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So I’ve been trying to connect our internal reporting tool to a couple of external data sources, and I keep hitting a wall with authentication. I set up OAuth 2.0 for one service, but the other one uses this weird custom token flow that times out after like 30 seconds. I’m starting to wonder if I’m overcomplicating it or if I just need a different approach to handle these mismatched auth methods.

That 30 second timeout on the custom token flow is brutal, like a timer clicking down as you chase authentication.

Two very different trust models often need two different pipes. An adapters layer that normalizes both into a common API can save you from chasing edge cases.

I wonder if you are trying to force one pattern onto both services and that is where the pain lives.

Maybe the real question is where the boundary lies between your internal tool and external sources and whether you should push them toward a shared contract or let each speak its own dialect.

Chasing a single slick auth solution might be misleading here. Sometimes the best move is to accept two separate flows and orchestrate them at the edge.

From a writing stance the two flows read like two narrators with different pacing and tone and you are trying to blend them.

Have you thought about a gateway that translates these flows on the fly or would that add more moving parts?

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