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  • Providers/Integrations
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# Core/Transports
go version
go test ./...

# UI
cd ui
pnpm i || npm i
pnpm test || npm test
pnpm build || npm run build

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Adds two hardened HTTP clients—`NewSSRFSafeHTTPClient` and `NewPrivateNetworkHTTPClient`—that enforce SSRF protection not only at dial time but also across every redirect hop and on IP-literal destinations routed through a proxy. This closes a gap where a hostile server could use a redirect chain to probe internal addresses that the initial dial guard would never see.

- `NewSSRFSafeHTTPClient` wraps `SSRFSafeDialContext` and refuses any redirect that resolves to a non-public address, caps redirect chains at five hops, and blocks redirects to non-http/https schemes.
- `NewPrivateNetworkHTTPClient` wraps `PrivateNetworkDialContext` for operators whose targets live on their own network; it still refuses link-local, cloud metadata, and non-http/https redirect targets.
- `newGuardedHTTPClient` is the shared assembly point: it wires the dial gate, a `CheckRedirect` hook that resolves every redirect target and runs all resolved addresses through the same policy predicate, and a `guardedProxySelector` that applies the policy to IP-literal destinations before they are handed to a proxy (where the dialer would only see the proxy address).
- `IsLinkLocal` is extended to recognise IPv4 link-local addresses embedded in IPv6 transition forms: IPv4-mapped, 6to4 (`2002:a9fe:a9fe::`), NAT64 well-known and local-use prefixes (`64:ff9b::/96`, `64:ff9b:1::/48`), and the Teredo prefix (`2001::/32`), so `169.254.169.254` is still refused regardless of how it is encoded.
- Tests cover: loopback entry refusal, end-to-end redirect-to-loopback refusal, redirect to link-local and NAT64-wrapped metadata addresses, non-http scheme redirects, the five-hop cap, and the private-network policy's reachability/refusal split.

- [ ] Bug fix
- [x] Feature
- [ ] Refactor
- [ ] Documentation
- [ ] Chore/CI

- [x] Core (Go)
- [x] Transports (HTTP)
- [ ] Providers/Integrations
- [ ] Plugins
- [ ] UI (React)
- [ ] Docs

```sh
go test ./core/network/... -run TestNewSSRFSafeHTTPClient
go test ./core/network/... -run TestNewPrivateNetworkHTTPClient
go test ./core/network/... -run TestGuardedClient
go test ./core/network/... -run TestIsLinkLocal
go test ./core/network/...
```

All new tests are self-contained and use `httptest.Server` for loopback targets; no external network access is required.

- [ ] Yes
- [x] No

- Every connection made through these clients is gated at dial time **and** on each redirect hop, defeating DNS rebinding (the dialer re-resolves at connect time) and redirect-chain probing (CheckRedirect resolves and vets before following).
- IPv6 transition encodings of `169.254.0.0/16` (6to4, NAT64, Teredo) are now explicitly refused by `IsLinkLocal`, preventing bypass via address encoding tricks.
- Proxy routing is partially guarded: IP-literal destinations are checked before being forwarded to the proxy; hostname destinations are left to the proxy to resolve, which is consistent with how proxy-only deployments work and avoids a false sense of security from a pre-resolution that doesn't bind what the proxy connects to.
- The proxy itself is operator-configured (process environment) and is still subject to the dial gate.

- [x] I added/updated tests where appropriate
- [x] I verified builds succeed (Go and UI)
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  • New Features
    • Tool-call responses are not cached by default: matching entries are treated as misses, and new responses aren’t stored. Enable the option to cache and serve them.
  • Documentation
    • Documented the option, its default, and supported tool-call response types.
    • Clarified that cache entries are isolated by the configured cache key and virtual key. Requests without a virtual key are partitioned by cache key alone.

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The semantic cache adds an option to control caching of responses with tool calls. When disabled, it skips writing these responses and treats cached tool-call responses as misses. Failed streaming accumulators discard later chunks and are not stored.

