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OpenID Connect Working Group OpenID Connect 1.0 is a simple identity layer on top of the OAuth 2.0 protocol. It enables Clients to verify the identity of the End-User based on the authentication performed by an Authorization Server, as well as to obtain basic profile information about the End-User in an interoperable and REST-like manner. This specification defines a logout mechanism that uses front-channel communication via the User Agent between the OP and RPs being logged out that does not need an OpenID Provider iframe on Relying Party pages. Other protocols have used HTTP GETs to RP URLs that clear login state to achieve this. This specification does the same thing.

OpenID Connect 1.0 is a simple identity layer on top of the OAuth 2.0 protocol. It enables Clients to verify the identity of the End-User based on the authentication performed by an Authorization Server, as well as to obtain basic profile information about the End-User in an interoperable and REST-like manner. This specification defines a logout mechanism that uses front-channel communication via the User Agent between the OP and RPs being logged out that does not need an OpenID Provider iframe on Relying Party pages, as OpenID Connect Session Management 1.0 does. Other protocols have used HTTP GETs to RP URLs that clear login state to achieve this; this specification does the same thing. In contrast, the OpenID Connect Back-Channel Logout 1.0 specification uses direct back-channel communication between the OP and RPs being logged out; this differs from front-channel logout mechanisms, which communicate logout requests from the OP to RPs via the User Agent. The OpenID Connect RP-Initiated Logout 1.0 specification complements these specifications by defining a mechanism for a Relying Party to request that an OpenID Provider log out the End-User. This specification can be used separately from or in combination with OpenID Connect RP-Initiated Logout 1.0, OpenID Connect Session Management 1.0, and/or OpenID Connect Back-Channel Logout 1.0.

The key words "MUST", "MUST NOT", "REQUIRED", "SHALL", "SHALL NOT", "SHOULD", "SHOULD NOT", "RECOMMENDED", "NOT RECOMMENDED", "MAY", and "OPTIONAL" in this document are to be interpreted as described in RFC 2119. In the .txt version of this specification, values are quoted to indicate that they are to be taken literally. When using these values in protocol messages, the quotes MUST NOT be used as part of the value. In the HTML version of this specification, values to be taken literally are indicated by the use of this fixed-width font.

This specification uses the terms "Authorization Server", "Client", "Client Identifier", and "Redirection URI" defined by OAuth 2.0, the term "User Agent" defined by RFC 7230, and the terms defined by OpenID Connect Core 1.0. This specification also defines the following terms: Continuous period of time during which an End-User accesses a Relying Party relying on the Authentication of the End-User performed by the OpenID Provider. Identifier for a Session.

RPs supporting HTTP-based logout register a logout URI with the OP as part of their client registration. The domain, port, and scheme of this URL MUST be the same as that of a registered Redirection URI value. The logout URI MUST be an absolute URI as defined by Section 4.3 of . The logout URI MAY include an application/x-www-form-urlencoded formatted query component, per Section 3.4 of , which MUST be retained when adding additional query parameters. The logout URI MUST NOT include a fragment component. The OP renders <iframe src="frontchannel_logout_uri"> in a page with the registered logout URI as the source to trigger the logout actions by the RP. Upon receiving a request to render the logout URI in an iframe, the RP clears state associated with the logged-in session, including any cookies and HTML5 local storage. If the End-User is already logged out at the RP when the logout request is received, the logout is considered to have succeeded. The OP MAY add these query parameters when rendering the logout URI, and if either is included, both MUST be: Issuer Identifier for the OP issuing the front-channel logout request. Identifier for the Session. The RP MAY verify that any iss and sid parameters match the iss and sid Claims in an ID Token issued for the current session or a recent session of this RP with the OP and ignore the logout request if they do not. The RP's response SHOULD include the Cache-Control HTTP response header field with a no-store value, keeping the response from being cached to prevent cached responses from interfering with future logout requests. An example of this is:

