.yaml auth
section, enabling the new opt-in claim verification on the feature
server. Absent keys change nothing.

Documents the two optional Secret keys in the operator security guide
with a pointer to the OIDC authorization page for the token-claims vs
discovery-metadata caveat.

Signed-off-by: Larry Singleton <166439969+larrysingleton007@users.noreply.github.com>
ntkathole pushed a commit that referenced this pull request Jul 31, 2026
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* feat: Pass optional OIDC audience and issuer through the operator

Follow-up to #6670, requested in review: add audience and issuer to
OidcOptionalSecretProperties so operators can set them in the referenced
OIDC Secret and have them flow into the generated feature_store.yaml auth
section, enabling the new opt-in claim verification on the feature
server. Absent keys change nothing.

Documents the two optional Secret keys in the operator security guide
with a pointer to the OIDC authorization page for the token-claims vs
discovery-metadata caveat.

Signed-off-by: Larry Singleton <166439969+larrysingleton007@users.noreply.github.com>

* fix: Coerce numeric OIDC audience and issuer Secret values to strings

Secret values are YAML-parsed on extraction, so an all-digits audience
(e.g. a numeric IdP application ID) arrives as a Go int, renders unquoted
in the generated feature_store.yaml, and fails the SDK's Optional[str]
validation at server startup. Coerce the two claim keys back to strings
in the allowlist copy, with a regression test.

Also extend the reconcile-level envtest fixtures with both keys so they
exercise real Secret extraction and YAML serialization rather than only
the mocked property map.

Signed-off-by: Larry Singleton <166439969+larrysingleton007@users.noreply.github.com>

* docs: Sharpen operator OIDC audience/issuer docs and fix dead links

State precisely which claims are and are not checked, scope the checks
to the standard OIDC/JWKS path (ServiceAccount and intra-server tokens
follow separate paths), distinguish the Secret's issuer key from the
CR's issuerUrl, and document three operational caveats: pre-existing
Secret keys activate on operator upgrade, the IdP must mint matching
claims for Feast's own client token flows, and Secret edits apply on
the next reconcile.

Point the two dead ../reference/auth links at real pages and add the
new optional keys to the linked sample Secret as commented lines.

Signed-off-by: Larry Singleton <166439969+larrysingleton007@users.noreply.github.com>

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Signed-off-by: Larry Singleton <166439969+larrysingleton007@users.noreply.github.com>
jyejare pushed a commit to opendatahub-io/feast that referenced this pull request Aug 5, 2026
…-dev#6670)

* feat: Add optional OIDC token audience and issuer verification

The OIDC token parser verifies signature (JWKS via discovery) and expiry,
but never the audience or issuer: any validly-signed, unexpired token from
the configured IdP authenticates regardless of which resource it was
minted for, leaving RBAC role matching as the only gate.

Add two optional OidcAuthConfig fields, audience and issuer, both unset
by default. When set, the corresponding claim must match or the token is
rejected at authentication; when unset, the decode options are identical
to before, so existing deployments are unaffected.

Opt-in rather than strict-by-default because IdPs commonly mint tokens
whose claims differ from the discovery metadata: Entra ID issues v1.0
tokens (iss under sts.windows.net, api:// audience) that are validated
against a v2.0 discovery URL, which works because discovery is used only
to source JWKS keys. A dedicated test pins that setup so it cannot
silently regress.

Signed-off-by: Larry Singleton <166439969+larrysingleton007@users.noreply.github.com>

* docs: Document optional OIDC audience and issuer verification

Cover the new audience and issuer options in the OIDC authorization page,
including the caveat that expected values must match the token's claims
rather than the discovery document (the Entra ID v1.0-token case).

Signed-off-by: Larry Singleton <166439969+larrysingleton007@users.noreply.github.com>

---------

Signed-off-by: Larry Singleton <166439969+larrysingleton007@users.noreply.github.com>
jyejare pushed a commit to opendatahub-io/feast that referenced this pull request Aug 5, 2026
…ast-dev#6677)

* feat: Pass optional OIDC audience and issuer through the operator

Follow-up to feast-dev#6670, requested in review: add audience and issuer to
OidcOptionalSecretProperties so operators can set them in the referenced
OIDC Secret and have them flow into the generated feature_store.yaml auth
section, enabling the new opt-in claim verification on the feature
server. Absent keys change nothing.

Documents the two optional Secret keys in the operator security guide
with a pointer to the OIDC authorization page for the token-claims vs
discovery-metadata caveat.

Signed-off-by: Larry Singleton <166439969+larrysingleton007@users.noreply.github.com>

* fix: Coerce numeric OIDC audience and issuer Secret values to strings

Secret values are YAML-parsed on extraction, so an all-digits audience
(e.g. a numeric IdP application ID) arrives as a Go int, renders unquoted
in the generated feature_store.yaml, and fails the SDK's Optional[str]
validation at server startup. Coerce the two claim keys back to strings
in the allowlist copy, with a regression test.

Also extend the reconcile-level envtest fixtures with both keys so they
exercise real Secret extraction and YAML serialization rather than only
the mocked property map.

Signed-off-by: Larry Singleton <166439969+larrysingleton007@users.noreply.github.com>

* docs: Sharpen operator OIDC audience/issuer docs and fix dead links

State precisely which claims are and are not checked, scope the checks
to the standard OIDC/JWKS path (ServiceAccount and intra-server tokens
follow separate paths), distinguish the Secret's issuer key from the
CR's issuerUrl, and document three operational caveats: pre-existing
Secret keys activate on operator upgrade, the IdP must mint matching
claims for Feast's own client token flows, and Secret edits apply on
the next reconcile.

Point the two dead ../reference/auth links at real pages and add the
new optional keys to the linked sample Secret as commented lines.

Signed-off-by: Larry Singleton <166439969+larrysingleton007@users.noreply.github.com>

---------

Signed-off-by: Larry Singleton <166439969+larrysingleton007@users.noreply.github.com>
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