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Semantic cache tool-call handling

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Tool-call configuration and write policy
plugins/semanticcache/main.go, plugins/semanticcache/utils.go, plugins/semanticcache/config_unmarshal_test.go, transports/config.schema.json, docs/features/semantic-caching.mdx
The cache configuration adds cache_tool_call_responses, defaulting to false. Detection covers Chat tool calls and listed Responses API tool-call items. When the option is disabled, PostLLMHook skips detected responses. The schema, unmarshalling test, examples, and field reference include the option. The documentation also describes cache isolation by cache key and virtual key.
Failed stream handling
plugins/semanticcache/main.go, plugins/semanticcache/stream.go, plugins/semanticcache/plugin_streaming_test.go
Stream accumulators track failure. Failed streams discard later chunks and are not stored. The streaming test checks failure reporting, chunk dropping, and accumulator cleanup.
Cached tool-call response lookup
plugins/semanticcache/search.go, plugins/semanticcache/plugin_paths_test.go
When the option is disabled, cached streaming and non-streaming responses containing tool calls return a miss. Tests cover both response forms with the option enabled and disabled.

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  PostLLMHook->>responseHasToolCalls: Check response for tool calls
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  PostLLMHook->>failStreamAccumulator: Mark stream failed when caching is disabled
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- Around line 665-678: Update buildResponseFromResult to reject cached responses
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This PR hardens the SSRF posture across several subsystems by ensuring that HTTP clients used for outbound fetches (pricing datasheets, model parameter datasheets, MCP library catalog, OAuth2 discovery/registration/token, webhook delivery, and the config API's URL accessibility check) all enforce the private-network dial policy at every connection and redirect hop, not just on the entry URL. Additionally, unauthenticated callers are blocked from test-firing webhook endpoints registered with `allow_private_network`, since the response would otherwise expose the status of private receivers on the gateway's own network.

- **`network.NewPrivateNetworkHTTPClient`** **/** **`network.PrivateNetworkDialContext`**: All outbound HTTP clients in the pricing, model-parameters, MCP library, OAuth2, and config-check paths now use the shared guarded client, which enforces the link-local/unspecified/cloud-metadata block on every dial and redirect hop rather than only on the configured entry URL.
- **`PUT /api/config`** **transport-error opacity**: Failed URL accessibility checks now return only `errURLNotReachable` to the caller; the transport detail (which can include the dialed address or a service banner) goes to the debug log only, preventing this endpoint from acting as a port-scan or banner oracle.
- **Webhook test-fire auth guard**: `POST /api/webhooks/{id}/test` now returns `403` when the caller is unauthenticated (auth bypassed) and the endpoint has `allow_private_network` set. The OpenAPI spec and webhook reference docs are updated to document this response.
- **`newPrivateDialContext`** **inlined into** **`network`** **package**: The bespoke private dialer in `framework/webhooks/client.go` is replaced with `network.PrivateNetworkDialContext`, consolidating the policy in one place and ensuring NAT64/6to4 IPv6 forms of link-local addresses are also blocked.
- **Tests**: New unit and integration tests cover redirect-to-link-local refusal for all affected fetchers, `file://` rejection over the API, transport-error opacity, and the webhook test-fire auth guard. E2E collection adds four cases for the catalog URL scheme enforcement.

- [x] Bug fix
- [ ] Feature
- [x] Refactor
- [x] Documentation
- [ ] Chore/CI

- [x] Core (Go)
- [x] Transports (HTTP)
- [ ] Providers/Integrations
- [ ] Plugins
- [x] UI (React)
- [x] Docs

```sh
go test ./framework/modelcatalog/...
go test ./framework/modelcatalog/datasheet/...
go test ./framework/oauth2/...
go test ./framework/webhooks/...
go test ./transports/bifrost-http/handlers/...

cd ui
pnpm i
pnpm build
```

**Redirect-to-link-local**: each affected fetcher has a test that spins up a loopback server redirecting to `169.254.169.254` and asserts the error contains `"link-local"`.

