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feat(supabase_flutter): pluggable OAuth launcher + opt-in supabase_flutter_web_auth - #1807

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What

Makes how signInWithOAuth/signInWithSSO/linkIdentity open their sign-in
URL pluggable, and ships the improved behavior as a new, separate, opt-in
package instead of a breaking change to supabase_flutter itself.

  • Add an OAuthLauncher extension point
    (FlutterAuthClientOptions.oauthLauncher), defaulting to
    UrlLauncherOAuthLauncher, which preserves today's url_launcher-based
    behavior byte-for-byte (same launch modes, same Google-on-Android
    external-browser workaround). No breaking change, no new dependency.
  • Add a new package, supabase_flutter_web_auth, providing
    FlutterWebAuth2OAuthLauncher: runs OAuth/SSO/identity-linking through a
    system web authentication session (ASWebAuthenticationSession on
    iOS/macOS, Custom Tabs on Android/desktop) via flutter_web_auth_2.

Why

url_launcher's in-app browser never dismisses itself after an OAuth
redirect returns to the app, leaving the user on a blank page after a
successful sign-in (#1174). A system web authentication session fixes this
and shares cookies with the system browser for SSO, but pulling
flutter_web_auth_2 (and, on Linux/Windows, its own embedded-webview
dependency) into supabase_flutter directly would force every app to carry
that dependency weight and would be a breaking change (drops
authScreenLaunchMode/launchMode, requires Android manifest changes).

Making the launcher pluggable gets the fix to apps that want it without
touching the dependency graph or the public API of apps that don't.

Notes

  • supabase_flutter_web_auth's launcher drops the hardcoded
    "force external browser for Google on Android" workaround. Verified
    against Google's OAuth policy
    (https://developers.google.com/identity/protocols/oauth2/resources/best-practices):
    it bans routing through an embedded user-agent under the app's control,
    and Custom Tabs (the only mode flutter_web_auth_2 uses on Android) runs
    as Chrome's own sandboxed process, so it already satisfies the policy.
  • Verified the dependency isolation actually holds in this pub workspace
    (shared pubspec.lock): packages/supabase_flutter/example's own
    .flutter-plugins-dependencies only lists app_links/
    shared_preferences/url_launcher after pub get, while
    packages/supabase_flutter_web_auth/example correctly picks up
    flutter_web_auth_2, desktop_webview_window, jni, etc.
  • The new package's example app does not check in native platform folders;
    run flutter create . inside it to add the ones you want to test on.

Test plan

  • flutter test in packages/supabase_flutter — all existing
    OAuth/SSO/link-identity behavior unchanged (82 pre-existing tests
    pass), plus new coverage for the OAuthLauncher extension point.
  • flutter test in packages/supabase_flutter_web_auth — new coverage
    for FlutterWebAuth2OAuthLauncher against a fake
    FlutterWebAuth2Platform.
  • flutter analyze clean in both packages.
  • Manual on-device verification of the native flow (not done — no
    platform folders are checked in for the new example; see Notes).

Summary by CodeRabbit

  • New Features

    • Added configurable launchers for OAuth, SSO, and identity-linking flows.
    • Added support for ephemeral authentication sessions and custom launch behavior.
    • Added the supabase_flutter_web_auth package for system authentication sessions, shared browser cookies, and automatic session dismissal.
    • Added platform-specific redirect handling for web, mobile, desktop, and universal links.
  • Documentation

    • Added setup instructions, usage guidance, licensing information, and an example application.
  • Tests

    • Added coverage for launcher delegation, redirects, ephemeral sessions, and authentication flows.

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Changes

The PR adds a configurable OAuthLauncher API to supabase_flutter. OAuth, SSO, and identity-linking flows use the configured launcher. A new supabase_flutter_web_auth package provides system web authentication sessions through flutter_web_auth_2, with tests, documentation, and an example app.

OAuth launcher integration

Layer / File(s) Summary
Launcher contract and defaults
packages/supabase_flutter/lib/src/oauth_launcher.dart, packages/supabase_flutter/lib/src/flutter_auth_client_options.dart, packages/supabase_flutter/lib/supabase_flutter.dart
Adds the public launcher contract, the default UrlLauncherOAuthLauncher, configurable options, and the package export.
Supabase lifecycle and auth delegation
packages/supabase_flutter/lib/src/supabase.dart, packages/supabase_flutter/lib/src/supabase_auth.dart, packages/supabase_flutter/test/oauth_launcher_test.dart
Stores the configured launcher, exposes it after initialization, clears it on disposal, and forwards OAuth parameters and preferEphemeral through OAuth, SSO, and identity-linking APIs.
System web authentication implementation
packages/supabase_flutter_web_auth/lib/**, pubspec.yaml
Adds FlutterWebAuth2OAuthLauncher, web redirect handling, callback session exchange, package metadata, and workspace registration.
Package validation and usage example
packages/supabase_flutter_web_auth/test/**, packages/supabase_flutter_web_auth/example/**, packages/supabase_flutter_web_auth/README.md, packages/supabase_flutter_web_auth/LICENSE
Tests callback handling, ephemeral sessions, universal links, and missing redirects. Adds setup documentation, an example app, analysis configuration, ignored generated folders, and licensing.

