a2a_protocol_server/handler/

capability.rs

// SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
// Copyright 2026 Tom F. <tomf@tomtomtech.net> (https://github.com/tomtom215)
//
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//! Capability validation per A2A spec §3.3.4.
//!
//! When an [`AgentCard`](a2a_protocol_types::agent_card::AgentCard) is
//! configured on the handler, clients rely on its declared `capabilities` to
//! decide which operations are available. The spec therefore requires the
//! server to enforce those declarations:
//!
//! - **Streaming** (§3.3.4): if `capabilities.streaming` is not `true`,
//!   `SendStreamingMessage` and `SubscribeToTask` MUST return
//!   `UnsupportedOperationError`.
//! - **Push notifications** (§3.3.4): if `capabilities.pushNotifications` is not
//!   `true`, the push-config operations (Create/Get/List/Delete) MUST return
//!   `PushNotificationNotSupportedError`.
//!
//! When **no** agent card is configured the server has published no capability
//! contract, so these checks are skipped — a card-less handler keeps working as
//! before (the push-config path still guards on an actually-wired push sender).

use crate::error::{ServerError, ServerResult};

use super::RequestHandler;

impl RequestHandler {
    /// Enforces the streaming capability contract (spec §3.3.4).
    ///
    /// Returns [`ServerError::UnsupportedOperation`] when a card is configured
    /// but does not advertise `capabilities.streaming == true`. A no-op when no
    /// card is configured.
    ///
    /// # Errors
    ///
    /// Returns [`ServerError::UnsupportedOperation`] if streaming is not
    /// advertised by the configured agent card.
    pub(crate) fn ensure_streaming_supported(&self) -> ServerResult<()> {
        if let Some(card) = &self.agent_card
            && card.capabilities.streaming != Some(true)
        {
            return Err(ServerError::UnsupportedOperation(
                "agent does not support streaming (AgentCard.capabilities.streaming is not true)"
                    .into(),
            ));
        }
        Ok(())
    }

    /// Enforces the push-notification capability contract (spec §3.3.4).
    ///
    /// Returns [`ServerError::PushNotSupported`] when a card is configured but
    /// does not advertise `capabilities.pushNotifications == true`. A no-op when
    /// no card is configured (the push-config handlers still require a wired
    /// push sender).
    ///
    /// # Errors
    ///
    /// Returns [`ServerError::PushNotSupported`] if push notifications are not
    /// advertised by the configured agent card.
    pub(crate) fn ensure_push_supported(&self) -> ServerResult<()> {
        if let Some(card) = &self.agent_card
            && card.capabilities.push_notifications != Some(true)
        {
            return Err(ServerError::PushNotSupported);
        }
        Ok(())
    }

    /// Enforces required-extension negotiation (spec §3.3.4).
    ///
    /// Every agent-card extension marked `required: true` must appear in the
    /// client's `A2A-Extensions` declaration (carried in the
    /// [`CallContext`](crate::CallContext)); otherwise the request is
    /// rejected with `ExtensionSupportRequiredError`. A no-op when the card
    /// declares no required extensions.
    ///
    /// # Errors
    ///
    /// Returns [`ServerError::Protocol`] with
    /// [`ErrorCode::ExtensionSupportRequired`](a2a_protocol_types::error::ErrorCode::ExtensionSupportRequired)
    /// naming every missing extension URI.
    pub(crate) fn ensure_required_extensions(
        &self,
        ctx: &crate::call_context::CallContext,
    ) -> ServerResult<()> {
        if self.required_extensions.is_empty() {
            return Ok(());
        }
        let declared = ctx.extensions();
        let missing: Vec<&str> = self
            .required_extensions
            .iter()
            .filter(|uri| !declared.iter().any(|d| d == *uri))
            .map(String::as_str)
            .collect();
        if missing.is_empty() {
            Ok(())
        } else {
            Err(ServerError::Protocol(
                a2a_protocol_types::error::A2aError::extension_support_required(format!(
                    "this agent requires extension support the client did not declare \
                     (send them in the A2A-Extensions header): {}",
                    missing.join(", ")
                )),
            ))
        }
    }

    /// Returns the activated extension set for a request: the intersection of
    /// the client's `A2A-Extensions` declaration and the card's declared
    /// extensions, in request order. HTTP dispatchers echo this back in the
    /// response `A2A-Extensions` header (official-SDK convention) so clients
    /// know which requested extensions the agent honored.
    #[must_use]
    pub fn activated_extensions(
        &self,
        headers: &std::collections::HashMap<String, String>,
    ) -> Vec<String> {
        if self.declared_extensions.is_empty() {
            return Vec::new();
        }
        super::helpers::parse_extensions_header(headers)
            .into_iter()
            .filter(|uri| self.declared_extensions.iter().any(|d| d == uri))
            .collect()
    }

