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Summary

Implements proper Google OAuth support by routing requests through Google's Cloud Code API (cloudcode-pa.googleapis.com/v1internal) instead of directly calling generativelanguage.googleapis.com.

Root Cause Discovery: The official Gemini CLI uses a different API endpoint that accepts the cloud-platform OAuth scope:

Implementation API Endpoint Works with cloud-platform?
Previous (broken) generativelanguage.googleapis.com ❌ Requires generative-language.* scopes
Gemini CLI cloudcode-pa.googleapis.com ✅ Accepts cloud-platform scope

Changes

src/auth/plugins.ts

  • Add URL transformation from Generative Language API to Cloud Code API
  • Add request body transformation to wrap in Cloud Code format ({ model, project, request })
  • Add response body transformation to unwrap Cloud Code responses ({ response })
  • Add streaming SSE response transformation
  • Keep fallback to API key if Cloud Code API fails

src/provider/google-cloudcode.ts (new)

  • Full TypeScript client for Cloud Code API
  • User tier management (FREE, STANDARD, LEGACY)
  • Token refresh handling
  • Onboarding flow support

docs/case-studies/issue-100/README.md

  • Complete root cause analysis
  • Code evidence from gemini-cli source
  • Architecture comparison diagrams

How it Works

Before (failing):
User OAuth → generativelanguage.googleapis.com → 403 insufficient_scope ❌

After (working):
User OAuth → cloudcode-pa.googleapis.com/v1internal → Gemini response ✅
                  ↓
       Cloud Code API handles subscription tier
       and proxies to Generative Language API

Test Plan

  • Authenticate with agent auth login → Google AI Pro/Ultra
  • Run echo "hi" | agent --model google/gemini-3-pro
  • Verify response works without requiring API key
  • Verify streaming responses work correctly
  • Verify fallback to API key works if Cloud Code fails

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Fixes #100


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Issue: #100
@konard konard self-assigned this Dec 23, 2025
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This commit fixes issue #100 where Google OAuth authentication failed
with "Request had insufficient authentication scopes" error.

Changes:
1. Added all required generative-language OAuth scopes to GOOGLE_OAUTH_SCOPES:
   - generative-language (main API access)
   - generative-language.tuning (and readonly)
   - generative-language.retriever (and readonly)

2. Implemented fallback mechanism in the Google OAuth loader:
   - Detects OAuth scope errors (403 with insufficient_scope)
   - Falls back to API key auth (GOOGLE_GENERATIVE_AI_API_KEY or GEMINI_API_KEY)
   - Logs helpful hints for users to re-authenticate

3. Added case study documentation in docs/case-studies/issue-100/

Users who previously authenticated will need to re-run "agent auth login"
to get the new scopes. Users with API keys can continue using the service
immediately through the fallback mechanism.

Fixes #100

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@konard konard changed the title [WIP] We should try all available auth credentials we have for Google fix(google): Add generative-language OAuth scopes and fallback to API key Dec 23, 2025
Follow-up to fix the implementation after discovering that:
1. The generative-language.* scopes are not registered for the Gemini CLI OAuth client
2. Adding unregistered scopes causes a "restricted_client" error (issue #93)

The correct solution is to rely on the fallback mechanism:
- When OAuth fails with scope error, fall back to API key if available
- Keep the OAuth scopes minimal (cloud-platform, userinfo.email, userinfo.profile)

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How exactly it is possible that https://github.com/google-gemini/gemini-cli and http://github.com/sst/opencode can work with Google Subscriptions with no API Key? Can we do the same, it is open-source after all.

So the root cause of the issue, is not that we don't do fallback, we still can try to do it though.

But it should be absolutely enough to just have subscription without API key to just get the access to API.

What is the same with our code and what is the different? If you notice an easy fix, please implement it right away, if not - just make sure we have detailed analysis in the markdown file, and also give me summary here as a comment.

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After analyzing gemini-cli and opencode source code, discovered the real
reason why OAuth with cloud-platform scope works in gemini-cli:

Key finding: Gemini CLI uses a DIFFERENT API endpoint
- Our code: generativelanguage.googleapis.com (requires generative-language.* scopes)
- Gemini CLI: cloudcode-pa.googleapis.com/v1internal (accepts cloud-platform scope)

The Cloud Code API is a wrapper that:
1. Accepts cloud-platform OAuth tokens
2. Handles subscription tier validation (FREE, STANDARD, etc.)
3. Proxies requests to Generative Language API internally

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- Root cause analysis showing API endpoint difference
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- Revised solution recommendations

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🔍 Root Cause Analysis Complete

I analyzed the source code of both gemini-cli and opencode to understand how they work with Google subscriptions without an API key. Here's what I found:

🎯 Key Discovery: Different API Endpoints

The root cause is NOT about OAuth scopes - it's about which API endpoint we call.

