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Lalima Sharda (lalimasharda) · 2026-09-11T15:49:34Z

Summary

Add performance measurements across the MSAL.js platform-broker lifecycle for both browser-extension and DOM API flows. The measurements identify the provider used and correlate extension handshake telemetry with the originating request without recording tokens, account identifiers, URLs, or response payloads.

Implements

AB#3752410 - Improve platform brokering observability

How to validate

Both extension and DOM API flows expose measurements for important provider, transport, validation, response-processing, and cache operations.
Events include platformAuthProviderType to distinguish DOM and extension providers.
Extension handshake events include platformAuthRequestCorrelationId to join them to the originating request.
Automated tests validate diagnostic emission for representative success and failure paths.
Performance documentation describes the two platform-broker context fields.

Targeted validation:

npm test -- --runInBand test/app/PublicClientApplication.spec.ts test/broker/PlatformAuthDOMHandler.spec.ts test/broker/PlatformAuthExtensionHandler.spec.ts test/broker/PlatformAuthProvider.spec.ts test/interaction_client/PlatformAuthInteractionClient.spec.ts

Test Suites: 5 passed, 5 total
Tests:       3 skipped, 374 passed, 377 total

npm run lint and npm run format:check pass for the changed packages. Existing lint warnings remain unchanged.

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Instrument provider discovery, routing decisions, broker transports, response processing, and cache stages for extension and DOM platform broker flows. Co-authored-by: Forge <forge-bot@entra.github.io> Forge-Agent: Developer Co-authored-by: Copilot <223556219+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com> Copilot-Session: 0bced410-2a72-4ca0-ae17-b5eae8cb4d40

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Address unresolved API metadata, extension correlation and timeout handling, documentation, and required changefile updates.

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Pull request overview

Adds structured performance telemetry across browser-extension and DOM platform-broker flows.

Changes:

Adds platform-broker lifecycle fields and event names.
Instruments discovery, routing, transport, validation, response, redirect, and cache stages.
Expands telemetry coverage in unit tests.

File summaries

File	Description
`lib/msal-common/src/telemetry/performance/PerformanceEvent.ts`	Adds platform-auth telemetry fields.
`lib/msal-browser/test/interaction_client/PlatformAuthInteractionClient.spec.ts`	Tests interaction-client telemetry.
`lib/msal-browser/test/broker/PlatformAuthProvider.spec.ts`	Tests provider discovery telemetry.
`lib/msal-browser/test/broker/PlatformAuthExtensionHandler.spec.ts`	Tests extension lifecycle telemetry.
`lib/msal-browser/test/broker/PlatformAuthDOMHandler.spec.ts`	Tests DOM lifecycle telemetry.
`lib/msal-browser/test/app/PublicClientApplication.spec.ts`	Tests routing telemetry.
`lib/msal-browser/src/telemetry/BrowserPerformanceEvents.ts`	Defines performance event names.
`lib/msal-browser/src/interaction_client/PlatformAuthInteractionClient.ts`	Instruments request, response, redirect, and cache stages.
`lib/msal-browser/src/controllers/StandardController.ts`	Adds routing eligibility telemetry.
`lib/msal-browser/src/broker/nativeBroker/PlatformAuthProvider.ts`	Instruments provider discovery and eligibility.
`lib/msal-browser/src/broker/nativeBroker/PlatformAuthExtensionHandler.ts`	Instruments extension handshake, messaging, and validation.
`lib/msal-browser/src/broker/nativeBroker/PlatformAuthDOMHandler.ts`	Instruments DOM discovery, messaging, and validation.

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lib/msal-browser/src/broker/nativeBroker/PlatformAuthExtensionHandler.ts:90

This measurement does not cover a request timeout: after the handshake, the resolver promise registered below has no request-level timer, so an already-handshaken extension that stops responding leaves PlatformAuthExtensionSendMessage in progress forever and emits no timeout diagnostic. Add request-level timeout/cleanup and end the measurement with a stable timeout response category.

        const sendMessageMeasurement = this.performanceClient.startMeasurement(
            BrowserPerformanceEvents.PlatformAuthExtensionSendMessage,
            correlationId

lib/msal-browser/src/broker/nativeBroker/PlatformAuthExtensionHandler.ts:269

The handshake resolver now carries correlationId, but the timeout rejection below still constructs nativeHandshakeTimeout with an empty correlation ID. When both extension attempts time out, the surfaced error cannot be correlated with the provider-discovery/request telemetry; use the correlationId parameter here as well.

        return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
            this.handshakeResolvers.set(req.responseId, {
                resolve,
                reject,
                correlationId,
            });

lib/msal-common/src/telemetry/performance/PerformanceEvent.ts:325

This PR changes core library source files, but no Beachball changefile is included. Add the required change/** patch/minor entry with a description and linked PR number before merging.

