diff --git a/client/src/components/OAuthFlowProgress.tsx b/client/src/components/OAuthFlowProgress.tsx
index 6e0fd695..5656319c 100644
--- a/client/src/components/OAuthFlowProgress.tsx
+++ b/client/src/components/OAuthFlowProgress.tsx
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import { useEffect, useMemo, useState } from "react";
 import { OAuthClientInformation } from "@modelcontextprotocol/sdk/shared/auth.js";
 import { validateRedirectUrl } from "@/utils/urlValidation";
 import { useToast } from "@/lib/hooks/useToast";
+import { decodeJWT } from "@/utils/jwtUtils";
 
 interface OAuthStepProps {
   label: string;
@@ -51,6 +52,39 @@ const OAuthStepDetails = ({
   );
 };
 
+interface DecodedJWTDisplayProps {
+  token: string;
+  label: string;
+}
+
+const DecodedJWTDisplay = ({ token, label }: DecodedJWTDisplayProps) => {
+  const decoded = useMemo(() => decodeJWT(token), [token]);
+
+  if (!decoded) {
+    return null;
+  }
+
+  return (
+    <div className="mt-3 p-3 border rounded-md bg-muted/50">
+      <p className="font-medium text-sm mb-2">Decoded {label} (JWT)</p>
+      <div className="space-y-2">
+        <div>
+          <p className="text-xs font-medium text-muted-foreground">Header:</p>
+          <pre className="mt-1 p-2 bg-muted rounded-md overflow-auto max-h-[150px] text-xs">
+            {JSON.stringify(decoded.header, null, 2)}
+          </pre>
+        </div>
+        <div>
+          <p className="text-xs font-medium text-muted-foreground">Payload:</p>
+          <pre className="mt-1 p-2 bg-muted rounded-md overflow-auto max-h-[200px] text-xs">
+            {JSON.stringify(decoded.payload, null, 2)}
+          </pre>
+        </div>
+      </div>
+    </div>
+  );
+};
+
 interface OAuthFlowProgressProps {
   serverUrl: string;
   authState: AuthDebuggerState;
@@ -352,6 +386,10 @@ export const OAuthFlowProgress = ({
               <pre className="mt-2 p-2 bg-muted rounded-md overflow-auto max-h-[300px]">
                 {JSON.stringify(authState.oauthTokens, null, 2)}
               </pre>
+              <DecodedJWTDisplay
+                token={authState.oauthTokens.access_token}
+                label="Access Token"
+              />
             </details>
           )}
         </OAuthStepDetails>
diff --git a/client/src/utils/jwtUtils.ts b/client/src/utils/jwtUtils.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..b2d2e1e9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/client/src/utils/jwtUtils.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,65 @@
+/**
+ * Utilities for decoding JWT tokens (JWS format)
+ */
+
+export interface DecodedJWT {
+  header: Record<string, unknown>;
+  payload: Record<string, unknown>;
+}
+
+/**
+ * Checks if a string looks like a JWT (JWS format: header.payload.signature)
+ */
+export function isJWT(token: string): boolean {
+  if (!token || typeof token !== "string") {
+    return false;
+  }
+
+  const parts = token.split(".");
+  if (parts.length !== 3) {
+    return false;
+  }
+
+  // Check if each part is valid base64url
+  const base64urlRegex = /^[A-Za-z0-9_-]*$/;
+  return parts.every((part) => base64urlRegex.test(part));
+}
+
+/**
+ * Decodes a base64url string to a regular string
+ */
+function base64urlDecode(str: string): string {
+  // Replace base64url characters with base64 characters
+  let base64 = str.replace(/-/g, "+").replace(/_/g, "/");
+
+  // Add padding if needed
+  const padding = base64.length % 4;
+  if (padding) {
+    base64 += "=".repeat(4 - padding);
+  }
+
+  return atob(base64);
+}
+
+/**
+ * Decodes a JWT token and returns the header and payload as objects.
+ * Does NOT verify the signature - this is for display purposes only.
+ *
+ * @param token - The JWT token string
+ * @returns The decoded header and payload, or null if decoding fails
+ */
+export function decodeJWT(token: string): DecodedJWT | null {
+  if (!isJWT(token)) {
+    return null;
+  }
+
+  try {
+    const parts = token.split(".");
+    const header = JSON.parse(base64urlDecode(parts[0]));
+    const payload = JSON.parse(base64urlDecode(parts[1]));
+
+    return { header, payload };
+  } catch {
+    return null;
+  }
+}