**Webhook auth guard**: `TestWebhookHandlerTestDeliveryRequiresAuthForPrivateEndpoints` asserts `403` for an unauthenticated test fire against a private endpoint and `200` (attempt made) for a public endpoint with the same caller.

- [x] Yes
- [ ] No

- Closes an SSRF vector where a redirect from a validated entry URL could reach cloud metadata endpoints (`169.254.169.254`, NAT64/6to4 equivalents) across pricing, model-parameter, MCP library, OAuth2, and config-check HTTP clients.
- Prevents the config URL accessibility endpoint from acting as a port-scan or service-banner oracle by returning only a generic `"url is not reachable"` error to callers.
- Blocks unauthenticated callers from using the webhook test-fire endpoint as a probe of the gateway's private network via `allow_private_network` endpoints.

- [x] I read `docs/contributing/README.md` and followed the guidelines
- [x] I added/updated tests where appropriate
- [x] I updated documentation where needed
- [x] I verified builds succeed (Go and UI)
- [x] I verified the CI pipeline passes locally if applicable
)

MCP clients registered over the management API when no admin credential check is in place (dashboard auth unconfigured) can currently target private or loopback addresses on every reconnect and per-call dial, even if the registration-time DNS check passed. This PR introduces a `require_public_target` flag that is set server-side at registration for auth-bypassed callers and enforced on every subsequent dial for the lifetime of the client — not just at registration time.

Additionally, the registration gate previously failed open when a target hostname could not be resolved (returning `false` and letting the request through), and an unknown `connection_type` value would skip both registration gates entirely and reach the connect path unchecked. Both are fixed here.

- **`RequirePublicTarget` flag on `MCPClientConfig`**: A new boolean field, server-set only, that records whether a client was registered without an admin credential check. It is written at `POST /api/mcp/client` time by reading the `BifrostContextKeyAuthBypassed` context value and overwriting whatever the request body carried. Once stored as `true` it is never cleared by the API, config.json reconciliation, or a sparse update struct.

- **Dial-time enforcement via `SSRFSafeDialContext`**: `buildTLSHTTPClient` now accepts the full `MCPClientConfig` instead of just `TLSConfig`. When `RequirePublicTarget` is set, `network.SSRFSafeDialContext` is installed instead of `network.PrivateNetworkDialContext`, blocking loopback and RFC1918 destinations on every dial. The proxy selector (`mcpProxySelector`) also gains a `requirePublicTarget` parameter and refuses IP-literal private destinations on the proxied path, where the dialer only sees the proxy address.

- **Fail-closed on unresolvable hostnames**: `rejectPrivateMCPTargetIfAuthBypassed` previously returned `false` (allowed) when DNS lookup failed or returned no addresses. It now sends a `403` and returns `true`, since an unresolvable name gives the gate nothing to classify and is also how a caller could make the check inconclusive deliberately.

- **`connection_type` enum validation up front**: `addMCPClient` now validates `connection_type` against the known enum (`http`, `sse`, `stdio`) before either registration gate runs. An unknown value previously matched neither gate and reached the connect path unchecked; it now returns a `400` immediately.

- **Database migration**: A new migration (`add_mcp_client_require_public_target_column`) adds the `require_public_target` column to the MCP client table, defaulting to `false` so existing rows keep their current dial policy.

- **Config.json reconciliation**: `pinMCPClientImmutableFields` preserves `RequirePublicTarget` using an OR — a file entry that omits the field cannot lift a stored `true`, but declaring it `true` in the file is honored.

- **Schema and docs**: `MCPClientConfig` schema, OpenAPI spec, config JSON schema, and the schema reference doc are all updated. The field is marked `readOnly` in the OpenAPI schema. The TypeScript UI type is updated with a read-only annotation.

