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Auth Thoughts April 2026

CIBA support, Flow observability & other Descope product updates

Auth Thoughts is a monthly newsletter produced by Team Descope, the collective consciousness of everyone at Descope. Read on for product updates, tutorials, and a monthly roundup from the world of identity and authentication.

Descope changelog

To paraphrase a quote from Dory the forgetful fish: “Just keep shipping”. Here are some of the latest product updates from Descope:

🔒 CIBA support

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Descope now supports Client-Initiated Backchannel Authentication (CIBA), an OAuth extension designed for decoupled or headless experiences where the device initiating the request cannot easily present a browser-based login or consent screen. This is a recommended approach for “human-in-the-loop” scenarios within AI agent and MCP server flows.

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👁️‍🗨️ Flow observability

Flow observability has been enhanced with new troubleshooting capabilities that allow Descopers to monitor all flow executions, including successful runs. We’re also piloting AI analytics to assist in interpreting flow events and understanding specific execution paths. Please reach out to us if you’d like access to this capability!

🤖 Render MCP template

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Organizations experimenting with MCP run into two main challenges: deploying remote servers and complying with the auth spec. Descope’s MCP template with Render solves both: this sample FastMCP server uses Render Blueprints for simple deployment with spec-compliant auth, client registration, and access control from Descope.

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Catch up on other product updates in our changelog. Have questions? Join our community and visit the #ask-a-descoper channel.

Developer central

Looking for help on how to integrate Descope for a particular framework? Our DevRel team and developer community have you covered.

Add ReBAC to RAG

This tutorial covers how to add relationship-based access control to a RAG pipeline using Descope.

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Add auth to Shopify

This guide shares the ramifications of Shopify deprecating multipass and how you can easily add omnichannel auth to your Shopify storefront with Descope.