    /// Computes the response `A2A-Extensions` header value from a raw request
    /// header value: the comma-joined activated set, or `None` when nothing
    /// was activated (no header is emitted then).
    pub(crate) fn activated_extensions_header_value(&self, raw: Option<&str>) -> Option<String> {
        let raw = raw?;
        if self.declared_extensions.is_empty() {
            return None;
        }
        let activated: Vec<&str> = raw
            .split(',')
            .map(str::trim)
            .filter(|s| !s.is_empty())
            .filter(|uri| self.declared_extensions.iter().any(|d| d == uri))
            .collect();
        if activated.is_empty() {
            None
        } else {
            Some(activated.join(", "))
        }
    }
}

#[cfg(test)]
mod tests {
    use a2a_protocol_types::agent_card::{AgentCapabilities, AgentCard, AgentInterface};

    use crate::agent_executor;
    use crate::builder::RequestHandlerBuilder;
    use crate::error::ServerError;

    struct DummyExecutor;
    agent_executor!(DummyExecutor, |_ctx, _queue| async { Ok(()) });

    fn card_with(caps: AgentCapabilities) -> AgentCard {
        AgentCard {
            url: None,
            name: "Test Agent".into(),
            description: "A test agent".into(),
            version: "1.0.0".into(),
            supported_interfaces: vec![AgentInterface {
                url: "http://localhost:8080".into(),
                protocol_binding: "JSONRPC".into(),
                protocol_version: "1.0.0".into(),
                tenant: None,
            }],
            default_input_modes: vec![],
            default_output_modes: vec![],
            skills: vec![],
            capabilities: caps,
            provider: None,
            icon_url: None,
            documentation_url: None,
            security_schemes: None,
            security_requirements: None,
            signatures: None,
        }
    }

    #[test]
    fn no_card_allows_streaming_and_push() {
        let handler = RequestHandlerBuilder::new(DummyExecutor).build().unwrap();
        assert!(handler.ensure_streaming_supported().is_ok());
        assert!(handler.ensure_push_supported().is_ok());
    }

    #[test]
    fn card_without_streaming_rejects_streaming() {
        let handler = RequestHandlerBuilder::new(DummyExecutor)
            .with_agent_card(card_with(AgentCapabilities::none()))
            .build()
            .unwrap();
        assert!(matches!(
            handler.ensure_streaming_supported(),
            Err(ServerError::UnsupportedOperation(_))
        ));
    }

    #[test]
    fn card_with_streaming_allows_streaming() {
        let handler = RequestHandlerBuilder::new(DummyExecutor)
            .with_agent_card(card_with(AgentCapabilities::none().with_streaming(true)))
            .build()
            .unwrap();
        assert!(handler.ensure_streaming_supported().is_ok());
    }

    #[test]
    fn card_without_push_rejects_push() {
        let handler = RequestHandlerBuilder::new(DummyExecutor)
            .with_agent_card(card_with(AgentCapabilities::none()))
            .build()
            .unwrap();
        assert!(matches!(
            handler.ensure_push_supported(),
            Err(ServerError::PushNotSupported)
        ));
    }

    #[test]
    fn card_with_push_allows_push() {
        let handler = RequestHandlerBuilder::new(DummyExecutor)
            .with_agent_card(card_with(
                AgentCapabilities::none().with_push_notifications(true),
            ))
            .build()
            .unwrap();
        assert!(handler.ensure_push_supported().is_ok());
    }

    // ── Required-extension negotiation (§3.3.4) ───────────────────────────

    fn card_with_extensions() -> AgentCard {
        use a2a_protocol_types::extensions::AgentExtension;
        let mut caps = AgentCapabilities::none();
        caps.extensions = Some(vec![
            AgentExtension {
                uri: "https://example.com/ext/required/v1".into(),
                description: None,
                required: Some(true),
                params: None,
            },
            AgentExtension {
                uri: "https://example.com/ext/optional/v1".into(),
                description: None,
                required: Some(false),
                params: None,
            },
        ]);
        card_with(caps)
    }

    fn ctx_with_extensions(exts: &[&str]) -> crate::call_context::CallContext {
        let mut headers = std::collections::HashMap::new();
        if !exts.is_empty() {
            headers.insert("a2a-extensions".to_owned(), exts.join(","));
        }
        crate::handler::helpers::build_call_context(
            "Test",
            Some(&headers),
            crate::handler::InboundTracePolicy::Continue,
        )
    }

    #[tokio::test]
    async fn missing_required_extension_is_rejected() {
        let handler = RequestHandlerBuilder::new(DummyExecutor)
            .with_agent_card(card_with_extensions())
            .build()
            .unwrap();
        let ctx = ctx_with_extensions(&[]);
        let err = handler
            .ensure_required_extensions(&ctx)
            .expect_err("client without the required extension must be rejected");
        assert!(
            matches!(err, ServerError::Protocol(ref e)
                if e.code == a2a_protocol_types::error::ErrorCode::ExtensionSupportRequired
                    && e.message.contains("https://example.com/ext/required/v1")),
            "expected ExtensionSupportRequired naming the URI, got: {err:?}"
        );
    }

