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91 changes: 36 additions & 55 deletions openid-federation-1_0.xml
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<front>
<title abbrev="OpenID Federation">OpenID Federation 1.0 -
draft 48
draft 49
</title>

<author fullname="Roland Hedberg" initials="R." role="editor"
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</address>
</author>

<date day="1" month="February" year="2026"/>
<date day="9" month="February" year="2026"/>

<workgroup>OpenID Connect Working Group</workgroup>

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REQUIRED.
Error codes in the IANA "OAuth Extensions Error Registry"
<xref target="IANA.OAuth.Parameters"/> MAY be used.
In particular, these existing error codes are used by this specification:
<list style="hanging">
<t hangText="invalid_request">
<vspace/>
The request is incomplete or does
not comply with current specifications.
The HTTP response status code SHOULD be 400 (Bad Request).
</t>
<t hangText="server_error">
<vspace/>
The server encountered an unexpected
condition that prevented it from fulfilling the request.
The HTTP response status code SHOULD be one in the 5xx range,
like 500 (Internal Server Error).
</t>
<t hangText="temporarily_unavailable">
<vspace/>
The server hosting the federation endpoint
is currently unable to handle
the request due to temporary overloading or maintenance.
The HTTP response status code SHOULD be 503 (Service Unavailable).
</t>
</list>

This specification also defines the following error codes:

<list style="hanging">
<t hangText="invalid_request">
<vspace/>
The request is incomplete or does
not comply with current specifications.
The HTTP response status code SHOULD be 400 (Bad Request).
</t>
<t hangText="invalid_client">
<vspace/>
The Client cannot be authorized or is not
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The requested Entity Identifier cannot be found.
The HTTP response status code SHOULD be 404 (Not Found).
</t>
<t hangText="server_error">
<vspace/>
The server encountered an unexpected
condition that prevented it from fulfilling the request.
The HTTP response status code SHOULD be one in the 5xx range,
like 500 (Internal Server Error).
</t>
<t hangText="temporarily_unavailable">
<vspace/>
The server hosting the federation endpoint
is currently unable to handle
the request due to temporary overloading or maintenance.
The HTTP response status code SHOULD be 503 (Service Unavailable).
</t>
<t hangText="unsupported_parameter">
<vspace/>
The server does not support the requested parameter.
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<t>
<?rfc subcompact="yes"?>
<list style="symbols">
<t>Name: invalid_request</t>
<t>Usage Location: authorization endpoint</t>
<t>Protocol Extension: OpenID Federation</t>
<t>
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</t>
<t>Reference: <xref target="error_response"/> of this specification</t>
</list>
</t>
<t>
<list style="symbols">
<t>Name: invalid_client</t>
<t>Usage Location: authorization endpoint</t>
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<t>Reference: <xref target="error_response"/> of this specification</t>
</list>
</t>
<t>
<list style="symbols">
<t>Name: server_error</t>
<t>Usage Location: authorization endpoint</t>
<t>Protocol Extension: OpenID Federation</t>
<t>
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</t>
<t>Reference: <xref target="error_response"/> of this specification</t>
</list>
</t>
<t>
<list style="symbols">
<t>Name: temporarily_unavailable</t>
<t>Usage Location: authorization endpoint</t>
<t>Protocol Extension: OpenID Federation</t>
<t>
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</t>
<t>Reference: <xref target="error_response"/> of this specification</t>
</list>
</t>
<t>
<list style="symbols">
<t>Name: unsupported_parameter</t>
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<section anchor="History" title="Document History">
<t>[[ To be removed from the final specification ]]</t>

<t>
-49
<list style="symbols">
<t>
Reference, rather than define, the existing error values
invalid_request, server_error, and temporarily_unavailable.
</t>
</list>
</t>

<t>
-48
<list style="symbols">
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