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Separating DPoP Bindings for Access and Refresh Tokens
draft-rosomakho-oauth-dpop-rt-00

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Authors Yaroslav Rosomakho , Loren Weith
Last updated 2026-04-17 (Latest revision 2025-10-14)
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Abstract

This document defines an extension to OAuth 2.0 Demonstrating Proof- of-Possession at the application level (DPoP, RFC 9449) that allows refresh tokens to be bound to a different proof-of-possession key than access tokens. In the existing specification, a single DPoP proof is used to bind both tokens to the same key material. However, in many deployments, refresh tokens and access tokens are stored and managed in different security contexts. To support this operational separation, this document introduces a new HTTP header field, DPoP- RT, and corresponding DPoP-RT-Nonce mechanism, enabling independent proof-of-possession for refresh token use while preserving compatibility with existing DPoP-bound access tokens.

Authors

Yaroslav Rosomakho
Loren Weith

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