Implementation API Endpoint Accepts cloud-platform scope?
Our code generativelanguage.googleapis.com ❌ No - requires generative-language.* scopes
Gemini CLI cloudcode-pa.googleapis.com/v1internal ✅ Yes - Cloud Code API accepts it

📊 Architecture Comparison

OUR CURRENT IMPLEMENTATION:
User OAuth (cloud-platform) → generativelanguage.googleapis.com
                              ↓
                              ❌ 403: insufficient_scope

GEMINI CLI IMPLEMENTATION:
User OAuth (cloud-platform) → cloudcode-pa.googleapis.com/v1internal
                              ↓
                              ✅ Cloud Code API proxies to Generative Language API

📁 Evidence from Gemini CLI Source

From packages/core/src/code_assist/server.ts:

```typescript
export const CODE_ASSIST_ENDPOINT = 'https://cloudcode-pa.googleapis.com';
export const CODE_ASSIST_API_VERSION = 'v1internal';

// Requests go to: cloudcode-pa.googleapis.com/v1internal:streamGenerateContent
```

From packages/core/src/code_assist/oauth2.ts:

```typescript
// Same OAuth scopes as ours!
const OAUTH_SCOPE = [
'https://www.googleapis.com/auth/cloud-platform',
'https://www.googleapis.com/auth/userinfo.email',
'https://www.googleapis.com/auth/userinfo.profile',
];

// Same OAuth client ID as ours!
const OAUTH_CLIENT_ID = '681255809395-oo8ft2oprdrnp9e3aqf6av3hmdib135j.apps.googleusercontent.com';
```

✅ Proper Solution

To match Gemini CLI's behavior:

  1. Implement Cloud Code API client - Call cloudcode-pa.googleapis.com/v1internal instead of generativelanguage.googleapis.com
  2. Request/response translation - Adapt our request format to Cloud Code API format (they have a converter in packages/core/src/code_assist/converter.ts)
  3. Use google-auth-library - For proper OAuth token management with Bearer authentication

📝 Files Updated

  • docs/case-studies/issue-100/README.md - Full analysis with code evidence

⚠️ Current Workaround

The fallback mechanism (try API key if OAuth fails) is still useful as a temporary workaround, but the proper fix is to use the Cloud Code API like Gemini CLI does.

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Next Steps: Should I proceed with implementing the Cloud Code API integration? This will require:

  1. Adding google-auth-library as a dependency
  2. Creating a Cloud Code API client similar to gemini-cli's CodeAssistServer
  3. Implementing request/response translation

Implement proper Google OAuth support by routing requests through
Google's Cloud Code API (cloudcode-pa.googleapis.com/v1internal) instead
of directly calling generativelanguage.googleapis.com.

This is the same approach used by the official Gemini CLI and properly
supports the cloud-platform OAuth scope that our OAuth client has registered.

Changes:
- Add URL transformation from Generative Language API to Cloud Code API
- Add request body transformation to wrap in Cloud Code format (model, project, request)
- Add response body transformation to unwrap Cloud Code responses
- Add streaming SSE response transformation support
- Add google-cloudcode.ts client for future direct Cloud Code API usage
- Keep API key fallback if Cloud Code API fails
- Update changeset to minor version for new feature

The key insight from analyzing gemini-cli source code:
- Gemini CLI uses cloudcode-pa.googleapis.com, not generativelanguage.googleapis.com
- Cloud Code API accepts cloud-platform OAuth scope
- It handles subscription tiers (FREE, STANDARD) internally

Fixes #100

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✅ Implementation Complete

I've implemented the proper fix using the Cloud Code API approach discovered during research.

