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PR 8 of 9 in the UTS REST unit stack. Base: uts/derive-channel.

Derives auth/auth_scheme.md, client_id.md, authorize.md, auth_callback.md,
token_renewal.md, token_request_params.md, token_details.md and revoke_tokens.md.

Auth is where this SDK departs from the specifications most. Thirty-one tests carry
@deviation
, seventeen of them for Auth#revokeTokens, TokenRevocationTargetSpecifier
and BatchResult, none of which exist. The rest are worth a maintainer's eye:

  • with a key present, auth_callback and auth_url are ignored when choosing the auth
    scheme, so Basic is selected and the callback is never called
  • a token with a null clientId is rejected when ClientOptions.clientId is set, with
    40102; RSA15a constrains only non-wildcard token clientIds
  • a clientId learned from a token is treated as immutable, so authorize() to a token
    with a different one raises 40102. RSA15 scopes immutability to a clientId set in
    ClientOptionspossibly deliberate, and flagged as needing a decision
  • TokenParams reach an auth_url under the SDK's internal snake_case names, so an auth
    server sees client_id, not clientId
  • create_token_request() ignores default_token_params
  • a TokenDetails built from a bare token string fabricates expires, issued and
    capability, and the invented expiry can drive spurious renewal

Four carry @spec_error: two demanding local expiry detection that RSA4b1 makes
optional and conditional on a persisted clock offset neither setup establishes; one
driving renewal through the unauthenticated /time; and RSA10i, which asserts an API key
survives authorize() on a premise RSA8e contradicts, with an empty assertions block.

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  • Tests

    • Added broad coverage for REST authentication, authorization, token details, token renewal, client IDs, and token request parameters.
    • Added tests specifying expected token revocation behavior, including request formats, authentication requirements, and error handling; token revocation is not implemented.
    • Recorded cases where observed behavior differs from specification expectations.
  • Documentation

    • Expanded the Universal Test Specifications deviation notes with authentication-related differences, specification errors, and adapted test behavior.

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Adds UTS-based REST authentication tests covering credential selection, token acquisition and renewal, authorization, client IDs, token details, token request parameters, and token revocation. Updates the deviations document with observed differences and adapted test assertions.

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REST authentication coverage

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Authentication schemes and token acquisition
test/uts/rest/unit/auth/auth_scheme_test.py, test/uts/rest/unit/auth/auth_callback_test.py, test/uts/deviations.md
Adds tests for Basic and Bearer authentication, callback and auth-URL token acquisition, request parameters, and error handling. The deviation notes describe differences in these areas.
Authorization and client identity
test/uts/rest/unit/auth/authorize_test.py, test/uts/rest/unit/auth/client_id_test.py, test/uts/rest/unit/auth/token_request_params_test.py, test/uts/deviations.md
Adds tests for authorize(), client-ID behavior, and token request parameters. The documentation records related deviations.
Token details and renewal
test/uts/rest/unit/auth/token_details_test.py, test/uts/rest/unit/auth/token_renewal_test.py, test/uts/deviations.md
Adds tests for token details, renewal triggers, request retries, and token state. The documentation describes expiry-related specification errors and observed differences.
Token revocation request and results
test/uts/rest/unit/auth/revoke_tokens_test.py
Adds deviation-marked tests for revocation request formatting, result fields, authentication restrictions, and error handling.

