docs(api): document the OAuth 2.1 provider

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Why

Customer feedback:

Thanks, Ryan Mudryk (@ryan), I created the app, but I can't find any docs on OAuth. I.e. I don't know what authorization and token endpoints are. And I don't see OAuth discovery on any of the hosts. The docs only seem to document HTTP Basic.

The dashboard has shipped a full OAuth 2.1 + OIDC provider (Better Auth oauth-provider plugin, on by default) with a Developer → Apps portal, but the public docs never mentioned it — the API reference only documented Spectrum's HTTP Basic auth.

What

• New page api-reference/oauth covering:
  • Endpoint table (issuer https://app.photon.codes/api/auth, oauth2/authorize, oauth2/token, userinfo, revoke, introspect, JWKS)
  • Discovery — the metadata lives at the RFC 8414 path-insertion URLs (/.well-known/oauth-authorization-server/api/auth), which is exactly what tripped the customer: probing the domain root 404s
  • Creating an app in Developer → Apps (one-shot secret, redirect URI allowlist, confidential vs public)
  • Authorization code flow with mandatory S256 PKCE, worked curl examples, token response shape
  • Refresh tokens (offline_access, rotation, 30-day lifetime)
  • All 16 scopes + the lifetime rules (1 h default, 15 m :write, 5 m billing:write, shortest-wins)
  • OIDC (EdDSA id_token, userinfo, JWKS), revocation
  • Limitations: no client_credentials, no dynamic client registration, S256 only
• api-reference/introduction: note that Basic auth is Spectrum-only, linking the Dashboard API's bearer-token options (device flow + OAuth)
• dashboard-openapi.json: bearerAuth description now mentions OAuth access tokens
• docs.base.json: nav entry

Verification

• Every endpoint URL, scope, grant type, and PKCE detail cross-checked against the live discovery document (https://app.photon.codes/.well-known/oauth-authorization-server/api/auth) and the dashboard repo source (packages/shared/src/oauth-scopes.ts, @better-auth/oauth-provider config, scripts/oauth-e2e.sh)
• pnpm lint, pnpm docs:generate, pnpm typecheck:docs all pass; generated docs.json includes the new page

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Summary by CodeRabbit

• Documentation
  • Added comprehensive OAuth 2.1 and OpenID Connect guidance for Dashboard API access.
  • Documented app registration, PKCE authorization, token exchange, refresh-token rotation, scopes, revocation, and token verification.
  • Clarified supported authentication methods for the Dashboard and Spectrum APIs.
  • Added the OAuth guide to the API reference navigation.

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📝 Walkthrough

Walkthrough

The API reference now documents Dashboard OAuth 2.1 and OpenID Connect authentication. It covers setup, PKCE authorization, token exchange, refresh and revocation, scopes, claims, limitations, and navigation.

Changes

Dashboard OAuth 2.1 documentation

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Authentication model and OAuth setup api-reference/dashboard-openapi.json, api-reference/introduction.mdx, api-reference/oauth.mdx, docs.base.json	The reference distinguishes Spectrum Basic authentication from Dashboard bearer authentication. It documents OAuth discovery, app registration, redirect URIs, client types, and scopes. The OAuth guide is added to navigation.
Authorization and token lifecycle api-reference/oauth.mdx	The guide documents mandatory S256 PKCE, authorization-code exchange, API access, refresh tokens, rotation, and token lifetimes.
Scopes, claims, and revocation api-reference/oauth.mdx	The guide documents scope-based lifetimes, OpenID Connect claims, EdDSA verification, revocation, consent withdrawal, and unsupported capabilities.

Estimated code review effort: 3 (Moderate) | ~20 minutes

Merge Risk: 🟡 Moderate · up to ef542

The OAuth documentation could lead integrations to trust ID tokens without validating issuer, audience, expiration, and azp, creating a bounded authentication security risk. Those validation requirements should be documented before merge; the remaining wording issues are minor.

Sequence Diagram(s)

sequenceDiagram
  participant DeveloperApp
  participant AuthorizationEndpoint
  participant TokenEndpoint
  participant DashboardAPI
  DeveloperApp->>AuthorizationEndpoint: Send authorization request with S256 PKCE
  AuthorizationEndpoint-->>DeveloperApp: Return authorization code
  DeveloperApp->>TokenEndpoint: Exchange code and verifier for tokens
  TokenEndpoint-->>DeveloperApp: Return access and refresh tokens
  DeveloperApp->>DashboardAPI: Send bearer access token
  DashboardAPI-->>DeveloperApp: Return API response

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Poem

I’m a rabbit with a token tucked tight,
PKCE guides the code through the night.
Scopes bloom, claims appear,
Refresh paths turn clear,
OAuth hops neatly in sight.

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Inline comments:
In `@api-reference/oauth.mdx`:
- Line 37: Update the dashboard navigation text in the sentence beginning “In
the dashboard” so the UI path label “Developer → Apps” is bolded while
preserving its existing link and destination.
- Line 45: Update the client_secret warning to use active voice and address the
reader as “you”; explicitly state that Photon stores the secret as a hash and
that you cannot retrieve it later, while preserving the existing guidance to
keep it in a secrets manager and rotate it if lost.
- Line 159: Update the id_token documentation to require complete validation:
verify the exact issuer, validate audience against the application client_id,
enforce expiration, and validate azp when the aud claim contains multiple
values, in addition to JWKS signature verification.

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• api-reference/dashboard-openapi.json
• api-reference/introduction.mdx
• api-reference/oauth.mdx
• docs.base.json

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**/*.mdx: Pages should be written as MDX files with YAML frontmatter
Use active voice and second person ("you") in documentation
Keep sentences concise with one idea per sentence in documentation
Use sentence case for headings in documentation
Bold UI elements in documentation (e.g., Click Settings)
Use code formatting for file names, commands, paths, and code references in documentation

Files:

• api-reference/introduction.mdx
• api-reference/oauth.mdx

🔇 Additional comments (3)

api-reference/dashboard-openapi.json (1)

20-20: LGTM!

api-reference/introduction.mdx (1)

33-35: LGTM!

docs.base.json (1)

171-171: LGTM!