
· Iren Saltali · security
JWT Issuer, Audience, and Why Tokens Still Fail
A plain-language explanation of the JWT fields that most often break route protection even when the token looks valid.

A plain-language explanation of the JWT fields that most often break route protection even when the token looks valid.

A practical checklist for figuring out whether the failure is in the token, the gateway config, or the identity provider.

A migration pattern for teams that want backends to trust gateway-verified identity instead of re-implementing token logic everywhere.

How to inject verified user context into headers and query parameters without teaching every backend service how to read a JWT.

How to apply JWT checks only where they add value, while keeping health and public routes simple.