    #[tokio::test]
    async fn declared_required_extension_is_accepted() {
        let handler = RequestHandlerBuilder::new(DummyExecutor)
            .with_agent_card(card_with_extensions())
            .build()
            .unwrap();
        let ctx = ctx_with_extensions(&["https://example.com/ext/required/v1"]);
        assert!(handler.ensure_required_extensions(&ctx).is_ok());
    }

    #[tokio::test]
    async fn optional_extension_absence_is_fine() {
        // Only required:true extensions are enforced; the optional one may be
        // omitted freely.
        let handler = RequestHandlerBuilder::new(DummyExecutor)
            .with_agent_card(card_with_extensions())
            .build()
            .unwrap();
        let ctx = ctx_with_extensions(&[
            "https://example.com/ext/required/v1",
            "https://other.example/uninvolved",
        ]);
        assert!(handler.ensure_required_extensions(&ctx).is_ok());
    }

    #[tokio::test]
    async fn no_card_no_required_extensions() {
        let handler = RequestHandlerBuilder::new(DummyExecutor).build().unwrap();
        let ctx = ctx_with_extensions(&[]);
        assert!(handler.ensure_required_extensions(&ctx).is_ok());
    }

    #[test]
    fn activated_extensions_header_intersects_with_declared() {
        let handler = RequestHandlerBuilder::new(DummyExecutor)
            .with_agent_card(card_with_extensions())
            .build()
            .unwrap();
        // Requested: one declared, one unknown → only the declared one echoes.
        let echoed = handler.activated_extensions_header_value(Some(
            "https://example.com/ext/optional/v1, https://unknown.example/ext/v9",
        ));
        assert_eq!(
            echoed.as_deref(),
            Some("https://example.com/ext/optional/v1")
        );
        // Nothing requested → no echo.
        assert_eq!(handler.activated_extensions_header_value(None), None);
        // Only unknown requested → no echo.
        assert_eq!(
            handler.activated_extensions_header_value(Some("https://unknown.example/ext/v9")),
            None
        );
    }

    #[test]
    fn activated_extensions_returns_the_declared_intersection() {
        // The test above covers `activated_extensions_header_value`, the
        // pub(crate) formatter. `activated_extensions` — the *public* one that
        // dispatchers call — had nothing asserting its return value, so a
        // mutation sweep could replace its whole body with `vec![]`,
        // `vec![String::new()]` or `vec!["xyzzy"]` and invert the membership
        // test, all without turning a test red. Four surviving mutants, one
        // uncovered public method.
        let handler = RequestHandlerBuilder::new(DummyExecutor)
            .with_agent_card(card_with_extensions())
            .build()
            .unwrap();

        let mut headers = std::collections::HashMap::new();
        headers.insert(
            "a2a-extensions".to_owned(),
            "https://example.com/ext/optional/v1,https://unknown.example/ext/v9".to_owned(),
        );
        // Exactly the declared one, and only it: an empty result, a wrong
        // result, and the inverted filter (which would return the *unknown*
        // URI) are all distinguishable from this.
        assert_eq!(
            handler.activated_extensions(&headers),
            vec!["https://example.com/ext/optional/v1".to_owned()]
        );

        // No header at all → nothing activated.
        assert_eq!(
            handler.activated_extensions(&std::collections::HashMap::new()),
            [] as [std::string::String; 0]
        );
    }

    /// End-to-end: a data-plane operation on a handler whose card requires an
    /// extension rejects a client that does not declare it, and serves one
    /// that does.
    #[tokio::test]
    async fn get_task_enforces_required_extension() {
        let handler = RequestHandlerBuilder::new(DummyExecutor)
            .with_agent_card(card_with_extensions())
            .build()
            .unwrap();

        let params = a2a_protocol_types::params::TaskQueryParams {
            tenant: None,
            id: "missing-task".into(),
            history_length: None,
        };

        // Without the required extension: ExtensionSupportRequired.
        let err = handler
            .on_get_task(params.clone(), None)
            .await
            .expect_err("must reject undeclared client");
        assert!(
            matches!(err, ServerError::Protocol(ref e)
                if e.code == a2a_protocol_types::error::ErrorCode::ExtensionSupportRequired),
            "expected ExtensionSupportRequired, got: {err:?}"
        );

        // With it: the request proceeds to normal handling (TaskNotFound).
        let mut headers = std::collections::HashMap::new();
        headers.insert(
            "a2a-extensions".to_owned(),
            "https://example.com/ext/required/v1".to_owned(),
        );
        let err = handler
            .on_get_task(params, Some(&headers))
            .await
            .expect_err("task does not exist");
        assert!(
            matches!(err, ServerError::TaskNotFound(_)),
            "expected TaskNotFound once the extension is declared, got: {err:?}"
        );
    }
}