diff --git a/.changeset/angry-candles-kick.md b/.changeset/angry-candles-kick.md
index 6f51f719c2..d72882121e 100644
--- a/.changeset/angry-candles-kick.md
+++ b/.changeset/angry-candles-kick.md
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 ---
-'@backstage/plugin-auth-backend': patch
+'@backstage/plugin-auth-backend': minor
 ---
 
-Add new authentication provider: OAuth2Proxy
+Add new authentication provider to support the oauth2-proxy.
+
+**BREAKING** The `AuthHandler` requires now an `AuthResolverContext` parameter. This aligns with the
+behavior of the `SignInResolver`.
diff --git a/plugins/auth-backend/api-report.md b/plugins/auth-backend/api-report.md
index db0bf2af27..07a09597ee 100644
--- a/plugins/auth-backend/api-report.md
+++ b/plugins/auth-backend/api-report.md
@@ -59,17 +59,10 @@ export type Auth0ProviderOptions = {
   };
 };
 
-// @public
-export type AuthContext = {
-  tokenIssuer: TokenIssuer;
-  catalogIdentityClient: CatalogIdentityClient;
-  logger: Logger_2;
-};
-
 // @public
 export type AuthHandler<TAuthResult> = (
   input: TAuthResult,
-  context?: AuthContext,
+  context: AuthResolverContext,
 ) => Promise<AuthHandlerResult>;
 
 // @public
@@ -107,6 +100,13 @@ export interface AuthProviderRouteHandlers {
   start(req: express.Request, res: express.Response): Promise<void>;
 }
 
+// @public
+export type AuthResolverContext = {
+  tokenIssuer: TokenIssuer;
+  catalogIdentityClient: CatalogIdentityClient;
+  logger: Logger_2;
+};
+
 // Warning: (ae-missing-release-tag) "AuthResponse" is exported by the package, but it is missing a release tag (@alpha, @beta, @public, or @internal)
 //
 // @public (undocumented)
@@ -691,7 +691,7 @@ export type SignInInfo<TAuthResult> = {
 // @public
 export type SignInResolver<TAuthResult> = (
   info: SignInInfo<TAuthResult>,
-  context: AuthContext,
+  context: AuthResolverContext,
 ) => Promise<BackstageSignInResult>;
 
 // Warning: (ae-missing-release-tag) "TokenIssuer" is exported by the package, but it is missing a release tag (@alpha, @beta, @public, or @internal)
diff --git a/plugins/auth-backend/src/providers/atlassian/provider.ts b/plugins/auth-backend/src/providers/atlassian/provider.ts
index ba402eace0..9987a88407 100644
--- a/plugins/auth-backend/src/providers/atlassian/provider.ts
+++ b/plugins/auth-backend/src/providers/atlassian/provider.ts
@@ -120,7 +120,12 @@ export class AtlassianAuthProvider implements OAuthHandlers {
   }
 
   private async handleResult(result: OAuthResult): Promise<OAuthResponse> {
-    const { profile } = await this.authHandler(result);
+    const context = {
+      logger: this.logger,
+      catalogIdentityClient: this.catalogIdentityClient,
+      tokenIssuer: this.tokenIssuer,
+    };
+    const { profile } = await this.authHandler(result, context);
 
     const response: OAuthResponse = {
       providerInfo: {
@@ -138,11 +143,7 @@ export class AtlassianAuthProvider implements OAuthHandlers {
           result,
           profile,
         },
-        {
-          tokenIssuer: this.tokenIssuer,
-          catalogIdentityClient: this.catalogIdentityClient,
-          logger: this.logger,
-        },
+        context,
       );
     }
 
diff --git a/plugins/auth-backend/src/providers/auth0/provider.ts b/plugins/auth-backend/src/providers/auth0/provider.ts
index b99bbe86dd..dbd6924804 100644
--- a/plugins/auth-backend/src/providers/auth0/provider.ts
+++ b/plugins/auth-backend/src/providers/auth0/provider.ts
@@ -149,7 +149,12 @@ export class Auth0AuthProvider implements OAuthHandlers {
   }
 
