add forward_headers passthrough to remote::model-context-protocol

Author: skamenan7

docs/docs/providers/tool_runtime/remote_model-context-protocol.mdx

@@ -10,6 +10,13 @@ title: remote::model-context-protocol
 
 Model Context Protocol (MCP) tool for standardized tool calling and context management.
 
+## Configuration
+
+| Field | Type | Required | Default | Description |
+|-------|------|----------|---------|-------------|
+| `forward_headers` | `dict[str, str] \| None` | No |  | Mapping of X-LlamaStack-Provider-Data keys to outbound HTTP header names. Only listed keys are forwarded — all others are ignored (default-deny). When targeting 'Authorization', the provider-data value must be a bare Bearer token (e.g. 'my-jwt-token', not 'Bearer my-jwt-token') — the 'Bearer ' prefix is added automatically by the MCP client. Header name values should use canonical HTTP casing (e.g. 'Authorization', 'X-Tenant-ID'). Keys with a __ prefix and core security-sensitive headers (for example Host, Content-Type, Transfer-Encoding, Cookie) are rejected at config parse time. Example: {"maas_api_token": "Authorization", "tenant_id": "X-Tenant-ID"} |
+| `extra_blocked_headers` | `list[str]` | No | [] | Additional outbound header names to block in forward_headers. Names are matched case-insensitively and added to the core blocked list. This can tighten policy but cannot unblock core security-sensitive headers. |
+
 ## Sample Configuration
 
 ```yaml

src/llama_stack/providers/remote/tool_runtime/model_context_protocol/config.py

@@ -6,23 +6,73 @@
 
 from typing import Any
 
-from pydantic import BaseModel
+from pydantic import BaseModel, ConfigDict, Field, model_validator
+
+from llama_stack.providers.utils.forward_headers import validate_forward_headers_config
 
 
 class MCPProviderDataValidator(BaseModel):
     """
     Validator for MCP provider-specific data passed via request headers.
 
-    Phase 1: Support old header-based authentication for backward compatibility.
-    In Phase 2, this will be deprecated in favor of the authorization parameter.
+    extra="allow" so deployer-defined forward_headers keys (e.g. "maas_api_token")
+    survive Pydantic parsing — they can't be declared as typed fields because the
+    key names are operator-configured at deploy time.
+
+    The legacy mcp_headers URI-keyed path is kept for backward compatibility.
     """
 
-    mcp_headers: dict[str, dict[str, str]] | None = None  # Map of URI -> headers dict
+    model_config = ConfigDict(extra="allow")
+
+    mcp_headers: dict[str, dict[str, str]] | None = Field(
+        default=None,
+        description="Legacy URI-keyed headers dict for backward compatibility. New deployments should use forward_headers in the provider config instead.",
+    )
 
 
 class MCPProviderConfig(BaseModel):
     """Configuration for the Model Context Protocol tool runtime provider."""
 
+    model_config = ConfigDict(extra="forbid")
+
+    forward_headers: dict[str, str] | None = Field(
+        default=None,
+        description=(
+            "Mapping of X-LlamaStack-Provider-Data keys to outbound HTTP header names. "
+            "Only listed keys are forwarded — all others are ignored (default-deny). "
+            "When targeting 'Authorization', the provider-data value must be a bare "
+            "Bearer token (e.g. 'my-jwt-token', not 'Bearer my-jwt-token') — the "
+            "'Bearer ' prefix is added automatically by the MCP client. "
+            "Header name values should use canonical HTTP casing (e.g. 'Authorization', 'X-Tenant-ID'). "
+            "Keys with a __ prefix and core security-sensitive headers (for example Host, "
+            "Content-Type, Transfer-Encoding, Cookie) are rejected at config parse time. "
+            'Example: {"maas_api_token": "Authorization", "tenant_id": "X-Tenant-ID"}'
+        ),
+    )
+    extra_blocked_headers: list[str] = Field(
+        default_factory=list,
+        description=(
+            "Additional outbound header names to block in forward_headers. "
+            "Names are matched case-insensitively and added to the core blocked list. "
+            "This can tighten policy but cannot unblock core security-sensitive headers."
+        ),
+    )
+
+    @model_validator(mode="after")
+    def validate_forward_headers(self) -> "MCPProviderConfig":
+        validate_forward_headers_config(self.forward_headers, self.extra_blocked_headers)
+        return self
+
     @classmethod
-    def sample_run_config(cls, __distro_dir__: str, **kwargs: Any) -> dict[str, Any]:
-        return {}
+    def sample_run_config(
+        cls,
+        forward_headers: dict[str, str] | None = None,
+        extra_blocked_headers: list[str] | None = None,
+        **_kwargs: Any,
+    ) -> dict[str, Any]:
+        config: dict[str, Any] = {}
+        if forward_headers is not None:
+            config["forward_headers"] = forward_headers
+        if extra_blocked_headers is not None:
+            config["extra_blocked_headers"] = extra_blocked_headers
+        return config

src/llama_stack/providers/remote/tool_runtime/model_context_protocol/model_context_protocol.py

@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
 
 from llama_stack.core.request_headers import NeedsRequestProviderData
 from llama_stack.log import get_logger
+from llama_stack.providers.utils.forward_headers import build_forwarded_headers