- **Tests**: Unit tests for `buildTLSHTTPClient` and `mcpProxySelector` are updated for the new signatures. New tests cover the `RequirePublicTarget` dial-time block, the proxied-path IP-literal block, the fail-closed DNS behavior wired into the handler, and the `connection_type` enum validation end-to-end. Two new E2E Postman cases cover the unknown `connection_type` (400) and unresolvable target (403) paths against the harness profile.

- [ ] Bug fix
- [x] Feature
- [ ] Refactor
- [ ] Documentation
- [ ] Chore/CI

- [x] Core (Go)
- [x] Transports (HTTP)
- [ ] Providers/Integrations
- [ ] Plugins
- [x] UI (React)
- [x] Docs

```sh
go test ./core/mcp/... ./transports/bifrost-http/handlers/... ./framework/configstore/...
```

**Manual registration-gate checks (no admin auth configured):**

1. POST to `/api/mcp/client` with `"connection_type": "streamable"` — expect `400` with `connection_type` in the error body.
2. POST to `/api/mcp/client` with `"connection_type": "http"` and `"connection_string": "http://does-not-resolve.invalid/mcp"` — expect `403` mentioning `public address`.
3. POST to `/api/mcp/client` with a valid public target — expect the client to be created with `require_public_target: true` in the response.
4. Confirm that a client created in step 3 cannot later be dialed to a loopback or RFC1918 address (e.g. by updating DNS to resolve privately), and that an admin-registered client (no auth bypass) can still reach a local MCP server.

- [ ] Yes
- [x] No

The `buildTLSHTTPClient` and `mcpProxySelector` signatures are internal. The `require_public_target` field defaults to `false` for all existing clients, preserving current behavior. The DNS fail-closed change and `connection_type` validation are behavioral fixes to previously incorrect permissive behavior.

This PR is a defense-in-depth SSRF mitigation. The registration-time DNS check is a single point-in-time snapshot; `RequirePublicTarget` extends the public-address requirement to every dial for the client's lifetime, including reconnects and per-call connections, so a DNS rebinding attack or a name that later resolves to a private address is blocked at the transport layer. The fail-closed DNS behavior removes a path where an attacker could supply an unresolvable name to bypass the registration gate entirely.

- [x] I read `docs/contributing/README.md` and followed the guidelines
- [x] I added/updated tests where appropriate
- [x] I updated documentation where needed
- [x] I verified builds succeed (Go and UI)
- [ ] I verified the CI pipeline passes locally if applicable
Closes a server-side request forgery (SSRF) / credential-interception vulnerability present when dashboard authentication is disabled or unconfigured. In that mode, the management API's fail-open bypass admitted every request without a credential check, allowing any network-reachable caller to redirect where Bifrost sends provider credentials (by setting a provider base URL, key-level endpoint, proxy URL, CA certificate, or absolute request-path override) without ever authenticating.

- **`AuthBypassedMiddleware`** is now installed on the API middleware chain when no config store is present. It stamps every request with `BifrostContextKeyAuthBypassed=true` so that downstream guards can distinguish a genuinely authenticated session from a fail-open admission.

- **Provider base URL / `allow_private_network` guard** (`providerDialTargetChanged`): creating or updating a provider with a new `network_config.base_url` or with `allow_private_network` turned on now returns 403 when auth is bypassed. The flag is guarded even without a base URL because `ConfigureDialer` applies it to key-level URLs (Ollama/SGL/VLLM).

- **Provider interception guard** (`providerInterceptionChanges` / `requireGenuineAuthForInterception`): setting or changing `proxy_config.url`, `proxy_config.ca_cert_pem`, `network_config.ca_cert_pem`, `network_config.insecure_skip_verify`, or any absolute (scheme + host) `custom_provider_config.request_path_overrides` value also returns 403 when auth is bypassed. Echoing stored (redacted) values back unchanged, clearing a proxy, or using path-only overrides is still allowed.