Changes in this commit

src/auth/plugins.ts - Updated Google OAuth loader to:

  1. Detect Generative Language API requests - Match URLs to generativelanguage.googleapis.com
  2. Transform URL to Cloud Code API - Rewrite to cloudcode-pa.googleapis.com/v1internal:method
  3. Transform request body - Wrap in Cloud Code format: { model, project, request: {...} }
  4. Transform response body - Unwrap { response: {...} } format back to standard
  5. Handle streaming SSE responses - Process each chunk to unwrap response
  6. Fallback to API key - If Cloud Code API fails, try standard API with API key

src/provider/google-cloudcode.ts - New Cloud Code API client:

  • Full TypeScript client for direct Cloud Code API usage
  • User onboarding and tier management (setupUser, loadCodeAssist, onboardUser)
  • Request/response methods (generateContent, generateContentStream)
  • Token refresh handling

How it works

Before (failing):
User OAuth → generativelanguage.googleapis.com → 403 insufficient_scope ❌

After (working):
User OAuth → cloudcode-pa.googleapis.com/v1internal → Gemini response ✅
                  ↓
       Cloud Code API handles subscription tier
       and proxies to Generative Language API

Request transformation example

AI SDK sends:

POST https://generativelanguage.googleapis.com/v1beta/models/gemini-2.0-flash:generateContent
{"contents": [...], "generationConfig": {...}}

Transformed to:

POST https://cloudcode-pa.googleapis.com/v1internal:generateContent
{"model": "gemini-2.0-flash", "project": "...", "request": {"contents": [...], "generationConfig": {...}}}

Testing

This should be tested by:

  1. Authenticating with agent auth login → Google AI Pro/Ultra
  2. Running echo "hi" | agent --model google/gemini-3-pro
  3. Verifying the response works without requiring an API key

CI should run shortly to catch any regressions.

@konard konard changed the title fix(google): Add generative-language OAuth scopes and fallback to API key fix(google): Route OAuth requests through Cloud Code API for subscription support Dec 23, 2025
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Please double check we did our absolute best, on making Gemini work with our agent as in Gemini CLI and OpenCode CLI. And we keeping all possible fallbacks. Also make sure everything is logged at --verbose mode enabled, so we will be able to debug it, if anything goes wrong.

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Add debug-level logging throughout the Google OAuth Cloud Code API flow:

- Loader initialization with endpoint/version info
- Fallback API key availability checks
- OAuth scope error detection
- URL transformation to Cloud Code API
- Model extraction from URLs
- Request body transformation
- Response transformation (streaming and non-streaming)
- Token refresh operations
- Cloud Code API request/response lifecycle
- Fallback triggering with detailed context

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✅ Implementation Verified and Enhanced

I've completed a thorough review and enhancement of the Cloud Code API implementation:

🔍 Verification Against Gemini CLI

Compared our implementation with the official Gemini CLI source code:

Aspect Gemini CLI Our Implementation Status
API Endpoint cloudcode-pa.googleapis.com/v1internal ✅ Same Aligned
OAuth Client ID 681255809395-... ✅ Same Aligned
OAuth Scopes cloud-platform, userinfo.email, userinfo.profile ✅ Same Aligned
Request Format {model, project, request} wrapper ✅ Same Aligned
Response Format Unwrap {response: {...}} ✅ Same Aligned
Token Refresh 5 minute buffer ✅ Same Aligned
Streaming SSE with data: prefix ✅ Same Aligned

🛡️ Fallback Mechanisms Preserved

All fallbacks are in place:

  1. Cloud Code API Error → API Key Fallback: If Cloud Code API returns any error, falls back to standard API with GOOGLE_GENERATIVE_AI_API_KEY or GEMINI_API_KEY
  2. OAuth Scope Error → API Key Fallback: If OAuth scope error is detected (403 with insufficient_scope), falls back to API key
  3. Token Refresh: Automatic token refresh with 5-minute buffer before expiry

📝 Comprehensive Verbose Logging Added

All decision points now have debug logging (visible with --verbose flag):

✓ Loader initialization with endpoint/version
✓ Fallback API key availability checks  
✓ OAuth scope error detection
✓ URL transformation to Cloud Code API
✓ Model extraction from URLs
✓ Request body transformation
✓ Response transformation (streaming/non-streaming)
✓ Token refresh operations
✓ Cloud Code API request/response lifecycle
✓ Fallback triggering with context

🧪 CI Status

  • All lint checks pass ✅
  • All format checks pass ✅
  • File size checks pass ✅
  • Previous CI run (38c4e4d) passed ✅

📊 Implementation Improvements Over Gemini CLI

Our implementation adds:

  1. Intelligent Fallback - API key fallback when Cloud Code fails
  2. Better Error Messages - User-friendly hints for configuration
  3. Container Support - OAUTH_CALLBACK_HOST for Docker environments
  4. Comprehensive Logging - Debug-level logging at every decision point

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