Running your own OAuth and OIDC provider in 2026 is an operations problem
Blog post from WorkOS
Better Auth v1.7.0 adds advanced identity and authorization capabilities, including DPoP sender-constrained tokens, OIDC back-channel logout, protected-resource controls, updated MCP authorization support, and expanded SAML and SCIM features such as group provisioning and safer certificate rotation. The release also introduces substantial operational and migration requirements: account identities must be restructured around issuer and account ID pairs, OAuth clients and token tables require manual changes, Microsoft Entra identifiers may need remapping, and SCIM deployments require reprovisioning rather than in-place migration. The discussion argues that while these changes reflect serious protocol engineering, self-hosting an OAuth/OIDC provider also entails ongoing responsibility for key rotation, revocation delivery, security patches, directory synchronization, endpoint changes, uptime, and customer configuration support. It contrasts this model with managed identity services such as WorkOS, which absorb many of these operational tasks, while acknowledging that self-hosting remains appropriate for organizations that need maximum control, private deployment boundaries, or customized authentication behavior.
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