In the case that the RP is also an OP serving as an identity provider to downstream logged-in sessions, it is desirable for the logout request to the RP to likewise trigger downstream logout requests. This is achieved by having the RP serve content in the iframe that contains logout requests to the downstream sessions, which themselves are nested iframes rendering the downstream logout URIs. If the RP supports OpenID Connect Dynamic Client Registration 1.0, it uses this metadata value to register the logout URI: OPTIONAL. RP URL that will cause the RP to log itself out when rendered in an iframe by the OP. This URL SHOULD use the https scheme and MAY contain port, path, and query parameter components; however, it MAY use the http scheme, provided that the Client Type is confidential, as defined in Section 2.1 of OAuth 2.0, and provided the OP allows the use of http RP URIs. An iss (issuer) query parameter and a sid (session ID) query parameter MAY be included by the OP to enable the RP to validate the request and to determine which of the potentially multiple sessions is to be logged out; if either is included, both MUST be. It SHOULD also register this related metadata value: OPTIONAL. Boolean value specifying whether the RP requires that iss (issuer) and sid (session ID) query parameters be included to identify the RP session with the OP when the frontchannel_logout_uri is used. If omitted, the default value is false.

OPs supporting HTTP-based logout need to keep track of the set of logged-in RPs so that they know what RPs to contact at their logout URIs to cause them to log out. Some OPs track this state using a "visited sites" cookie. OPs contact them in parallel using a dynamically constructed page with HTML <iframe src="frontchannel_logout_uri"> tags rendering each logged-in RP's logout URI. If the OP supports OpenID Connect Discovery 1.0, it uses this metadata value to advertise its support for HTTP-based logout: OPTIONAL. Boolean value specifying whether the OP supports HTTP-based logout, with true indicating support. If omitted, the default value is false. It SHOULD also register this related metadata value: OPTIONAL. Boolean value specifying whether the OP can pass iss (issuer) and sid (session ID) query parameters to identify the RP session with the OP when the frontchannel_logout_uri is used. If supported, the sid Claim is also included in ID Tokens issued by the OP. If omitted, the default value is false. The sid (session ID) Claim used in ID Tokens and as a frontchannel_logout_uri parameter has the following definition: OPTIONAL. Session ID - String identifier for a Session. This represents a Session of a User Agent or device for a logged-in End-User at an RP. Different sid values are used to identify distinct sessions at an OP. The sid value need only be unique in the context of a particular issuer. Its contents are opaque to the RP. Its syntax is the same as an OAuth 2.0 Client Identifier.

In this non-normative example, the RP has registered the frontchannel_logout_uri value https://rp.example.org/frontchannel_logout" with the OP. In the simple case, in which frontchannel_logout_session_required is false, the OP causes the front-channel logout to occur by rendering this URL in an iframe:

In a second example, in which frontchannel_logout_session_required is true, Issuer and Session ID values are also sent. This example uses an Issuer value of https://server.example.com and a Session ID value of 08a5019c-17e1-4977-8f42-65a12843ea02. In this case, the OP causes the front-channel logout to occur by rendering this URL in an iframe (with line breaks for display purposes only):

This specification defines features used by both Relying Parties and OpenID Providers that choose to implement Front-Channel Logout. All of these Relying Parties and OpenID Providers MUST implement the features that are listed in this specification as being "REQUIRED" or are described with a "MUST".

Note that at the time of this writing, some User Agents (browsers) are starting to block access to third-party content by default to block some mechanisms used to track the End-User's activity across sites. Specifically, the third-party content being blocked is website content with an origin different that the origin of the focused User Agent window. Site data includes cookies and any web storage APIs (sessionStorage, localStorage, etc.). This can prevent the ability for notifications from the OP at the RP from being able to access the RP's User Agent state to implement local logout actions. In particular, the frontchannel_logout_uri might not be able to access the RP's login state when rendered by the OP in an iframe because the iframe is in a different origin than the OP's page. Therefore, deployments of this specification are recommended to include defensive code to detect this situation, and if possible, notify the End-User that the requested RP logouts could not be performed. The details of the defensive code needed are beyond the scope of this specification; it may vary per User Agent and may vary over time, as the User Agent tracking prevention situation is fluid and continues to evolve. OpenID Connect Back-Channel Logout 1.0 is not known to be affected by these developments.

Collisions between Session IDs and the guessing of their values by attackers are prevented by including sufficient entropy in Session ID values.

This specification registers the following Claim in the IANA "JSON Web Token Claims" registry established by .