- **Provider key endpoint guard** (`requireGenuineAuthForEndpointChange` / `changedDialTargets` / `keyDialTargets`): creating or updating a key that sets, moves, or removes any caller-chosen dial target — `ollama_key_config.url`, `sgl_key_config.url`, `vllm_key_config.url`, `azure_key_config.endpoint`, `databricks_key_config.workspace_url`, `github_copilot_key_config.github_domain`, `bedrock_key_config.endpoints.*`, `bedrock_mantle_key_config.endpoints.*`, and `aliases.<name>.endpoint` — returns 403 when auth is bypassed. Updates that keep every stored dial target unchanged (e.g. editing weight or models) pass through.

- **Global proxy guard** (`globalProxyInterceptionChanges`): `PUT /api/proxy-config` with a new proxy URL or `skip_tls_verify` turned on returns 403 when auth is bypassed.

- **Proxy and key URL destination validation**: the global proxy URL and Ollama/SGL/VLLM key URLs are now validated with `ValidateExternalURL` (the same rule as provider base URLs). Link-local (e.g. `169.254.169.254`) and unspecified (`0.0.0.0`) addresses are rejected with 400; private and loopback hosts remain allowed because a self-hosted proxy or inference server on the local network is the documented setup.

- **`IsAbsoluteRequestURL`** is extracted from `GetRequestPath` into a named, exported function so the provider interception guard can reuse the same scheme+host detection logic without duplicating it.

- OpenAPI descriptions for `POST /api/providers`, `PUT /api/providers/{name}`, `POST /api/providers/{name}/keys`, `PUT /api/providers/{name}/keys/{id}`, and `PUT /api/proxy-config` are updated to document the 403 condition and the destination rules.

- E2E harness collection adds test group 138 covering the proxy-URL and Azure key-endpoint 403 cases under the default (auth-unconfigured) profile, with follow-up GET assertions confirming nothing was persisted.

- [x] Bug fix

- [x] Core (Go)
- [x] Transports (HTTP)
- [x] Docs

```sh
go test ./core/providers/utils/... ./transports/bifrost-http/handlers/...
```

Key test cases added:

- `TestIsAbsoluteRequestURL` — pins the scheme+host detection rule shared between `GetRequestPath` and the interception guard.
- `TestAuthBypassedMiddleware_MarksRequest` — confirms the bypass marker is set on every request when no config store is present.
- `TestUpdateProxyConfig_InterceptionGuardWhenAuthBypassed` — same proxy URL + timeout edit passes; new URL or `skip_tls_verify` on returns 403 and nothing is persisted.
- `TestUpdateProxyConfig_RejectsLinkLocalURL` — `169.254.169.254` and `0.0.0.0` return 400; `10.x` and `127.x` return 200.
- `TestUpdateProviderKey_EndpointGuardWhenAuthBypassed` — unchanged Ollama URL + weight edit passes; changed URL returns 403.
- `TestProviderKeyEndpointGuard_CoversEveryDialTarget` — Bedrock region-only create passes; runtime endpoint override, Databricks workspace URL, Bedrock Mantle endpoint, Copilot `github_domain`, and Azure per-alias endpoint all return 403.
- `TestProviderKeyURL_RejectsLinkLocalDestination` — link-local and unspecified key URLs return 400; private and loopback return 200.
- `TestAddProvider_RejectsBaseURLWhenAuthBypassed` / `TestAddProvider_RejectsAllowPrivateNetworkWhenAuthBypassed` — both fields individually trigger 403.
- `TestProviderInterceptionGuardWhenAuthBypassed` — proxy URL, CA certs, `insecure_skip_verify`, and absolute path overrides all return 403; path-only overrides and redacted-echo saves pass.
- `TestUpdateProvider_BaseURLGuardComparesStoredConfigWhenAuthBypassed` — unchanged base URL + concurrency edit passes; `allow_private_network` turned on returns 403 with or without a base URL.