   private async handleResult(result: OAuthResult) {
-    const { profile } = await this.authHandler(result);
+    const context = {
+      logger: this.logger,
+      catalogIdentityClient: this.catalogIdentityClient,
+      tokenIssuer: this.tokenIssuer,
+    };
+    const { profile } = await this.authHandler(result, context);
 
     const response: OAuthResponse = {
       providerInfo: {
@@ -167,11 +172,7 @@ export class Auth0AuthProvider implements OAuthHandlers {
           result,
           profile,
         },
-        {
-          tokenIssuer: this.tokenIssuer,
-          catalogIdentityClient: this.catalogIdentityClient,
-          logger: this.logger,
-        },
+        context,
       );
     }
 
diff --git a/plugins/auth-backend/src/providers/aws-alb/provider.ts b/plugins/auth-backend/src/providers/aws-alb/provider.ts
index 4f05cd7827..cc111b4aaf 100644
--- a/plugins/auth-backend/src/providers/aws-alb/provider.ts
+++ b/plugins/auth-backend/src/providers/aws-alb/provider.ts
@@ -182,17 +182,18 @@ export class AwsAlbAuthProvider implements AuthProviderRouteHandlers {
   }
 
   private async handleResult(result: AwsAlbResult): Promise<AwsAlbResponse> {
-    const { profile } = await this.authHandler(result);
+    const context = {
+      tokenIssuer: this.tokenIssuer,
+      catalogIdentityClient: this.catalogIdentityClient,
+      logger: this.logger,
+    };
+    const { profile } = await this.authHandler(result, context);
     const backstageIdentity = await this.signInResolver(
       {
         result,
         profile,
       },
-      {
-        tokenIssuer: this.tokenIssuer,
-        catalogIdentityClient: this.catalogIdentityClient,
-        logger: this.logger,
-      },
+      context,
     );
 
     return {
diff --git a/plugins/auth-backend/src/providers/bitbucket/provider.ts b/plugins/auth-backend/src/providers/bitbucket/provider.ts
index 5ad9a739d9..c83a195db5 100644
--- a/plugins/auth-backend/src/providers/bitbucket/provider.ts
+++ b/plugins/auth-backend/src/providers/bitbucket/provider.ts
@@ -174,7 +174,12 @@ export class BitbucketAuthProvider implements OAuthHandlers {
   private async handleResult(result: BitbucketOAuthResult) {
     result.fullProfile.avatarUrl =
       result.fullProfile._json!.links!.avatar!.href;
-    const { profile } = await this.authHandler(result);
+    const context = {
+      logger: this.logger,
+      catalogIdentityClient: this.catalogIdentityClient,
+      tokenIssuer: this.tokenIssuer,
+    };
+    const { profile } = await this.authHandler(result, context);
 
     const response: OAuthResponse = {
       providerInfo: {
@@ -192,11 +197,7 @@ export class BitbucketAuthProvider implements OAuthHandlers {
           result,
           profile,
         },
-        {
-          tokenIssuer: this.tokenIssuer,
-          catalogIdentityClient: this.catalogIdentityClient,
-          logger: this.logger,
-        },
+        context,
       );
     }
 
diff --git a/plugins/auth-backend/src/providers/gcp-iap/provider.ts b/plugins/auth-backend/src/providers/gcp-iap/provider.ts
index c74f73304e..a54c7e9fb2 100644
--- a/plugins/auth-backend/src/providers/gcp-iap/provider.ts
+++ b/plugins/auth-backend/src/providers/gcp-iap/provider.ts
@@ -71,16 +71,17 @@ export class GcpIapProvider implements AuthProviderRouteHandlers {
       req.header(IAP_JWT_HEADER),
       this.tokenValidator,
     );
+    const context = {
+      logger: this.logger,
+      catalogIdentityClient: this.catalogIdentityClient,
+      tokenIssuer: this.tokenIssuer,
+    };
 
-    const { profile } = await this.authHandler(result);
+    const { profile } = await this.authHandler(result, context);
 
     const backstageIdentity = await this.signInResolver(
       { profile, result },
-      {
-        tokenIssuer: this.tokenIssuer,
-        catalogIdentityClient: this.catalogIdentityClient,
-        logger: this.logger,
-      },
+      context,
     );
 
     const response: GcpIapResponse = {
diff --git a/plugins/auth-backend/src/providers/github/provider.ts b/plugins/auth-backend/src/providers/github/provider.ts
index 2984f144aa..c5ccdb2d59 100644
--- a/plugins/auth-backend/src/providers/github/provider.ts
+++ b/plugins/auth-backend/src/providers/github/provider.ts
@@ -152,7 +152,12 @@ export class GithubAuthProvider implements OAuthHandlers {
   }
 
   private async handleResult(result: GithubOAuthResult) {
-    const { profile } = await this.authHandler(result);
+    const context = {
+      logger: this.logger,
+      catalogIdentityClient: this.catalogIdentityClient,
+      tokenIssuer: this.tokenIssuer,
+    };
+    const { profile } = await this.authHandler(result, context);
 
     const expiresInStr = result.params.expires_in;
     const response: OAuthResponse = {
@@ -171,11 +176,7 @@ export class GithubAuthProvider implements OAuthHandlers {
           result,
           profile,
         },
-        {
-          tokenIssuer: this.tokenIssuer,
-          catalogIdentityClient: this.catalogIdentityClient,
-          logger: this.logger,
-        },
+        context,
       );
     }
 
diff --git a/plugins/auth-backend/src/providers/gitlab/provider.ts b/plugins/auth-backend/src/providers/gitlab/provider.ts
index dedbb7bd5b..28deb458d9 100644
--- a/plugins/auth-backend/src/providers/gitlab/provider.ts
+++ b/plugins/auth-backend/src/providers/gitlab/provider.ts
@@ -167,7 +167,12 @@ export class GitlabAuthProvider implements OAuthHandlers {
   }
 
   private async handleResult(result: OAuthResult): Promise<OAuthResponse> {
-    const { profile } = await this.authHandler(result);
+    const context = {
+      logger: this.logger,
+      catalogIdentityClient: this.catalogIdentityClient,
+      tokenIssuer: this.tokenIssuer,
+    };
+    const { profile } = await this.authHandler(result, context);
 
     const response: OAuthResponse = {
       providerInfo: {
@@ -185,11 +190,7 @@ export class GitlabAuthProvider implements OAuthHandlers {
           result,
           profile,
         },
-        {
-          tokenIssuer: this.tokenIssuer,
-          catalogIdentityClient: this.catalogIdentityClient,
-          logger: this.logger,
-        },
+        context,
       );
     }
 
diff --git a/plugins/auth-backend/src/providers/google/provider.ts b/plugins/auth-backend/src/providers/google/provider.ts
index 10123bfe6f..90e68c6f9c 100644
--- a/plugins/auth-backend/src/providers/google/provider.ts
+++ b/plugins/auth-backend/src/providers/google/provider.ts
@@ -148,7 +148,12 @@ export class GoogleAuthProvider implements OAuthHandlers {
   }
 
   private async handleResult(result: OAuthResult) {
-    const { profile } = await this.authHandler(result);
+    const context = {
+      logger: this.logger,
+      catalogIdentityClient: this.catalogIdentityClient,
+      tokenIssuer: this.tokenIssuer,
+    };
+    const { profile } = await this.authHandler(result, context);
 
     const response: OAuthResponse = {
       providerInfo: {
@@ -166,11 +171,7 @@ export class GoogleAuthProvider implements OAuthHandlers {
           result,
           profile,
         },
-        {
-          tokenIssuer: this.tokenIssuer,
-          catalogIdentityClient: this.catalogIdentityClient,
-          logger: this.logger,
-        },
+        context,
       );
     }
 
diff --git a/plugins/auth-backend/src/providers/index.ts b/plugins/auth-backend/src/providers/index.ts
index 79575c2a77..7779b67e04 100644
--- a/plugins/auth-backend/src/providers/index.ts
+++ b/plugins/auth-backend/src/providers/index.ts
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ export type {
   AuthProviderFactoryOptions,
   AuthProviderFactory,
   AuthHandler,
-  AuthContext,
+  AuthResolverContext,
   AuthHandlerResult,
   SignInResolver,
   SignInInfo,
diff --git a/plugins/auth-backend/src/providers/microsoft/provider.ts b/plugins/auth-backend/src/providers/microsoft/provider.ts
index 7e928a2786..c45e152581 100644
--- a/plugins/auth-backend/src/providers/microsoft/provider.ts
+++ b/plugins/auth-backend/src/providers/microsoft/provider.ts
@@ -143,7 +143,12 @@ export class MicrosoftAuthProvider implements OAuthHandlers {
     const photo = await this.getUserPhoto(result.accessToken);
     result.fullProfile.photos = photo ? [{ value: photo }] : undefined;
 
-    const { profile } = await this.authHandler(result);
+    const context = {
+      logger: this.logger,
+      catalogIdentityClient: this.catalogIdentityClient,
+      tokenIssuer: this.tokenIssuer,
+    };
+    const { profile } = await this.authHandler(result, context);
 
     const response: OAuthResponse = {
       providerInfo: {
@@ -161,11 +166,7 @@ export class MicrosoftAuthProvider implements OAuthHandlers {
           result,
           profile,
         },
-        {
-          tokenIssuer: this.tokenIssuer,
-          catalogIdentityClient: this.catalogIdentityClient,
-          logger: this.logger,
-        },
+        context,
       );
     }
 
diff --git a/plugins/auth-backend/src/providers/oauth2/provider.ts b/plugins/auth-backend/src/providers/oauth2/provider.ts
index dc4afbac48..550b88b004 100644
--- a/plugins/auth-backend/src/providers/oauth2/provider.ts
+++ b/plugins/auth-backend/src/providers/oauth2/provider.ts
@@ -163,7 +163,12 @@ export class OAuth2AuthProvider implements OAuthHandlers {
   }
 
   private async handleResult(result: OAuthResult) {
-    const { profile } = await this.authHandler(result);
+    const context = {
+      logger: this.logger,
+      catalogIdentityClient: this.catalogIdentityClient,
+      tokenIssuer: this.tokenIssuer,
+    };
+    const { profile } = await this.authHandler(result, context);
 
     const response: OAuthResponse = {
       providerInfo: {
@@ -181,11 +186,7 @@ export class OAuth2AuthProvider implements OAuthHandlers {
           result,
           profile,
         },
-        {
-          tokenIssuer: this.tokenIssuer,
-          catalogIdentityClient: this.catalogIdentityClient,
-          logger: this.logger,
-        },
+        context,
       );
     }
 
diff --git a/plugins/auth-backend/src/providers/oidc/provider.ts b/plugins/auth-backend/src/providers/oidc/provider.ts
index e5bfd14f40..ab95495619 100644
--- a/plugins/auth-backend/src/providers/oidc/provider.ts
+++ b/plugins/auth-backend/src/providers/oidc/provider.ts
@@ -182,7 +182,12 @@ export class OidcAuthProvider implements OAuthHandlers {
   // Use this function to grab the user profile info from the token
   // Then populate the profile with it
   private async handleResult(result: OidcAuthResult): Promise<OAuthResponse> {
-    const { profile } = await this.authHandler(result);
+    const context = {
+      logger: this.logger,
+      catalogIdentityClient: this.catalogIdentityClient,
+      tokenIssuer: this.tokenIssuer,
+    };
+    const { profile } = await this.authHandler(result, context);
     const response: OAuthResponse = {
       providerInfo: {
         idToken: result.tokenset.id_token,
@@ -198,11 +203,7 @@ export class OidcAuthProvider implements OAuthHandlers {
           result,
           profile,
         },
-        {
-          tokenIssuer: this.tokenIssuer,
-          catalogIdentityClient: this.catalogIdentityClient,
-          logger: this.logger,
-        },
+        context,
       );
     }
 
diff --git a/plugins/auth-backend/src/providers/okta/provider.ts b/plugins/auth-backend/src/providers/okta/provider.ts
index 1c74e171ad..a5c663ae68 100644
--- a/plugins/auth-backend/src/providers/okta/provider.ts
+++ b/plugins/auth-backend/src/providers/okta/provider.ts
@@ -169,7 +169,12 @@ export class OktaAuthProvider implements OAuthHandlers {
   }
 
   private async handleResult(result: OAuthResult) {
-    const { profile } = await this._authHandler(result);
+    const context = {
+      logger: this._logger,
+      catalogIdentityClient: this._catalogIdentityClient,
+      tokenIssuer: this._tokenIssuer,
+    };
+    const { profile } = await this._authHandler(result, context);
 