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In `@test/uts/deviations.md`:
- Line 199: Update the RSA10b/RSA10h/RSA10j row in the deviations table to
replace the stale line-number reference with the
`Auth._ensure_valid_auth_credentials` function name, which identifies the
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- Around line 128-136: Remove the incorrect claim from the deviation comment in
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Comment thread test/uts/deviations.md
| RSA15a, RSA15c | A mismatch between `ClientOptions.clientId` and a statically supplied `TokenDetails.clientId` is never detected. `Auth.__init__` only falls back to the token's clientId; `_configure_client_id`, which would raise, is reached only after a *fetched* token |
| RSA12a | A token with a **null** clientId is rejected when `ClientOptions.clientId` is set, with 40102 "Client ID cannot be changed to 'None'". RSA15a constrains only non-wildcard token clientIds. Needs a `new_client_id is not None` guard |
| RSA7, RSA16c | A clientId learned from a token is treated as immutable, so `authorize()` to a token with a different clientId raises 40102. RSA15 scopes immutability to a clientId set in `ClientOptions`. `_configure_client_id` uses `self.client_id or self.auth_options.client_id`, conflating the two. Possibly deliberate — worth a maintainer's call |
| RSA10b, RSA10h, RSA10j | `authorize()` overwrites an explicit `tokenParams.clientId`. `ably/rest/auth.py:126-127` assigns `self.client_id` unconditionally. RSA10h makes it the default "if not null" |

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📐 Maintainability & Code Quality | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win

Fix the stale ably/rest/auth.py:126-127 reference.

The row cites ably/rest/auth.py:126-127 as the unconditional client_id assignment. In _ensure_valid_auth_credentials (lines 109-132), the assignment token_params['client_id'] = self.client_id is at lines 120-121. Lines 126-127 are the cached-token log.debug and return. A maintainer who follows this reference lands on the wrong code. Name the function instead of line numbers, as the other rows in the table do.

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-| RSA10b, RSA10h, RSA10j | `authorize()` overwrites an explicit `tokenParams.clientId`. `ably/rest/auth.py:126-127` assigns `self.client_id` unconditionally. RSA10h makes it the default "if not null" |
+| RSA10b, RSA10h, RSA10j | `authorize()` overwrites an explicit `tokenParams.clientId`. `Auth._ensure_valid_auth_credentials` assigns `token_params['client_id'] = self.client_id` unconditionally. RSA10h makes it the default "if not null" |
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| RSA10b, RSA10h, RSA10j | `authorize()` overwrites an explicit `tokenParams.clientId`. `ably/rest/auth.py:126-127` assigns `self.client_id` unconditionally. RSA10h makes it the default "if not null" |
| RSA10b, RSA10h, RSA10j | `authorize()` overwrites an explicit `tokenParams.clientId`. `Auth._ensure_valid_auth_credentials` assigns `token_params['client_id'] = self.client_id` unconditionally. RSA10h makes it the default "if not null" |
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In `@test/uts/deviations.md` at line 199, Update the RSA10b/RSA10h/RSA10j row in
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Comment on lines +128 to +136
# DEVIATION: two departures, either of which alone fails this test.
# - RSA8c takes a JSON auth_url response to be "a TokenRequest or TokenDetails
# object". ably-python recognises TokenDetails only when the payload carries
# `issued` (ably/rest/auth.py, Auth.request_token), so `{"token": ..., "expires": ...}`
# is read as a TokenRequest and rejected as 40170 before `status()` returns.
# - RSA8c1a sends the TokenParams as query params under their wire names.
# ably-python passes its internal snake_case dict straight through
# (`token_params['client_id']` in Auth._ensure_valid_auth_credentials), so the
# auth_url receives `client_id`, not `clientId`.

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📐 Maintainability & Code Quality | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win

Remove the incorrect first departure from the RSA12b deviation comment.

The comment says that ably-python treats a JSON payload as TokenDetails only when it has issued. Auth.request_token in ably/rest/auth.py checks 'issued' in token_request or 'token' in token_request. A {"token": ..., "expires": ...} body therefore becomes TokenDetails.from_dict and does not produce 40170. test_rsa8c_authurl_invoked_for_auth in test/uts/rest/unit/auth/auth_callback_test.py uses the same body shape and passes. The only real departure is the snake_case client_id query parameter. This matches the RSA8c1a row in test/uts/deviations.md. The false claim can send a maintainer to fix behavior that already works.

