FWIW: There is no dedicated section for grant types, but several
identifiers representing grant types are listed in the OAuth URI section (
https://www.iana.org/assignments/oauth-parameters/oauth-parameters.xhtml#uri
).


   - urn:ietf:params:oauth:grant-type:device_code
   - urn:ietf:params:oauth:grant-type:jwt-bearer
   - urn:ietf:params:oauth:grant-type:saml2-bearer
   - urn:ietf:params:oauth:grant-type:token-exchange



On Fri, Mar 6, 2026 at 4:16 AM Lombardo, Jeff <jeffsec=
[email protected]> wrote:

> I second your remark
>
> Jean-François “Jeff” Lombardo | Amazon Web Services
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> This question actually isn't about CIMD here! I've been working with a
> team on a low-level OAuth implementation for Swift, and I just happened to
> notice that we'd hardcoded grant types whilst writing the client, and I
> went to try to find information on a registry of grant types, because I
> knew that was an extension point, but couldn't find one.
>
> Feels a bit odd not to have a well known registry of grant types and their
> corresponding specifications.
>
> – Emelia
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> > On 5 Mar 2026, at 20:02, Lombardo, Jeff <jeffsec=
> [email protected]> wrote:
> >
> > That is what I tried to propose to OSW and former IETF meetings
> > through:
> > https://github.com/identitymonk/draft-lombardo-oauth-client-extension-
> > claims
> >
> > it was for Claims in tokens but surely would applied to CIMD which I
> > what I think you point at too on top of OAuth 2.1
> >
> >
> >
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> >
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> > Hi all,
> >
> > I just noticed that there doesn't seem to be an explicit registry of
> OAuth Grant Types defined anywhere, should there be such a registry kept
> with IANA for standardized grant types?
> >
> > https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc6749#section-8.3
> >
> >> Defining New Authorization Grant Types New authorization grant types
> >> can be defined by assigning them a unique absolute URI for use with the
> "grant_type" parameter. If the extension grant type requires additional
> token endpoint parameters, they MUST be registered in the OAuth Parameters
> registry as described by Section 11.2.
> >
> > This just says the additional parameters must be registered, but nothing
> about the grant type itself besides it must be an absolute URI (urn's are
> often used).
> >
> > Would it be worth defining an explicit registry with IANA as part of
> OAuth 2.1?
> >
> > Yours,
> > Emelia Smith
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