    platformAuthAllowed?: boolean;
    platformAuthEligibilityReason?: string;
    platformAuthProviderType?: string;
    platformAuthProviderAvailable?: boolean;
    platformAuthDomEnabled?: boolean;

lib/msal-common/src/telemetry/performance/PerformanceEvent.ts:333

The new public telemetry fields and broker lifecycle event names are not documented in lib/msal-browser/docs/performance.md or lib/msal-common/docs/performance.md. Document the field semantics and stable stage/outcome/response-category values, including the operational queries/troubleshooting guidance promised by the PR description.

    platformAuthStage?: string;
    platformAuthIsPopRequest?: boolean;
    platformAuthPromptCategory?: string;
    storeInCacheAccessToken?: boolean;
    storeInCacheIdToken?: boolean;

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Resolve the extension-handler overlap with the platform broker DPoP contract changes while preserving transport telemetry. Co-authored-by: Copilot <223556219+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com> Copilot-Session: 0bced410-2a72-4ca0-ae17-b5eae8cb4d40

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Correlate extension handshake telemetry safely, preserve timeout error correlation, document broker diagnostics, and refresh the public API baseline. Co-authored-by: Copilot <223556219+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com> Copilot-Session: 0bced410-2a72-4ca0-ae17-b5eae8cb4d40

Lalima Sharda (lalimasharda) · 2026-09-17T00:14:10Z

Addressed the review recommendations in e236e2491:

Added a correlation-safe platformAuthRequestCorrelationId join field for independently emitted extension handshake telemetry.
Preserved the request correlation ID on nativeHandshakeTimeout errors.
Updated the PerformanceEvent API review baseline.
Added platform broker performance-signal, troubleshooting, and privacy documentation.
Confirmed both required PR-linked changefiles are present.

Deferred with linked tasks under AB#3752410:

AB#3757761 — configurable extension token-request timeout and resolver cleanup.
AB#3757762 — navigator.platformAuthentication browser compatibility documentation.

Validation: focused extension-handler tests pass (12/12), browser/common lint pass, API Extractor passes, and edited documentation links resolve.

Retain only provider type and handshake request correlation context while preserving operation measurements. Co-authored-by: Copilot <223556219+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com> Copilot-Session: 0bced410-2a72-4ca0-ae17-b5eae8cb4d40

…lity' into js-wam/platform-broker-observability

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Use GetToken event names for DOM and extension token operations and normalize handler correlation ID selection. Co-authored-by: Copilot <223556219+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com> Copilot-Session: 0bced410-2a72-4ca0-ae17-b5eae8cb4d40

…lity' into js-wam/platform-broker-observability

Initialize handshake telemetry with a dedicated measurement correlation ID so it remains independently emitted while platformAuthRequestCorrelationId links it to the request. Co-authored-by: Copilot <223556219+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com> Copilot-Session: 0bced410-2a72-4ca0-ae17-b5eae8cb4d40

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Provider metadata propagation and DOM validation measurement cleanup must be fixed before approval.

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PerformanceEvent is a public type, but lib/msal-common/apiReview/msal-common.api.md still stops…
The new constructor accepts and stores the request correlation ID, but the handshake measurement is…
These new performance events and their stable outcome/response/stage values are observable through…
This PR adds production changes under lib/ but no changefile for AB#3752410; the existing…
The DOM flow directly depends on navigator.platformAuthentication and getSupportedContracts,…

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Do not reject a resolver when a response is intended for a different resolver type. Co-authored-by: Copilot <223556219+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com> Copilot-Session: 0bced410-2a72-4ca0-ae17-b5eae8cb4d40

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The performance documentation inaccurately describes event emission and provider-field semantics.

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Resolved since last review (2)

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Unresolved telemetry propagation and privacy-documentation issues remain.

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Keep silent platform broker eligibility telemetry without broadening getNativeAccountId or canUsePlatformBroker request types. Co-authored-by: Copilot <223556219+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com> Copilot-Session: 7155fa61-5730-4d8d-9553-a89e8768e478

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Merge branch 'dev' into js-wam/platform-broker-observability

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refactor: streamline platform broker telemetry context

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fix: mark unavailable platform auth DOM API as failed

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refactor: rename platform broker token events

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Use GetToken event names for DOM and extension token operations and normalize handler correlation ID selection. Co-authored-by: Copilot <223556219+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com> Copilot-Session: 0bced410-2a72-4ca0-ae17-b5eae8cb4d40

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Lalima Sharda (lalimasharda) changed the title ~~[forge-iterating] AB#3752410: Improve platform brokering observability~~ AB#3752410: Improve platform brokering observability Oct 1, 2026

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