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-# DEVIATION: two departures, either of which alone fails this test.
-#  - RSA8c takes a JSON auth_url response to be "a TokenRequest or TokenDetails
-#    object". ably-python recognises TokenDetails only when the payload carries
-#    `issued` (ably/rest/auth.py, Auth.request_token), so `{"token": ..., "expires": ...}`
-#    is read as a TokenRequest and rejected as 40170 before `status()` returns.
-#  - RSA8c1a sends the TokenParams as query params under their wire names.
-#    ably-python passes its internal snake_case dict straight through
-#    (`token_params['client_id']` in Auth._ensure_valid_auth_credentials), so the
-#    auth_url receives `client_id`, not `clientId`.
+# DEVIATION: RSA8c1a sends the TokenParams as query params under their wire names.
+# ably-python passes its internal snake_case dict straight through
+# (`token_params['client_id']` in Auth._ensure_valid_auth_credentials), so the
+# auth_url receives `client_id`, not `clientId`.
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# DEVIATION: two departures, either of which alone fails this test.
# - RSA8c takes a JSON auth_url response to be "a TokenRequest or TokenDetails
# object". ably-python recognises TokenDetails only when the payload carries
# `issued` (ably/rest/auth.py, Auth.request_token), so `{"token": ..., "expires": ...}`
# is read as a TokenRequest and rejected as 40170 before `status()` returns.
# - RSA8c1a sends the TokenParams as query params under their wire names.
# ably-python passes its internal snake_case dict straight through
# (`token_params['client_id']` in Auth._ensure_valid_auth_credentials), so the
# auth_url receives `client_id`, not `clientId`.
# DEVIATION: RSA8c1a sends the TokenParams as query params under their wire names.
# ably-python passes its internal snake_case dict straight through
# (`token_params['client_id']` in Auth._ensure_valid_auth_credentials), so the
# auth_url receives `client_id`, not `clientId`.
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In `@test/uts/rest/unit/auth/client_id_test.py` around lines 128 - 136, Remove the
incorrect claim from the deviation comment in the RSA8c test: the token response
containing `token` is recognized by `Auth.request_token` as `TokenDetails`. Keep
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Comment on lines +45 to +48
def capture_and_respond(captured_requests, status=200, body=None):
def on_request(request):
captured_requests.append(request)
request.respond_with(status, [SUCCESS_ALICE] if body is None else body)

