[Bug]:Getting 401 un-authorized on Testing tools in "In-Cognito" mode.

[sunvk]

🐞 Bug Summary

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Open the gateway app in In-Cognito mode in Chrome.
Login as admin.
Try testing any tools/resources/prompts.
Getting a popup 401 unauthorized.

Thanks,
Sunish

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🧩 Affected Component

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• mcpgateway - API
• mcpgateway - UI (admin panel)
• mcpgateway.wrapper - stdio wrapper
• Federation or Transports
• CLI, Makefiles, or shell scripts
• Container setup (Docker/Podman/Compose)
• Other (explain below)

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Version or commit	e.g. v0.9.0 or main@a1b2c3d
Runtime	e.g. Python 3.11, Gunicorn
Platform / OS	e.g. Ubuntu 22.04, macOS
Container	e.g. Docker, Podman, none

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[rakdutta]

@sunvk
I tested the application in Chrome’s Incognito mode by logging in as an admin. The addition of tools, resources, and prompts is working as expected on my end.

[sunvk]

I am getting this error in normal mode as well when enabled authentication, apart from in cognito mode. Below is my docker compose config. Could you please let me know anything I am missing. If I disable auth, it is working fine.

name: ibm-mcp-context-forge
services:
mcp-gateway:
image: mcpgateway/mcpgateway:latest
container_name: mcp-gateway
restart: unless-stopped
ports:
- "4444:4444"
volumes:
- /opt/mcp-gateway/data:/data

environment:
  - APP_NAME=MCP Gateway
  - HOST=0.0.0.0
  - PORT=4444
  - JWT_SECRET_KEY=my-test-key
  - MCPGATEWAY_UI_ENABLED=true
  - MCPGATEWAY_ADMIN_API_ENABLED=true
  - BASIC_AUTH_USER=admin
  - BASIC_AUTH_PASSWORD=admin123
  - AUTH_REQUIRED=true
  - DATABASE_URL=sqlite:////data/mcp.db
  - ENVIRONMENT=development
  - SECURITY_HEADERS_ENABLED=true
  - CORS_ALLOW_CREDENTIALS=true
network_mode: "host"

[rakdutta]

I have tested this in Docker, and it’s working as expected.

I followed the steps below:

Option 1: Follow the [Minimum Viable Run instructions](https://github.com/IBM/mcp-context-forge/blob/main/README.md#-docker) from the README.

Option 2:

1. Clone the mcp-context-forge repository.
2. cd mcp-context-forge
3. Run make docker-build
4. Run make docker-run

Both approaches worked successfully on my setup. Once logged in, you should not encounter a 401 Unauthorized error.

Please follow either of the steps above and let me know if you continue to face any issues.