# Description
Introduces a pluggable user-identity provider model covering all OPC UA
Part 6 §6.5 mechanisms (Anonymous, UserName, X509, IssuedToken/JWT) on
both client and server, with full
`Microsoft.Extensions.DependencyInjection` integration, plus the Part 12
§9 `AuthorizationService` two-phase token-request flow **including
refresh-token rotation**, the Part 12 §8 KeyCredential Push model, and a
clean provider model for OPC 10000-12 §7.2 `ApplicationSelfAdmin`. The
work is split across phase-by-phase commits so it can be reviewed
independently; nothing here changes wire-level behaviour or forces
existing applications to migrate.
### Documentation
All under `Docs/`:
- `IdentityProviders.md` — full developer guide: three-layer model,
recipes, configuration reference, "what gets auto-wired" matrix, JWS
algorithm table, identity-augmenters section, **"Implementing your own
provider"** how-to subsections for Entra / OIDC / Windows / AspNetCore
(sibling files merged in per review feedback).
- `DependencyInjection.md` — `Identity` sections with `appsettings.json`
examples, identity-extension matrix, `WithAuthorizationService` +
`WithKeyCredentialPush` + `AddIdentityAugmenter` extensions documented.
- `RoleBasedUserManagement.md` — claim-criteria callout describing
`IIdentityClaims` probe surface.
- `AuthorizationService.md` — Architecture diagram +
`IAccessTokenProvider` conceptual narrative restored from master; modern
`StartRequestToken` / `FinishRequestToken` flow leads; refresh-token
recipe added.
- `KeyCredentialService.md` — Push model + Pull vs Push vs Bridge
decision matrix + Hybrid (Push + Pull) section; explicit experimental
warning for the bridge.
- `GDS.md` — KeyCredential Push, `StartRequestToken`,
`GdsApplicationSelfAdminProvider`, **shipped Refresh-token support with
rotation policy and audit semantics** all documented.
- `MigrationGuide.md` — User Identity Providers section listing
`[Obsolete]` markers + mechanical recipes; SelfAdmin migration via
`IIdentityAugmenter`; `EnableRefreshTokens` default note.
- `README.md` index entries.
## Checklist
- [x] I have signed the
[CLA](https://opcfoundation.org/license/cla/ContributorLicenseAgreementv1.0.pdf)
and read the
[CONTRIBUTING](https://github.com/OPCFoundation/UA-.NETStandard/blob/master/CONTRIBUTING.md)
doc.
- [x] I have added tests that prove my fix is effective or that my
feature works and increased code coverage.
- [x] I have added all necessary documentation.
- [x] I have verified that my changes do not introduce (new) build or
analyzer warnings.
- [x] I ran **all** tests locally using the **UA.slnx** solution against
at least .net **framework** and .net **10**, and all passed.
- [x] I fixed **all** failing and flaky tests in the CI pipelines and
**all** CodeQL warnings.
- [x] I have addressed **all** PR feedback received.
Two refactors that together reshape how the stack tier is laid out:
1. Rename `Opc.Ua` project to `Opc.Ua.Core.Types`
* Stack/Opc.Ua/ -> Stack/Opc.Ua.Core.Types/ (git mv preserves history)
* Opc.Ua.csproj -> Opc.Ua.Core.Types.csproj
* AssemblyName : `Opc.Ua` -> `Opc.Ua.Core.Types`
* PackageId : `OPCFoundation.NetStandard.Opc.Ua` ->
`OPCFoundation.NetStandard.Opc.Ua.Core.Types`
* RootNamespace : kept as `Opc.Ua`
* StackGeneration.cs assembly-name switch updated; the renamed
assembly still produces `StackGenerationType.Models`.
* The `OPCFoundation.NetStandard.Opc.Ua` name now belongs solely to
the roll-up meta-package (nuget/Opc.Ua.nuspec); the meta-package's
former self-dependency is replaced with the new
`.Core.Types` package, and `.Symbols.nuspec` gains the
matching `.Core.Types.Debug` debug-symbol dependency.
2. Move `Opc.Ua.Security.Certificates` from Libraries/ to Stack/
It is a stack-tier dependency consumed by Opc.Ua.Core, not a
higher-level library extension, so it now sits alongside the other
stack projects.
Both refactors update the same set of cross-cutting infrastructure:
- UA.slnx, UA Core Library.slnx, Applications/ConsoleReferenceServer/Dockerfile
- .azurepipelines/signlist{Debug,Release}.txt
- ProjectReferences across Stack/, Libraries/, Tests/, Fuzzing/
- Tests/Opc.Ua.SourceGeneration.Stack.Tests/StackGenerationAssemblyTests.cs
- Docs/PlatformBuild.md and .github/copilot-instructions.md (new
Core.Types package listed)
Verification
* dotnet build UA.slnx -c Debug -- succeeded, 0 errors
* StackGenerationAssemblyTests : 5 passed
* Opc.Ua.SourceGeneration.Tests : 40 passed
* Opc.Ua.SourceGeneration.Core.Tests : 3514 passed, 8 skipped
* Opc.Ua.Core.Tests (Stack filter) : 1982 passed, 80 skipped
* Opc.Ua.Security.Certificates.Tests : 239 passed
Marc Schier