# From all-or-nothing to task-based OAuth consent

DevFeed: [From all-or-nothing to task-based OAuth consent](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/from-all-or-nothing-to-task-based-oauth-consent-120.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://blog.cloudflare.com/task-based-oauth-consent/>)

Author: José Enrique Rodríguez

Published: 2026-08-20T17:03:03Z

Content type: article

Language: en

Sources: [Cloudflare Blog](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/cloudflare-blog.md>)

Topics: [Authorization](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/authorization.md>), [Security](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/security.md>), [Cloudflare](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/cloudflare.md>), [MCP Server](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/mcp-server.md>), [App](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/app.md>), [Low-Code / Internal Tools](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/internal-tools.md>), [Software as a service](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/saas.md>)

Tags: [agent](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/agent.md>), [agents](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/agents.md>), [api](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/api.md>), [applications](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/applications.md>), [cloudflare](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/cloudflare.md>), [developer-platform](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/developer-platform.md>), [developers](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/developers.md>), [identity](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/identity.md>), [integrations](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/integrations.md>), [internal-tools](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/internal-tools.md>), [mcp](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/mcp.md>), [mcp-server](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/mcp-server.md>), [oauth](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/oauth.md>), [product-news](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/product-news.md>), [security](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/security.md>), [workflows](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/workflows.md>)

## AI overview

Cloudflare OAuth now supports customizable consent scopes, allowing users to grant only the optional permissions needed for a specific task while developers retain required scopes.

## Source excerpt

Cloudflare OAuth now supports optional scopes, giving users more control over what an app can access and helping developers build secure consent flows around the task at hand.