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<title>uts/docs/completion-status.md</title> https://github.com/ably/specification/blob/main/uts/docs/completion-status.md `rest/unit ... | RSA4 | Token Auth selection logic (RSA4a–RSA4g) | Yes — `rest/unit/auth/auth_scheme.md` covers RSA4, RSA4b; `rest/unit/auth ... renewal.md` covers RSA4b4; `realtime/unit/auth/connection ... .md` covers ... 4; `realtime/unit/connection ... .md` covers ... 4c1, RSA4d; ... realtime/unit/auth/token ... _renewable_ ... .md` covers ... 4a, ... 4a1, RSA4a2; `realtime/unit/auth/auth_callback_errors_ ... .md` covers RSA4c, ... 4c1– ... 4c3, ... 4d, RSA4e, RSA4f; `realtime/integration/auth/token ... renewal_test.md` covers ... 4b | ... | RSA16 | TokenDetails attribute (RSA16a–RSA16d) | Yes — `rest/unit/auth/token_details.md` | | RSA17 | RevokeTokens (RSA17a–RSA17g) | Yes — `rest/unit/auth/revoke_tokens.md`, `rest/integration/revoke_tokens.md` | ... | BAR1–BAR2 | BatchResult | Partial — `rest/unit/batch_presence.md` covers BAR2 | | BSP1–BSP2 | BatchPublishSpec | | | BPR1–BPR2, BPF1–BPF2 | BatchPublish result types | | | BGR1–BGR2, BGF1–BGF2 | BatchPresence result types | Yes — `rest/unit/batch_presence.md`, `rest/integration/batch_presence.md` | ... | UDR1–UDR2 | UpdateDeleteResult | Yes — `rest/unit/types/mutable_message_types.md` | | TRT1–TRT2, TRS1–TRS2, TRF1–TRF2 | TokenRevocation types | Yes — `rest/unit/auth/revoke_tokens.md` | <title>authentication.md</title> https://ably.com/docs/api/rest-sdk/authentication.md ``` ### revokeTokens `revokeTokens(TokenRevocationTargetSpecifier[] specifiers, TokenRevocationOptions options?): Promise<BatchResult >` Calls the `revokeTokens` REST API endpoint to revoke tokens specified by the provided array of `TokenRevocationTargetSpecifier`. Only tokens issued by an API key that had revocable tokens enabled before the token was issued can be revoked. See the token revocation docs for more information. #### Parameters | Parameter | Description | Type | |-----------|-------------|------| | specifiers | an array of `TokenRevocationTargetSpecifier` objects | `TokenRevocationTargetSpecifier[]` | | options | an optional set of options which are used to modify the revocation request | `TokenRevocationOptions` | #### Returns Returns a promise. On success, the promise is fulfilled with a `BatchResult` containing information about the result of the token revocation request for each provided `TokenRevocationTargetSpecifier`. On failure, the promise is rejected with an `ErrorInfo` object with the error response as defined in the Ably REST API documentation. #### Example ##### Javascript ``` try { const response = await client.auth.revokeTokens([{ type: &`#39`;clientId&`#39`;, value: &`#39`;bob&`#39`; }]); console.log(&`#39`;Revocation successful; revoked tokens: &`#39`; + response.results.length); } catch (error) { console.log(&`#39`;An error occurred; err = &`#39`; + error.message); } ``` ##### Nodejs ``` try { const response = await client.auth.revokeTokens([{ type: &`#39`;clientId&`#39`;, value: &`#39`;bob&`#39`; }]); console.log(&`#39`;Revocation successful; revoked tokens: &`#39`; + response.results.length); } catch (error) { console.log(&`#39`;An error occurred; err = &`#39`; + error.message); } ``` ... ### BatchResult A `BatchResult` contains information about the results of a batch operation. #### Properties | Property | Description | Type | |----------|-------------|------| | successCount | The number of successful operations in the request | `Number` | | failureCount | The number of unsuccessful operations in the request | `Number` | | messages | An array of results for the batch operation (for example, an array of `BatchPublishSuccessResult` or `BatchPublishFailureResult` for a channel batch publish request) | `Object[]` | ### TokenRevocationTargetSpecifier ... A `TokenRevocationTargetSpecifier` describes which tokens should be affected by a token revocation request. #### Properties | Property | Description | Type | |----------|-------------|------| | type | The type of token revocation target specifier. Valid values include `clientId`, `revocationKey` and `channel` | `String` | | value | The value of the token revocation target specifier | `String` | ### TokenRevocationOptions ... A `TokenRevocationOptions` describes the additional options accepted by revoke tokens request. #### Properties | Property | Description | Type | |----------|-------------|------| | issuedBefore | An optional Unix timestamp in milliseconds where only tokens issued before this time are revoked. The default is the current time. Requests with an `issuedBefore` in the future, or more than an hour in the past, will be rejected | `Number` | | allowReauthMargin | _false_ If true, permits a token renewal cycle to take place without needing established connections to be dropped, by postponing enforcement to 30 seconds in the future, and sending any existing connections a hint to obtain (and upgrade the connection to use) a new token. The default is `false`, meaning that the effect is near-immediate. | `Boolean` | ### TokenRevocationSuccessResult ... A `TokenRevocationSuccessResult` contains