Propagate max_age from pushed authorization requests

[Thareesha98]

Purpose

Fixes #4912.

max_age is honoured on GET /oauth2/authorize but gets dropped when the same request is pushed through POST /oauth2/par and redeemed via request_uri. HandlePushedAuthorizationRequest builds OAuthParameters without setting MaxAge, so runtimeData["max_age"] is never populated and the assurance check has no constraint to enforce. A client using PAR silently loses the ability to require recent authentication, with no error to indicate it.

Approach

• Set MaxAge from the pushed params in par/service.go, next to AcrValues, matching what authz/service.go already does on the direct path.
• Add TestHandlePAR_MaxAgePropagated next to the existing AcrValues test.

OAuthParameters.MaxAge and RequestParamMaxAge already existed, and PAR only deny-lists the client credential params, so max_age was already reaching the params map. It just was not being read. No interface changed, so no mocks were regenerated.

Related Issues

• Fixes max_age is silently dropped when an authorization request is pushed via PAR #4912

Related PRs

• N/A

#4919 left out its max_age through PAR scenario because of this bug. I can add that integration test here if you would rather it went in with the fix.

Validation

• Go 1.26.5
• go test ./internal/oauth/...: 25 packages pass
• Full backend unit suite: 136 packages, 0 failures
• golangci-lint run ./internal/oauth/oauth2/par/...: 0 issues
• gofmt -l and go vet clean
• Reverted the one line locally to confirm the new test actually catches it (expected: "1", actual: "")

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• Followed the contribution guidelines.
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Security checks

• Followed secure coding standards in WSO2 Secure Coding Guidelines
• Confirmed that this PR doesn't commit any keys, passwords, tokens, usernames, or other secrets.

Summary by CodeRabbit

• New Features

  • Authorization requests can now preserve the max_age parameter during OAuth flow initiation.

• Bug Fixes

  • Fixed an issue where the requested authentication age could be lost when creating a pushed authorization request.

[Thareesha98]

Could a maintainer add Type/Bug and trigger-pr-builder when you get a chance? I cannot set labels myself and the builder will not run without them.

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📝 Walkthrough

Walkthrough

PAR now preserves the max_age authorization parameter in stored OAuth parameters. A service test verifies that a pushed authorization request with max_age=1 succeeds and persists the value.

Changes

PAR max_age propagation

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Propagate and validate max_age backend/internal/oauth/oauth2/par/service.go, backend/internal/oauth/oauth2/par/service_test.go	The PAR service stores max_age in OAuthParameters.MaxAge. The test verifies successful handling and persistence of max_age=1.

Estimated code review effort: 1 (Trivial) | ~5 minutes

Merge Risk: 🔵 Low · up to b8dfc

PAR requests now preserve and enforce max_age, so clients can require recent authentication consistently; the remaining bounded risk is that this behavior is not documented for integrators and should receive explicit owner follow-up.

Suggested reviewers: thamindudilshan, thiva-k

🚥 Pre-merge checks | ✅ 5

✅ Passed checks (5 passed)

Check name	Status	Explanation
Title check	✅ Passed	The title clearly and concisely describes the primary change: propagating max_age from pushed authorization requests.
Description check	✅ Passed	The description explains the problem, approach, validation, related issue, tests, and security checks; unchecked optional items do not make it incomplete.
Linked Issues check	✅ Passed	The change implements issue #4912 by copying MaxAge into OAuthParameters and adding a regression test for PAR propagation.
Out of Scope Changes check	✅ Passed	The one-line code change and focused regression test are directly related to issue #4912 and the stated PR objective.
Docstring Coverage	✅ Passed	No functions found in the changed files to evaluate docstring coverage. Skipping docstring coverage check.

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Inline comments:
In `@backend/internal/oauth/oauth2/par/service.go`:
- Line 147: Update the PAR documentation in the APIs documentation to describe
that the max_age request parameter is preserved during PAR and enforced when the
request is redeemed. Keep the documentation aligned with the behavior
implemented by the MaxAge field in the PAR service.

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