Prompt
Do I need security coverage for OAuth and API keys in tests?
Latest observation
Yes — if your tests touch authentication or authorization, you should include security coverage for both OAuth and API keys.
What to cover
- Valid tokens/keys work
- OAuth access token accepted
- API key accepted
- Invalid credentials fail
- Expired OAuth token
- Revoked OAuth token
- Missing/empty API key
- Incorrect API key
- Permissions/scopes are enforced
- OAuth scopes limit access correctly
- API key permissions/roles behave as expected
- Unauthorized access is blocked
- No token/key → 401/403 as appropriate
- Wrong audience/issuer for OAuth
- Edge cases
- Malformed token
- Tampered token signature
- Key rotation behavior
- Rate limits / abuse protections, if applicable
Why it matters
Security bugs in auth are high impact. Tests help ensure:
- protected endpoints stay protected
- auth changes don’t accidentally weaken access control
- credentials are handled consistently across environments
Practical guidance
You usually don’t need to test the underlying OAuth provider itself, but you should test:
- your app’s handling of OAuth/API key inputs
- authorization logic on your endpoints
- failure modes and error responses
If you want, I can give you a test checklist or example test cases for OAuth and API keys.
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