 from llama_stack.providers.utils.tools.mcp import invoke_mcp_tool, list_mcp_tools
 from llama_stack_api import (
     URL,
@@ -46,51 +47,86 @@ async def list_runtime_tools(
         mcp_endpoint: URL | None = None,
         authorization: str | None = None,
     ) -> ListToolDefsResponse:
-        # this endpoint should be retrieved by getting the tool group right?
         if mcp_endpoint is None:
             raise ValueError("mcp_endpoint is required")
 
-        # Get other headers from provider data (but NOT authorization)
-        provider_headers = await self.get_headers_from_request(mcp_endpoint.uri)
+        forwarded_headers, forwarded_auth = self._get_forwarded_headers_and_auth()
+        # legacy mcp_headers URI-keyed path (backward compat)
+        legacy_headers = await self.get_headers_from_request(mcp_endpoint.uri)
+        merged_headers = {**forwarded_headers, **legacy_headers}
+        # explicit authorization= param from caller wins over forwarded
+        effective_auth = authorization or forwarded_auth
 
-        return await list_mcp_tools(endpoint=mcp_endpoint.uri, headers=provider_headers, authorization=authorization)
+        return await list_mcp_tools(endpoint=mcp_endpoint.uri, headers=merged_headers, authorization=effective_auth)
 
     async def invoke_tool(
         self, tool_name: str, kwargs: dict[str, Any], authorization: str | None = None
     ) -> ToolInvocationResult:
         tool = await self.tool_store.get_tool(tool_name)
         if tool.metadata is None or tool.metadata.get("endpoint") is None:
             raise ValueError(f"Tool {tool_name} does not have metadata")
-        endpoint = tool.metadata.get("endpoint")
+        endpoint: str = tool.metadata["endpoint"]
         if urlparse(endpoint).scheme not in ("http", "https"):
             raise ValueError(f"Endpoint {endpoint} is not a valid HTTP(S) URL")
 
-        # Get other headers from provider data (but NOT authorization)
-        provider_headers = await self.get_headers_from_request(endpoint)
+        forwarded_headers, forwarded_auth = self._get_forwarded_headers_and_auth()
+        # legacy mcp_headers URI-keyed path (backward compat)
+        legacy_headers = await self.get_headers_from_request(endpoint)
+        merged_headers = {**forwarded_headers, **legacy_headers}
+        # explicit authorization= param from caller wins over forwarded
+        effective_auth = authorization or forwarded_auth
 
         return await invoke_mcp_tool(
             endpoint=endpoint,
             tool_name=tool_name,
             kwargs=kwargs,
-            headers=provider_headers,
-            authorization=authorization,
+            headers=merged_headers,
+            authorization=effective_auth,
         )
 
-    async def get_headers_from_request(self, mcp_endpoint_uri: str) -> dict[str, str]:
-        """
-        Extract headers from request provider data, excluding authorization.
+    def _get_forwarded_headers_and_auth(self) -> tuple[dict[str, str], str | None]:
+        """Extract forwarded headers from provider data per the admin-configured allowlist.
 
-        Authorization must be provided via the dedicated authorization parameter.
-        If Authorization is found in mcp_headers, raise an error to guide users to the correct approach.
-
-        Args:
-            mcp_endpoint_uri: The MCP endpoint URI to match against provider data
+        Splits the output of build_forwarded_headers() into non-Authorization headers
+        and an auth token. Authorization-mapped values must be bare tokens (no 'Bearer '
+        prefix) per the forward_headers field description — prepare_mcp_headers() adds
+        the prefix when passing via the authorization= param.
 
         Returns:
-            dict[str, str]: Headers dictionary (without Authorization)
+            (non_auth_headers, auth_token) where auth_token is None if not configured.
+        """
+        provider_data = self.get_request_provider_data()
+        all_headers = build_forwarded_headers(provider_data, self.config.forward_headers)
+
+        if not all_headers:
+            if self.config.forward_headers:
+                logger.warning(
+                    "forward_headers is configured but no headers were forwarded — "
+                    "outbound request may be unauthenticated"
+                )
+            return {}, None
+
+        # Pull out Authorization (case-insensitive) so it goes via the authorization=
+        # param — prepare_mcp_headers() rejects Authorization in the headers= dict.
+        auth_token: str | None = None
+        non_auth: dict[str, str] = {}
+        for name, value in all_headers.items():
+            if name.lower() == "authorization":
+                auth_token = value
+            else:
+                non_auth[name] = value
+
+        return non_auth, auth_token
+
+    async def get_headers_from_request(self, mcp_endpoint_uri: str) -> dict[str, str]:
+        """Extract headers from the legacy mcp_headers URI-keyed provider data.
+
+        Kept for backward compatibility. New deployments should use forward_headers
+        in the provider config instead.
 
         Raises:
-            ValueError: If Authorization header is found in mcp_headers
+            ValueError: If Authorization header is found in mcp_headers (must use
+                the dedicated authorization parameter instead).
         """
 
         def canonicalize_uri(uri: str) -> str: