🟡 These two new tests add four new # type: ignore[arg-type] comments, which AGENTS.md explicitly asks to avoid ("Avoid adding new # pragma: no cover, # type: ignore, or # noqa comments"). The same string-validation path can be exercised without the ignores via AuthSettings.model_validate({"issuer_url": "https://as.example.com", "resource_server_url": "https://rs.example.com"}), matching the pattern already used in tests/client/test_auth.py for OAuthMetadata.

What the issue is

The two tests added in this PR (test_auth_settings_preserves_path_less_issuer and test_build_metadata_serves_issuer_without_trailing_slash) construct AuthSettings by passing plain strings to the AnyHttpUrl-typed issuer_url and resource_server_url fields, suppressing the resulting type errors with four new # type: ignore[arg-type] comments (lines 54–55 and 64–65). AGENTS.md (Code Quality / Coverage section, ~line 100) explicitly says: "Avoid adding new # pragma: no cover, # type: ignore, or # noqa comments", and even provides the audit command maintainers run before pushing — git diff origin/main... | grep -E 'type: ignore' — which would flag exactly these four lines. These are also the only # type: ignore[arg-type] occurrences introduced into the tests tree by this PR.

Why the tests are written this way (and why the ignores are still avoidable)

The tests genuinely need string input: passing an already-built AnyHttpUrl("https://as.example.com") object would normalize the URL to https://as.example.com/ at construction time, before url_preserve_empty_path=True ever applies, defeating the entire purpose of the test. So the string input is correct — but the constructor-with-ignore pattern is not the only way to get it. AuthSettings.model_validate({...}) accepts a plain dict and runs the exact same Pydantic string-validation path, with no static type error and therefore no ignore needed.

Existing precedent in the codebase

The repo already uses exactly this pattern for the same scenario: tests/client/test_auth.py (around lines 2724–2734) uses OAuthMetadata.model_validate({...}) with string URL values precisely to test the url_preserve_empty_path behavior introduced in PR #2925, with a comment explaining it matches the wire path. Following that precedent here keeps the new tests consistent with the existing test for the sibling fix.

Step-by-step proof that the alternative is equivalent

1. Today: AuthSettings(issuer_url="https://as.example.com", ...) — Pydantic coerces the string through AnyHttpUrl validation inside the model, where url_preserve_empty_path=True from model_config applies, so str(settings.issuer_url) == "https://as.example.com". The type checker complains because the declared type is AnyHttpUrl, hence the ignores.
2. Alternative: AuthSettings.model_validate({"issuer_url": "https://as.example.com", "resource_server_url": "https://rs.example.com"}) — the dict values go through the identical field validation (string → AnyHttpUrl with the model's config), producing the same settings object and the same assertions passing. model_validate accepts Any-typed input, so no type: ignore is needed.
3. The rest of both tests (the assertions and the build_metadata call) is unchanged.

How to fix

Replace the keyword-argument construction with AuthSettings.model_validate({...}) in both tests and drop the four # type: ignore[arg-type] comments. This is a minor, non-blocking convention issue — the tests are otherwise correct and valuable — so it's filed as a nit.