If the RS is directly issuing tokens, is this any different to Set-Cookie? Both 
indicate that a client should use a particular bearer token for future 
requests. 

> On 10 Nov 2025, at 20:44, Chalk, Ollie (DSIT) 
> <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
> 
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> Hi all - great to meet some of you in Montreal!
> 
> I’ve been exploring an idea for an OAuth extension that would allow a 
> resource server (or authorisation server) to issue or indicate details about 
> tokens in a HTTP response header.
> 
> A seemingly obvious candidate is to use the existing Authentication-Info 
> header.
> e.g. Authentication-Info: token_type="Bearer", expires_in=3600, 
> access_token="YWNjZXNzX3Rva2VuIQ"
> 
> A motivating use case is where a client presents a valid bearer token to a 
> resource server, and the server wishes to signal that a newer or 
> context-specific token should now be used for subsequent requests.
> 
> The same header could also convey updated token information, such as revised 
> expiry time:
> e.g. Authentication-Info: token_type="Bearer", expires_in=3351
> 
> New metadata fields could support discovery and registration:
> token_response_modes_supported (AS metadata)
> token_response_mode (client metadata / DCR)
> 
> Before drafting an Internet-Draft, I wanted to ask if there’s prior work or 
> existing discussion in this area (I did a quick search of the mailing list), 
> and whether there’s interest in standardising such a mechanism.
> 
> Thanks,
> Ollie
> 
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