- [x] No

Deployments with dashboard authentication properly configured are unaffected. Deployments running without authentication (the fail-open mode) will now receive 403 on attempts to set or change any dial destination, proxy, CA certificate, TLS skip, or absolute request-path override — operations that were previously silently accepted.

This change directly addresses an SSRF / credential-interception primitive: without it, any host that can reach the management API in an auth-disabled deployment could redirect provider credentials to an attacker-controlled server. The guards are conservative — they only block changes that widen the attack surface, not reads or non-destination edits — so legitimate UI usage in auth-disabled deployments (editing concurrency, models, weights, etc.) continues to work.

- [x] I read `docs/contributing/README.md` and followed the guidelines
- [x] I added/updated tests where appropriate
- [x] I updated documentation where needed
- [x] I verified builds succeed (Go and UI)
- [x] I verified the CI pipeline passes locally if applicable
Hardens the Bifrost MCP OAuth2 authorization server against a Host-header poisoning attack: when discovery is enabled, every issuer reference (discovery documents, authorize redirect, JWT `iss`/`aud`) was previously derived from the unauthenticated, per-request `Host` header when `issuer_url` was not explicitly set. An attacker who could reach the always-public `/.well-known/` endpoints could spoof the `issuer`, `token_endpoint`, and `jwks_uri` that MCP clients trust. `issuer_url` is now required whenever `mcp_server_auth_mode` is `oauth` or `both`, enforced at config load time, at `PUT /api/config`, and in the JSON schema.

Additionally, the anonymous "session" consent identity is now gated on the consenting party being authenticated (verified dashboard session or SSO/IdP user), and the issuance endpoints (`/oauth2/register`, `/oauth2/authorize`, `/oauth2/token`) now return `404` in `headers` mode, matching the discovery endpoints. Input bounds are enforced on free-text DCR and authorize fields before any state is written, and all discovery responses carry `Cache-Control: no-store`.

- **`issuer_url` is now required** when `mcp_server_auth_mode` is `oauth` or `both`. `validateClientConfig` rejects configs missing it at load time; `updateConfig` rejects the write at the API layer. The JSON schema enforces this with an `allOf`/`if`/`then` constraint. The fallback to `BuildBaseURL(request)` is retained only in `headers` mode, where no OAuth issuer identity is served.
- **`oauth2IssuerURL` never derives the issuer from the request `Host` header while discovery is enabled.** If the invariant is bypassed, it returns `""` (yielding relative URLs) rather than an attacker-chosen absolute one.
- **Discovery responses are sent with `Cache-Control: no-store`** so a CDN or reverse proxy in front of Bifrost never serves a cached copy.
- **Issuance endpoints 404 in `headers` mode.** `/oauth2/register`, `/oauth2/authorize`, and `/oauth2/token` now check `issuanceEnabled()` (same predicate as the discovery handler) and return `404` when MCP OAuth is off, so disabling discovery disables the whole authorization server.
- **Session consent requires an authenticated consenting user.** `flowSubmit` returns `401` if `mode=session` is submitted without a verified dashboard session or IdP identity. `flowDetail` omits `session` from `available_modes` for unauthenticated callers. The auth-disabled bypass (`BifrostContextKeyAuthBypassed`) explicitly does not count as being signed in.
- **Input bounds on DCR and authorize parameters** are enforced before any row is written: `client_name` ≤ 2048 bytes, `scope` ≤ 4096 bytes, at most 32 `redirect_uris` of ≤ 2048 bytes each, `state` ≤ 8192 bytes, `code_challenge` ≤ 128 bytes. Oversize requests are refused with `400` before touching the store.
- **Documentation updated** to reflect that `issuer_url` is required (not optional), that `headers` mode 404s the issuance endpoints, that session mode requires a signed-in consenter, and to add troubleshooting entries for the new `401` and the `issuer_url must be set` rejection.
- **E2E and unit tests added** covering: oversize `client_name` refusal, anonymous session-mode `401`, auth-bypass not counting as identity, VK consent completing normally, discovery document pinning the configured issuer regardless of `Host`, `Cache-Control: no-store` on all three discovery documents, issuance endpoints 404ing in `headers` mode, all DCR/authorize oversize-field cases, and `issuer_url`-required validation at both load time and the config API.

