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access_control plugin with opaque tokens + client JWT assertion

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My use case is almost solved by the `access_control` plugin, but instead of having a JWT created by an Application/Origin, I have a client JWT assertion that contains e.g. `sub`. The Client only sends the JWT during authn and receives an opaque Access Token.

The flow is as follows (see also [RFC7521](https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc7521), [RFC7523](https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc7523)):
1. client creates a JWT using a client secret (contains `sub`)
2. POST /auth on the Application with the JWT
3. Application returns opaque Access Token
4. GET /some-resource with the token

When the client requests the URL another time, the Access Token may have expired and it creates a new one. But the cache may be still hot enough. I wouldn't want the new token to cause a cache miss. Instead, the proxy should know which `sub` that Access Token was created with and add it to the cache key for lookup.

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