information about the result of a successful token revocation request for a single target specifier. #### Properties | Property | Description | Type | |----------|-------------|------| | target | The target specifier | `Number` | | appliesAt | The time at which the token revocation will take effect, as a Unix timestamp in milliseconds | `Number` | | issuedBefore |…[truncated] <title>Auth</title> https://ably.com/docs/pub-sub/api/javascript/rest/auth.md ## Revoke tokens ... `auth.revokeTokens(specifiers: TokenRevocationTargetSpecifier[], options?: TokenRevocationOptions): Promise` ... Revokes the tokens specified by the provided array of `TokenRevocationTargetSpecifier` s. Only tokens issued by an API key that had token revocation enabled before the token was issued can be revoked. ... ``` const result = await rest.auth.revokeTokens( [{ type: &`#39`;clientId&`#39`;, value: &`#39`;user-123&`#39`; }], { allowReauthMargin: true } ); console.log(`${result.successCount} succeeded, ${result.failureCount} failed`); ``` ... The `revokeTokens()` method takes the following parameters: ... | Parameter | Required | Description | Type | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | specifiers | Required | An array of objects describing which tokens should be revoked. | Array of | | options | Optional | Options for the revoke request. | | ... | Property | Required | Description | Type | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | type | Required | The type of token revocation target specifier. Valid values are `clientId`, `revocationKey`, or `channel`. | String | | value | Required | The value of the token revocation target specifier. | String | ... | Property | Required | Description | Type | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | issuedBefore | Optional | A Unix timestamp in milliseconds. Only tokens issued before this time are revoked. Default: the current time. Requests with an `issuedBefore` in the future, or more than an hour in the past, will be rejected. | Number | | allowReauthMargin | Optional | If `true`, permits a token renewal cycle to take place without needing established connections to be dropped, by postponing enforcement to 30 seconds in the future and sending existing connections a hint to obtain (and upgrade the connection to use) a new token. Default: `false` (effect is near-immediate). | Boolean | ... `Promise` ... Returns a promise. The promise is fulfilled with a `BatchResult` whose `results` array contains a success or failure entry for each specifier. The promise is rejected with an `ErrorInfo` object if the request itself fails. ... | Property | Description | Type | | --- | --- | --- | | successCount | The number of successful operations in the request. | Number | | failureCount | The number of unsuccessful operations in the request. | Number | | results | The per-specifier results, one entry per specifier. | Array of or | ... | Property | Description | Type | | --- | --- | --- | | target | The target specifier. | String | | appliesAt | The time at which the token revocation will take effect, as a Unix timestamp in milliseconds. | Number | | issuedBefore | A Unix timestamp in milliseconds. Only tokens issued earlier than this time will be revoked. | Number | ... | Property | Description | Type | | --- | --- | --- | | target | The target specifier. | String | | error | An `ErrorInfo` object describing the reason token revocation failed for this target. | ErrorInfo | <title>Result 4</title> https://ably.com/docs/platform/errors/codes/40020-batch-request-error # 40020: Batch request error Identifier: `batch_request_error` A batch request completed with one or more of its items failing. Each failing item carries its own error, reported alongside this one. ## What you should do Inspect the individual results in the batch response. Each item carries its own success or error, so read the per-item errors to see which parts failed and why, then retry or handle just those. The top-level 40020 only signals that at least one item failed, not that the whole request was rejected. ## Why it happens Batch operations, such as batch publish, batch presence, or token revocation, process each item independently, and one or more items failed while others may have succeeded. This partial failure is reported as a single envelope error with the detail attached per item. ## What you&`#39`;ll see The error is reported with code 40020 and HTTP status 400. The message is `Batched response includes errors`, accompanied by a batch response whose failing entries each carry their own error. <title>src/pages/docs/api/rest-sdk/authentication.mdx</title> https://github.com/ably/docs/blob/main/src/pages/docs/api/rest-sdk/authentication.mdx ``` ### revokeTokens `revokeTokens(TokenRevocationTargetSpecifier[] specifiers, TokenRevocationOptions options?): Promise<BatchResult >` Calls the `revokeTokens` REST API endpoint to revoke tokens specified by the provided array of `TokenRevocationTargetSpecifier`. Only tokens issued by an API key that had revocable tokens enabled before the token was issued can be revoked. See the token revocation