I'll also add that something like refresh_token_scope would be useful for
the (expired) draft
https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/draft-ietf-oauth-incremental-authz-04
which Google implemented, as it means that there can be more scopes in the
refresh token than were explicitly requested in the initial authorization
code flow request. (Aside: I'd also be happy to revive
draft-ietf-oauth-incremental-authz if there's interest.)

On Fri, Jul 24, 2026 at 4:32 AM Nick Watson <[email protected]> wrote:

> +1 refresh_token_scope seems like a quick win that we can slot in amongst
> all the agentic stuff :)
>
> On Fri, Jul 24, 2026 at 1:43 AM Aaron Parecki <aaron=
> [email protected]> wrote:
>
>> Hi Judith,
>>
>> Thanks for your presentation today. In case it wasn't clear from my
>> comment at the mic, I wrote up a draft to show how you can achieve what I
>> believe is your goal using the existing OAuth protocol. There is one aspect
>> that could be improved beyond core OAuth which is described in this draft.
>>
>> The example in this section is probably the quickest way to see what I
>> mean:
>>
>>
>> https://www.ietf.org/archive/id/draft-parecki-oauth-refresh-token-scope-response-00.html#section-6.1
>>
>> I'm happy to add you as a co-author if you would like to pursue this.
>>
>> Aaron
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
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>> Date: Fri, Jul 24, 2026 at 10:37 AM
>> Subject: New Version Notification for
>> draft-parecki-oauth-refresh-token-scope-response-00.txt
>> To: Aaron Parecki <[email protected]>
>>
>>
>> A new version of Internet-Draft
>> draft-parecki-oauth-refresh-token-scope-response-00.txt has been
>> successfully
>> submitted by Aaron Parecki and posted to the
>> IETF repository.
>>
>> Name:     draft-parecki-oauth-refresh-token-scope-response
>> Revision: 00
>> Title:    OAuth 2.0 Refresh Token Scope
>> Date:     2026-07-24
>> Group:    Individual Submission
>> Pages:    12
>> URL:
>> https://www.ietf.org/archive/id/draft-parecki-oauth-refresh-token-scope-response-00.txt
>> Status:
>> https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-parecki-oauth-refresh-token-scope-response/
>> HTML:
>> https://www.ietf.org/archive/id/draft-parecki-oauth-refresh-token-scope-response-00.html
>> HTMLized:
>> https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/draft-parecki-oauth-refresh-token-scope-response
>>
>>
>> Abstract:
>>
>>    This specification defines a new OAuth 2.0 token response parameter,
>>    refresh_token_scope, that indicates the scope authorized for a
>>    refresh token when it differs from the scope of the access token
>>    issued alongside it.  This allows clients to discover that a refresh
>>    token carries broader authorization than the initial access token,
>>    enabling just-in-time requests for elevated access without requiring
>>    a new authorization flow.
>>
>>
>>
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