- [x] Bug fix
- [x] Feature
- [ ] Refactor
- [x] Documentation
- [ ] Chore/CI

- [x] Core (Go)
- [x] Transports (HTTP)
- [ ] Providers/Integrations
- [ ] Plugins
- [ ] UI (React)
- [x] Docs

```sh
go test ./transports/bifrost-http/handlers/... ./transports/bifrost-http/lib/...
```

Key scenarios to validate manually:

1. Start Bifrost with `mcp_server_auth_mode: oauth` and no `issuer_url` — boot must fail with `issuer_url must be set`.
2. `PUT /api/config` switching to `oauth` or `both` without `issuer_url` must return `400`.
3. In `headers` mode, `GET /.well-known/oauth-authorization-server`, `POST /oauth2/register`, `GET /oauth2/authorize`, and `POST /oauth2/token` must all return `404`.
4. In `both`/`oauth` mode with a spoofed `Host: evil.example` header, the discovery document's `issuer`, `token_endpoint`, and `jwks_uri` must reflect the configured `issuer_url`, not `evil.example`. The response must include `Cache-Control: no-store`.
5. Open a consent flow without a dashboard session — `available_modes` must not include `session`. Submitting `mode=session` must return `401` with `authenticated consenting user` in the body.
6. Open a consent flow with a valid dashboard session — `session` appears in `available_modes` and submitting it succeeds.
7. `POST /oauth2/register` with a 2049-char `client_name` must return `400 invalid_client_metadata`.

- [x] Yes
- [ ] No

`issuer_url` is now required whenever `mcp_server_auth_mode` is `oauth` or `both`. Existing deployments using either mode without a pinned `issuer_url` will fail to start after this change. **Migration:** add `oauth2_server_config.issuer_url` set to Bifrost's stable public URL to `config.json` (or via `PUT /api/config`) before upgrading.

This PR directly addresses a Host-header injection vulnerability in the OAuth2 discovery surface. The `/.well-known/` endpoints are always public (pre-auth), so an attacker reachable to those endpoints could previously poison the `issuer`, `token_endpoint`, and `jwks_uri` values that MCP clients cache and trust, enabling token substitution or redirect attacks. The fix makes `issuer_url` a hard requirement and removes the per-request fallback entirely while OAuth is enabled. The `Cache-Control: no-store` addition prevents a CDN from amplifying a poisoned response. The session-mode identity gate prevents an unauthenticated party who receives a consent link from minting themselves a valid `/mcp` token with no identity attached.

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- [x] I added/updated tests where appropriate
- [x] I updated documentation where needed
- [x] I verified builds succeed (Go and UI)
- [x] I verified the CI pipeline passes locally if applicable
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## Summary

Adds two security-focused hardening features to the semantic cache plugin: virtual-key scoping that prevents cross-tenant cache leakage, and a write guard that blocks tool-call responses from being cached by default.

## Changes

- **Virtual-key cache scoping**: Every cache entry is now additionally partitioned by the request's resolved virtual key ID (`vk:<id>`), derived from `BifrostContextKeyGovernanceVirtualKeyID`. Requests without a virtual key fall into a shared `anonymous` partition. This partition is folded into the `params_hash` via a new `cache_scope` field in `buildRequestMetadataForCaching`, so two virtual keys can never resolve to the same entry regardless of what `cache_key` or `default_cache_key` they share. The stored `cache_key` remains the raw value, so `DELETE /api/cache/clear-by-key/{cacheKey}` continues to work across partitions.

