forward: use httpx.Auth so per-turn bearer survives persistent MCP connections

The previous static-header approach only ran at handshake time, and
persistent MCP connections reuse the open socket for every subsequent
tools/call.  The first startup probe had no bearer, so every later
tool call inherited an empty Authorization header — Mnemosyne saw
no credentials and returned 'Authentication required'.

Fix: swap the static header for a _DynamicBearerAuth(httpx.Auth) that
httpx consults per-request via async_auth_flow.  We look up the current
_pending_bearers entry for this server_config and stamp Authorization
on each outgoing request individually — no stale caching, no
handshake/tool-call skew.

Verified chain now runs:
  bearer.captured  (inbound)
  forward.published (registry key)
  forward.bound     (auth object installed at connect time)
  forward.applied   (stamped per request via async_auth_flow)

pallas/_fastagent_patch.py

@@ -43,11 +43,68 @@ import threading
 from pathlib import Path
 from typing import Any
 
+import httpx
+
 from fast_agent.mcp import mcp_connection_manager as _mcm
 from fast_agent.mcp.auth.context import request_bearer_token
 
 logger = logging.getLogger("pallas.forward")
 
+
+class _DynamicBearerAuth(httpx.Auth):
+    """Per-request ``Authorization`` injection for persistent MCP connections.
+
+    fast-agent's ``create_mcp_http_client(headers=..., auth=...)`` snapshots
+    the ``headers`` dict at client construction time — every subsequent
+    ``tools/call`` reuses the *same* open connection, so a static
+    ``Authorization`` header set at handshake is the only one the downstream
+    server ever sees.  For workspace-scoped forwarding that's fatal: the
+    first request (often a startup probe) has no bearer, and every later
+    request that *does* carry a bearer inherits the probe's empty header.
+
+    httpx's ``auth`` parameter, however, is consulted on **every** outgoing
+    request via ``Auth.sync_auth_flow`` / ``async_auth_flow``.  We use that
+    to look up the current ``_pending_bearers`` entry for ``server_config``
+    and stamp ``Authorization`` onto each request individually — no stale
+    caching, no handshake/tool-call skew.
+    """
+
+    # Per-connection-reuse so ``httpx.AsyncClient`` can share us across
+    # streams; the lookup is keyed by ``id(server_config)`` so different
+    # servers (even same-named clones) stay isolated.
+    requires_request_body = False
+    requires_response_body = False
+
+    def __init__(self, server_config: Any) -> None:
+        self._server_config = server_config
+        self._server_name = getattr(server_config, "name", "?")
+
+    def _current_token(self) -> str | None:
+        return _lookup_bearer(self._server_config)
+
+    def sync_auth_flow(self, request: httpx.Request):
+        token = self._current_token()
+        if token:
+            request.headers["Authorization"] = f"Bearer {token}"
+            logger.debug(
+                "forward.applied server=%s token_len=%d prefix=%s via=auth_flow",
+                self._server_name,
+                len(token),
+                token[:8],
+            )
+        else:
+            logger.debug(
+                "forward.skipped server=%s reason=no_inbound_bearer via=auth_flow",
+                self._server_name,
+            )
+        yield request
+
+    async def async_auth_flow(self, request: httpx.Request):
+        # httpx calls this generator per-request; all our work is
+        # pre-response so we yield once and we're done.
+        for item in self.sync_auth_flow(request):
+            yield item
+
 # ── Opt-in server names discovered from raw YAML ──────────────────────────────
 # Fast-agent's ``Settings(**merged)`` pipeline silently discards unknown keys
 # on nested ``MCPServerSettings`` instances — even with ``extra="allow"`` set
@@ -158,24 +215,41 @@ def _prepare_headers_and_auth_with_forward(server_config, **kwargs):
         )
         return headers, oauth_auth, user_auth_keys
 
-    inbound = _lookup_bearer(server_config)
-    if not inbound:
-        logger.debug(
-            "forward.skipped server=%s reason=no_inbound_bearer",
-            server_name,
-        )
-        return headers, oauth_auth, user_auth_keys
-
-    headers = dict(headers)
-    headers["Authorization"] = f"Bearer {inbound}"
+    # Install a dynamic ``httpx.Auth`` instead of baking a static header into
+    # the returned ``headers`` dict.  Fast-agent passes the auth object to
+    # ``create_mcp_http_client(auth=...)`` which forwards to
+    # ``httpx.AsyncClient(auth=...)``; httpx then consults it on every
+    # outgoing request via ``async_auth_flow``, reading the *current*
+    # ``_pending_bearers`` entry.
+    #
+    # This dodges the fatal "first handshake wins forever" problem:
+    # persistent MCP connections reuse the open socket across hundreds of
+    # tool-call requests, but the auth flow re-runs per request, so we can
+    # stamp the correct per-turn bearer onto each ``tools/call`` even though
+    # the initial ``initialize`` ran with no bearer at startup.
+    #
+    # We also report it through ``user_auth_keys`` so OAuth scrubbing (see
+    # ``_prepare_headers_and_auth`` upstream) treats Authorization as
+    # caller-owned and doesn't try to kick off an OAuth flow.
+    auth = _DynamicBearerAuth(server_config)
     user_auth_keys = set(user_auth_keys) | {"Authorization"}
     logger.debug(
-        "forward.applied server=%s token_len=%d prefix=%s",
+        "forward.bound server=%s auth=%s",
         server_name,
-        len(inbound),
-        inbound[:8],
+        type(auth).__name__,
     )
-    return headers, oauth_auth, user_auth_keys
+    # Current token may or may not be set — we don't require one at bind
+    # time because the auth flow will resolve it per-request; logging a
+    # preview when available helps trace the startup probe path.
+    inbound = _lookup_bearer(server_config)
+    if inbound:
+        logger.debug(
+            "forward.applied server=%s token_len=%d prefix=%s via=bind",
+            server_name,
+            len(inbound),
+            inbound[:8],
+        )
+    return headers, auth, user_auth_keys
 
 
 def _candidate_config_paths() -> list[Path]: