[OAUTH-WG] Re: New Version Notification for draft-chen-oauth-agent-authz-use-cases-01.txt

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Hi all,
We are writing to introduce a new Internet-Draft, "Agent Authorization Use Cases and Gap Analysis," which we believe is highly relevant to the future work of Oauth.
HTMLized: https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/draft-chen-oauth-agent-authz-use-cases 
https://github.com/Maisy-ML/Agent-Authorization-Use-Cases 
This draft's primary goal is not to propose a solution, but rather to clearly define the problem space. It provides a systematic analysis of emerging agent-based use cases, categorizing them into distinct scenarios (from simple assistants to complex agent swarms).
For each use case, the draft details the specific authorization requirements and then performs a comprehensive gap analysis against the existing OAuth 2.0 framework and its common extensions. It aims to answer the question: "Where do current standards fall short when faced with the demands of AI agents?"
Key gaps identified include challenges related to:
Handling long-lived, offline, and autonomous tasks.
Representing and securing complex, multi-step delegation chains.
Enabling contextual and interactive user consent during a task.
Providing fine-grained, task-level authorization and revocation.
Managing authorization for groups or "swarms" of agents.
We hope this document can serve as a foundational piece to spark a focused discussion within the working group.
Feedback, comments, critiques, and suggestions are invaluable. We believe this is a crucial conversation for the future of authorization, and we look forward to discussing it with you on this mailing list.
Best,
Meiling


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From: internet-drafts
Date: 2026-07-06 00:20
To: Chunchi Peter Liu; Jia Chen; Jiankang Yao; Meiling Chen; Peter Liu; Yuning Jiang
Subject: New Version Notification for draft-chen-oauth-agent-authz-use-cases-01.txt
A new version of Internet-Draft draft-chen-oauth-agent-authz-use-cases-01.txt
has been successfully submitted by Meiling Chen and posted to the
IETF repository.
 
Name:     draft-chen-oauth-agent-authz-use-cases
Revision: 01
Title:    Agent Authorization use cases and gap analysis
Date:     2026-07-05
Group:    Individual Submission
Pages:    20
URL:      https://www.ietf.org/archive/id/draft-chen-oauth-agent-authz-use-cases-01.txt
Status:   https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-chen-oauth-agent-authz-use-cases/
HTML:     https://www.ietf.org/archive/id/draft-chen-oauth-agent-authz-use-cases-01.html
HTMLized: https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/draft-chen-oauth-agent-authz-use-cases
Diff:     https://author-tools.ietf.org/iddiff?url2=draft-chen-oauth-agent-authz-use-cases-01
 
Abstract:
 
   This document provides a systematic analysis of these emerging agent-
   based use cases.  It categorizes them into distinct scenarios,
   details their specific authorization requirements, and performs a
   comprehensive gap analysis against the existing OAuth 2.0 framework
   [RFC6749] and its common extensions.  The analysis identifies
   fundamental mismatches, the goal of this document is to articulate
   these gaps clearly, providing a foundation for future work on new
   extensions within the OAuth Working Group to address the
   authorization needs of the next generation of ai agents.
 
 
 
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