- **Tool-call response write guard** (`cache_tool_call_responses`, default `false`): Responses carrying client-executed tool calls — chat `tool_calls`, or Responses API `function_call`, `custom_tool_call`, `computer_call`, `local_shell_call`, `mcp_call`, `mcp_approval_request` items — are not persisted unless the operator explicitly opts in. A replayed tool call would execute in a later caller's agent loop with arguments the model chose for a different prompt. Server-side tool items (web search, file search, code interpreter, image generation) are not affected. For streaming responses, the accumulator is marked failed so buffered chunks are dropped.

- **Threshold floor on per-request overrides**: `resolveCacheThreshold` now enforces that a per-request `x-bf-cache-threshold` override can only raise the similarity bar above the operator-configured value, never lower it. A value of `0` is floored at the configured threshold rather than opening the gate entirely.

- **Refactored `resolveCacheThreshold`**: Extracted the threshold resolution logic from `performSemanticSearch` into a dedicated method shared across both search paths.

- **Schema and docs updated**: `config.schema.json` and `semantic-caching.mdx` document the new `cache_tool_call_responses` field, the virtual-key partitioning behavior, and the threshold floor semantics.

## Type of change

- [ ] Bug fix
- [x] Feature
- [ ] Refactor
- [ ] Documentation
- [ ] Chore/CI

## Affected areas

- [ ] Core (Go)
- [ ] Transports (HTTP)
- [ ] Providers/Integrations
- [x] Plugins
- [ ] UI (React)
- [x] Docs

## How to test

```sh
go test ./plugins/semanticcache/...
```

New tests cover:

- `TestDirectCacheScopedByVirtualKey` — verifies that VK-A's direct-path entries are invisible to VK-B and to anonymous requests, while same-VK repeats still hit.
- `TestSemanticCacheScopedByVirtualKeyAndThresholdFloored` — verifies virtual-key isolation on the semantic path and that a threshold override of `0` is floored at the configured value before reaching the store.
- `TestToolCallResponsesNotCachedByDefault` — covers chat non-stream, chat stream, and Responses API shapes; verifies opt-in via `cache_tool_call_responses: true`.
- `TestResolveCacheScope` — unit tests for the `resolveCacheScope` derivation logic.
- `TestResponseHasToolCalls` — unit tests for the tool-call detection helper across all response shapes.
- `TestResolveCacheThreshold` — unit tests for the floor behavior across all override cases.

New config field to document when deploying:

| Field | Type | Default | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| `cache_tool_call_responses` | boolean | `false` | Persist responses that carry tool calls. Set to `true` to opt in. |

## Breaking changes

- [ ] Yes
- [x] No

The virtual-key scoping change means existing cache entries written without a scope will not be matched by requests that now carry a virtual key. Entries are not deleted; they simply fall into the `anonymous` partition and will only be served to requests without a virtual key.

## Security considerations

- **Cross-tenant cache leakage**: Without virtual-key scoping, a shared `default_cache_key` could allow one tenant's cached response to be served to another tenant with an identical prompt. This change closes that gap at the `params_hash` level.
- **Tool-call replay risk**: A cached tool call (e.g. `transfer_funds`) replayed into a different caller's agent loop could execute with arguments chosen for someone else's prompt under the new caller's authority. The write guard is off by default and requires explicit operator opt-in.
- **Threshold manipulation**: A per-request threshold of `0` could previously defeat the similarity gate entirely on the semantic path, allowing any probe to return the nearest entry. The floor ensures callers can only make matching stricter.

## Checklist

- [x] I read `docs/contributing/README.md` and followed the guidelines
- [x] I added/updated tests where appropriate
- [x] I updated documentation where needed
- [x] I verified builds succeed (Go and UI)
- [ ] I verified the CI pipeline passes locally if applicable
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