docs for more information. #### Parameters | Parameter | Description | Type | |-----------|-------------|------| | specifiers | an array of `TokenRevocationTargetSpecifier` objects | `TokenRevocationTargetSpecifier[]` | | options | an optional set of options which are used to modify the revocation request | `TokenRevocationOptions` | #### Returns Returns a promise. On success, the promise is fulfilled with a `BatchResult` containing information about the result of the token revocation request for each provided `TokenRevocationTargetSpecifier`. On failure, the promise is rejected with an `ErrorInfo` object with the error response as defined in the Ably REST API documentation. #### Example ```javascript try { const response = await client.auth.revokeTokens([{ type: &`#39`;clientId&`#39`;, value: &`#39`;bob&`#39`; }]); console.log(&`#39`;Revocation successful; revoked tokens: &`#39`; + response.results.length); } catch (error) { console.log(&`#39`;An error occurred; err = &`#39`; + error.message); } ``` ```nodejs try { const response = await client.auth.revokeTokens([{ type: &`#39`;clientId&`#39`;, value: &`#39`;bob&`#39`; }]); console.log(&`#39`;Revocation successful; revoked tokens: &`#39`; + response.results.length); } catch (error) { console.log(&`#39`;An error occurred; err = &`#39`; + error.message); } ... *Note:* At present Ably does not support asymmetric ... based on a keypair belonging to a third party. ### BatchResult A `BatchResult` contains information about the results of a batch operation. #### Properties | Property | Description | Type | |----------|-------------|------| | successCount | The number of successful operations in the request | `Number` | | failureCount | The number of unsuccessful operations in the request | `Number` | | messages | An array of results for the batch operation (for example, an array of `BatchPublishSuccessResult` or `BatchPublishFailureResult` for a channel batch publish request) | `Object[]` | ### TokenRevocationTargetSpecifier ... A `TokenRevocationTargetSpecifier` describes which tokens should be affected by a token revocation request. #### Properties | Property | Description | Type | |----------|-------------|------| | type | The type of token revocation target specifier. Valid values include `clientId`, `revocationKey` and `channel` | `String` | | value | The value of the token revocation target specifier | `String` | ### TokenRevocationOptions ... A `TokenRevocationOptions` describes the additional options accepted by revoke tokens request. #### Properties | Property | Description | Type | |----------|-------------|------| | issuedBefore | An optional Unix timestamp in milliseconds where only tokens issued before this time are revoked. The default is the current time. Requests with an `issuedBefore` in the future, or more than an hour in the past, will be rejected | `Number` | | allowReauthMargin | _false_ If true, permits a token renewal cycle to take place without needing established connections to be dropped, by postponing enforcement to 30 seconds in the future, and sending any existing connections a hint to obtain (and upgrade the connection to use) a new token. The default is `false`, meaning that the effect is near-immediate. | `Boolean` | ### TokenRevocationSuccessResult ... A `TokenRevocationSuccessResult` contains information about the result of a successful token revocation request for a single target specifier. #### Properties | Property | Description | Type | |----------|-------------|------| | target | The target specifier | `Number` | | appliesAt | The time at which the token revocatio…[truncated]

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Use the current batch response format in revocation fixtures.

capture_and_respond returns HTTP 200 with a plain array by default. The current revokeTokens contract returns a BatchResult envelope. Update the plain-array fixtures to use the envelope format and the successful-batch status required by the UTS.

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In `@test/uts/rest/unit/auth/revoke_tokens_test.py` around lines 45 - 48, Update
capture_and_respond and the revocation fixtures used by revokeTokens to return
the current BatchResult envelope with the successful-batch status required by
the UTS, replacing plain-array responses while preserving any intentional custom
response bodies.

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Covers auth/auth_scheme.md, client_id.md, authorize.md, auth_callback.md,
token_renewal.md, token_request_params.md, token_details.md and
revoke_tokens.md.

Auth is where this SDK departs from the specifications most: thirty-one
tests carry the deviation mark, seventeen of them for Auth#revokeTokens and
the token revocation types, which are not implemented. The rest record how
the auth scheme is resolved when a key is present, when a clientId is
treated as immutable, and that TokenParams reach an auth_url under the
SDK's internal snake_case names.

Four specifications demand behaviour features.md makes optional or
contradicts, and carry the spec_error mark.

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