backstage/.changeset/hungry-goats-mate.md

@backstage/plugin-auth-backend

@backstage/plugin-auth-backend
patch

Updates the OAuth2 Proxy provider to require less infrastructure configuration.

The auth result object of the OAuth2 Proxy now provides access to the request headers, both through the headers object as well as getHeader method. The existing logic that parses and extracts the user information from ID tokens is deprecated and will be removed in a future release. See the OAuth2 Proxy provider documentation for more details.

The OAuth2 Proxy provider now also has a default authHandler implementation that reads the display name and email from the incoming request headers.