Priority: ➖ Normal

Estimated code review effort: 4 (Complex) | ~45 minutes

Change: Feature

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sequenceDiagram
  participant App
  participant SupabaseAuth
  participant OAuthLauncher
  participant AuthSession
  participant AuthClient
  App->>SupabaseAuth: signInWithOAuth(...)
  SupabaseAuth->>OAuthLauncher: launch(authorizeUrl, redirectTo, preferEphemeral)
  OAuthLauncher->>AuthSession: authenticate(authorizeUrl, options)
  AuthSession-->>OAuthLauncher: callback URL
  OAuthLauncher->>AuthClient: getSessionFromUrl(callback URL)
  AuthClient-->>App: authenticated session
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Inline comments:
In
`@packages/supabase_flutter_web_auth/lib/src/flutter_web_auth2_oauth_launcher.dart`:
- Line 21: Reflow the documentation URL comment near the OAuth launcher
documentation so no line exceeds the repository’s 80-character Dart limit,
preserving the link and surrounding documentation; run dart format afterward.
- Around line 22-26: Update sdk-compliance.yaml to register
FlutterWebAuth2OAuthLauncher, its constructor, and launch from
packages/supabase_flutter_web_auth/lib/src/flutter_web_auth2_oauth_launcher.dart
lines 22-26; apply the same API-matrix treatment to redirectToUrl in
packages/supabase_flutter_web_auth/lib/src/oauth_redirect_stub.dart line 8 and
packages/supabase_flutter_web_auth/lib/src/oauth_redirect_web.dart line 5,
registering or intentionally excluding it consistently.
- Around line 47-54: The FlutterWebAuth2 authentication flow currently omits
useWebview, so Linux and Windows use the embedded webview rather than sharing
system-browser cookies. Update the launcher documentation and implementation
around FlutterWebAuth2.authenticate to either restrict support to Apple and
Android or explicitly document this behavior and add a verified system-browser
path for Linux and Windows.

In `@packages/supabase_flutter_web_auth/README.md`:
- Around line 5-6: Update the platform authentication description in the README
to state that Custom Tabs are Android-only, while Linux and Windows desktop use
an embedded webview. Keep the iOS/macOS ASWebAuthenticationSession description
unchanged.

In `@packages/supabase_flutter_web_auth/test/oauth_test.dart`:
- Line 5: Update the import directives in
packages/supabase_flutter_web_auth/test/oauth_test.dart lines 5-5 and
packages/supabase_flutter_web_auth/test/test_stubs.dart lines 3-3 to comply with
the repository’s 80-character Dart line-length policy using a
formatter-compatible form, or document an explicit exception if package URI
imports cannot be shortened.

In `@packages/supabase_flutter/lib/src/oauth_launcher.dart`:
- Line 41: Wrap the documentation URL comment in oauth_launcher.dart so the
affected line is no longer than 80 characters and passes the repository’s Dart
formatting check.

In `@packages/supabase_flutter/lib/supabase_flutter.dart`:
- Line 11: Update the SDK capability matrix to register the public OAuthLauncher
and UrlLauncherOAuthLauncher classes exported by oauth_launcher.dart, including
their constructors and launch methods, so check-api-symbols recognizes the
complete API.

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…pabase_flutter_web_auth

signInWithOAuth/signInWithSSO/linkIdentity now delegate through a new
OAuthLauncher extension point (FlutterAuthClientOptions.oauthLauncher),
defaulting to the existing url_launcher-based behavior with no breaking
change and no new dependencies.

Add supabase_flutter_web_auth, an opt-in package providing an
OAuthLauncher backed by flutter_web_auth_2's system web authentication
session (ASWebAuthenticationSession on Apple platforms, Custom Tabs on
Android and desktop). This fixes the in-app browser never dismissing
itself after a successful sign-in (#1174), and shares cookies with the
system browser for SSO, without forcing every supabase_flutter user to
pull in flutter_web_auth_2 and its transitive native dependencies.
- Register the new OAuthLauncher/UrlLauncherOAuthLauncher/
  FlutterWebAuth2OAuthLauncher public API in sdk-compliance.yaml under the
  existing sign_in_with_oauth capability, and mark the internal
  redirectToUrl helper @internal instead, per the extractor's documented
  lib/src convention. Fixes the capability-matrix CI check.
- Correct the launcher's docs (class comment and README): flutter_web_auth_2
  only uses a system browser session (with cookie sharing) on iOS/macOS and
  Android; Linux/Windows fall back to an embedded webview with its own
  cookie store, which was previously described as sharing the same
  behavior.
- Fix DCM findings introduced by this PR: rename FakeFlutterWebAuth2's
  fields so they stop shadowing its own authenticate() parameters, and use
  Column.spacing instead of a SizedBox spacer in the example.
- Fix a pre-existing DCM finding on main (avoid-inferrable-type-arguments in
  AuthMFARecoveryCodesGenerateResponse.fromJson) that was otherwise failing
  the DCM check on this branch.
The explicit >=1.0.0 <2.0.0 range was left over from when the floor was
0.5.0 and caret syntax couldn't span pre-1.0 minors up to 2.0.0. Now that
the floor is 1.0.0, ^1.0.0 is equivalent and matches the caret style used
for every other dependency in these files.
…LICENSE

Per review feedback: use the same "Copyright (c) 2020 Supabase" line every
other package's LICENSE uses, instead of "2026 Supabase Community".
The concern was "Supabase" vs "Supabase Community", not the year.
…ackage

Rebasing onto main pulled in two unrelated refactors that broke compilation:
LocalStorage/EmptyLocalStorage/pkceAsyncStorage were removed in favor of a
single FlutterAuthClientOptions.asyncStorage (#1805), and supabase_testing
was renamed to supabase_test with its HTTP mocking rebuilt around
MockSupabaseHttpClient/stubHandler.

Updates both test suites to the new APIs: asyncStorage instead of
localStorage/pkceAsyncStorage, and MockSupabaseHttpClient in place of the
hand-rolled PkceHttpClient.
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