Claim Name: sid Claim Description: Session ID Change Controller: OpenID Foundation Artifact Binding Working Group - openid-specs-ab@lists.openid.net Specification Document(s): of this specification

This specification registers the following client metadata definitions in the IANA "OAuth Dynamic Client Registration Metadata" registry established by :

Client Metadata Name: frontchannel_logout_uri Client Metadata Description: RP URL that will cause the RP to log itself out when rendered in an iframe by the OP Change Controller: OpenID Foundation Artifact Binding Working Group - openid-specs-ab@lists.openid.net Specification Document(s): of this specification Client Metadata Name: frontchannel_logout_session_required Client Metadata Description: Boolean value specifying whether the RP requires that a sid (session ID) query parameter be included to identify the RP session with the OP when the frontchannel_logout_uri is used Change Controller: OpenID Foundation Artifact Binding Working Group - openid-specs-ab@lists.openid.net Specification Document(s): of this specification

This specification registers the following metadata name in the IANA "OAuth Authorization Server Metadata" registry established by .

Metadata Name: frontchannel_logout_supported Metadata Description: Boolean value specifying whether the OP supports HTTP-based logout, with true indicating support Change Controller: OpenID Foundation Artifact Binding Working Group - openid-specs-ab@lists.openid.net Specification Document(s): of this document

In many standards track documents several words are used to signify the requirements in the specification. These words are often capitalized. This document defines these words as they should be interpreted in IETF documents. This document specifies an Internet Best Current Practices for the Internet Community, and requests discussion and suggestions for improvements. A Uniform Resource Identifier (URI) is a compact sequence of characters that identifies an abstract or physical resource. This specification defines the generic URI syntax and a process for resolving URI references that might be in relative form, along with guidelines and security considerations for the use of URIs on the Internet. The URI syntax defines a grammar that is a superset of all valid URIs, allowing an implementation to parse the common components of a URI reference without knowing the scheme-specific requirements of every possible identifier. This specification does not define a generative grammar for URIs; that task is performed by the individual specifications of each URI scheme. [STANDARDS-TRACK] The OAuth 2.0 authorization framework enables a third-party application to obtain limited access to an HTTP service, either on behalf of a resource owner by orchestrating an approval interaction between the resource owner and the HTTP service, or by allowing the third-party application to obtain access on its own behalf. This specification replaces and obsoletes the OAuth 1.0 protocol described in RFC 5849. [STANDARDS-TRACK] The Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP) is a stateless application-level protocol for distributed, collaborative, hypertext information systems. This document provides an overview of HTTP architecture and its associated terminology, defines the "http" and "https" Uniform Resource Identifier (URI) schemes, defines the HTTP/1.1 message syntax and parsing requirements, and describes related security concerns for implementations. Nomura Research Institute, Ltd. Ping Identity Microsoft Google Salesforce Nomura Research Institute, Ltd. Ping Identity Microsoft Illumila Nomura Research Institute, Ltd. Ping Identity Microsoft Google Microsoft NAT.Consulting Yubico Microsoft Microsoft Google Microsoft NAT.Consulting Yubico Microsoft Yubico IANA IANA This specification defines mechanisms for dynamically registering OAuth 2.0 clients with authorization servers. Registration requests send a set of desired client metadata values to the authorization server. The resulting registration responses return a client identifier to use at the authorization server and the client metadata values registered for the client. The client can then use this registration information to communicate with the authorization server using the OAuth 2.0 protocol. This specification also defines a set of common client metadata fields and values for clients to use during registration. This specification defines a metadata format that an OAuth 2.0 client can use to obtain the information needed to interact with an OAuth 2.0 authorization server, including its endpoint locations and authorization server capabilities. Microsoft Ping Identity Nomura Research Institute, Ltd.

The OpenID Community would like to thank the following people for their contributions to this specification: John Bradley (ve7jtb@ve7jtb.com), Yubico Brian Campbell (bcampbell@pingidentity.com), Ping Identity Andrii Deinega (andrii.deinega@gmail.com), GlobalLogic Jim des Rivieres (Jim_des_Rivieres@ca.ibm.com), IBM Vladimir Dzhuvinov (vladimir@connect2id.com), Connect2id Joseph Heenan (joseph@authlete.com), Authlete Michael B. Jones (mbj@microsoft.com), Microsoft Torsten Lodderstedt (torsten@lodderstedt.net), yes.com Nat Sakimura (nat@nat.consulting), NAT.Consulting Filip Skokan (panva.ip@gmail.com), Auth0

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