     const response: OAuthResponse = {
       providerInfo: {
@@ -187,11 +192,7 @@ export class OktaAuthProvider implements OAuthHandlers {
           result,
           profile,
         },
-        {
-          tokenIssuer: this._tokenIssuer,
-          catalogIdentityClient: this._catalogIdentityClient,
-          logger: this._logger,
-        },
+        context,
       );
     }
 
diff --git a/plugins/auth-backend/src/providers/onelogin/provider.ts b/plugins/auth-backend/src/providers/onelogin/provider.ts
index 4b2201e576..ea84b402d5 100644
--- a/plugins/auth-backend/src/providers/onelogin/provider.ts
+++ b/plugins/auth-backend/src/providers/onelogin/provider.ts
@@ -148,7 +148,12 @@ export class OneLoginProvider implements OAuthHandlers {
   }
 
   private async handleResult(result: OAuthResult) {
-    const { profile } = await this.authHandler(result);
+    const context = {
+      logger: this.logger,
+      catalogIdentityClient: this.catalogIdentityClient,
+      tokenIssuer: this.tokenIssuer,
+    };
+    const { profile } = await this.authHandler(result, context);
 
     const response: OAuthResponse = {
       providerInfo: {
@@ -166,11 +171,7 @@ export class OneLoginProvider implements OAuthHandlers {
           result,
           profile,
         },
-        {
-          tokenIssuer: this.tokenIssuer,
-          catalogIdentityClient: this.catalogIdentityClient,
-          logger: this.logger,
-        },
+        context,
       );
     }
 
diff --git a/plugins/auth-backend/src/providers/saml/provider.ts b/plugins/auth-backend/src/providers/saml/provider.ts
index 8a4afd1fa6..b9c8d89f5b 100644
--- a/plugins/auth-backend/src/providers/saml/provider.ts
+++ b/plugins/auth-backend/src/providers/saml/provider.ts
@@ -93,12 +93,18 @@ export class SamlAuthProvider implements AuthProviderRouteHandlers {
     res: express.Response,
   ): Promise<void> {
     try {
+      const context = {
+        logger: this.logger,
+        catalogIdentityClient: this.catalogIdentityClient,
+        tokenIssuer: this.tokenIssuer,
+      };
+
       const { result } = await executeFrameHandlerStrategy<SamlAuthResult>(
         req,
         this.strategy,
       );
 
-      const { profile } = await this.authHandler(result);
+      const { profile } = await this.authHandler(result, context);
 
       const response: AuthResponse<{}> = {
         profile,
@@ -111,11 +117,7 @@ export class SamlAuthProvider implements AuthProviderRouteHandlers {
             result,
             profile,
           },
-          {
-            tokenIssuer: this.tokenIssuer,
-            catalogIdentityClient: this.catalogIdentityClient,
-            logger: this.logger,
-          },
+          context,
         );
 
         response.backstageIdentity =
diff --git a/plugins/auth-backend/src/providers/types.ts b/plugins/auth-backend/src/providers/types.ts
index b1aad05897..179d536f3c 100644
--- a/plugins/auth-backend/src/providers/types.ts
+++ b/plugins/auth-backend/src/providers/types.ts
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ import { CatalogIdentityClient } from '../lib/catalog';
  *
  * @public
  */
-export type AuthContext = {
+export type AuthResolverContext = {
   tokenIssuer: TokenIssuer;
   catalogIdentityClient: CatalogIdentityClient;
   logger: Logger;
@@ -270,7 +270,7 @@ export type SignInInfo<TAuthResult> = {
  */
 export type SignInResolver<TAuthResult> = (
   info: SignInInfo<TAuthResult>,
-  context: AuthContext,
+  context: AuthResolverContext,
 ) => Promise<BackstageSignInResult>;
 
 /**
@@ -296,7 +296,7 @@ export type AuthHandlerResult = { profile: ProfileInfo };
  */
 export type AuthHandler<TAuthResult> = (
   input: TAuthResult,
-  context?: AuthContext,
+  context: AuthResolverContext,
 ) => Promise<AuthHandlerResult>;
 
 export type StateEncoder = (