jpadilla/pyjwt

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JSON Web Token implementation in Python

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Indexed issues: 36
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Dominant language: Python
License: MIT
Last GitHub push: Sep 19, 2026
Latest indexed: Sep 18, 2026
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36 open issues indexed

[BUG]: Canonical Base64URL check rejects AWS ALB JWTs Open

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jpadilla/pyjwt#1209 · 13 reactions · Opened Sep 14, 2026
Pyjwt cannot handle trailing slashes in audience / issuer Open

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jpadilla/pyjwt#1200 · Opened Aug 20, 2026
Bug: `jwt.decode()` raises `AttributeError: 'str' object has no attribute 'encode_token'` in PyJWT 2.13.0 Open

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jpadilla/pyjwt#1193 · 4 comments · Opened Jul 19, 2026
Support RFC 9864 Fully specified algorithms (Ed25519, Ed448, etc.) Open

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jpadilla/pyjwt#1190 · 7 comments · Opened Jul 13, 2026
MissingRequiredClaimError only reports the first missing claim, not all of them Open

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jpadilla/pyjwt#1189 · Opened Jul 12, 2026
Add support for "strict subset of audiences" Open

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jpadilla/pyjwt#1187 · 1 comment · 1 reaction · Opened Jun 25, 2026
Define Allowed Schemes at PyJWKClient init Open

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jpadilla/pyjwt#1175 · Opened May 26, 2026
Expiration Bypass via Oversized `exp` Claim Value Open

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jpadilla/pyjwt#1171 · Opened May 21, 2026
FutureWarning: invalid character '/' in URL-safe Base64 data will be discarded in future Python versions Open

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jpadilla/pyjwt#1167 · 2 comments · 2 reactions · Opened May 19, 2026
Expose response headers from JWKS fetches Open

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jpadilla/pyjwt#1166 · 2 comments · Opened May 15, 2026
Support caching by `Cache-Control: max-age` Open

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jpadilla/pyjwt#1165 · 1 comment · Opened May 15, 2026
test suite fails with updated Python 3.13.12 and others (CVE-2026-0672) in test_ec_curve_validation_with_pem_key and test_decodes_complete_valid_jwt_with_compressed_payload Open

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jpadilla/pyjwt#1153 · 1 comment · Opened Mar 19, 2026
jwt.encode loses microseconds precision when using datetime for known time claims Open

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jpadilla/pyjwt#1126 · 2 comments · Opened Dec 25, 2025
Async Support in JWKS flow Open

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jpadilla/pyjwt#1120 · 4 comments · 4 reactions · Opened Nov 10, 2025
Add PyJWK.to_dict and PyJWKSet.to_dict Open

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jpadilla/pyjwt#1106 · 3 comments · Opened Oct 22, 2025
Provide invalid audiences in exception message Open

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jpadilla/pyjwt#1099 · 2 comments · Opened Oct 8, 2025
EdDSA hash not working Open

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jpadilla/pyjwt#1097 · 3 comments · Opened Sep 24, 2025
Document and/or rename misleading arguments of PyJWKClient Open

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jpadilla/pyjwt#1066 · 5 comments · Opened May 27, 2025
Conflict with JWT Open

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jpadilla/pyjwt#1054 · 7 comments · 9 reactions · Opened Apr 3, 2025
PyJWKClient with `cache_keys=True` serves potentially revoked keys Open

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jpadilla/pyjwt#1051 · 3 comments · Opened Mar 24, 2025
Key Generation Open

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jpadilla/pyjwt#1043 · 6 comments · Opened Feb 27, 2025
[docs] Missing contributing guidelines Open

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jpadilla/pyjwt#1038 · 5 comments · Opened Feb 18, 2025
Feature Request: RFC7638 JWK Thumbprint calculation Open

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jpadilla/pyjwt#1032 · 10 comments · Opened Jan 19, 2025
PyJWKClient: Support for proxy in fetch_data() Open

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jpadilla/pyjwt#1031 · 8 comments · Opened Jan 17, 2025
PyJWKSet exposes an iterator but you cannot iterate it. Open

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jpadilla/pyjwt#1024 · 3 comments · Opened Dec 2, 2024
JWTs can be "successfully" encoded and decoded even when `algorithm` does not match the EC curve type Open

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jpadilla/pyjwt#1023 · 4 comments · 1 reaction · Opened Dec 2, 2024
Support swapping out the cache backend for JWKClient Open

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jpadilla/pyjwt#981 · 6 comments · 3 reactions · Opened Aug 29, 2024
Consider adding `kid` jwt header by default Open

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jpadilla/pyjwt#976 · 5 comments · Opened Aug 19, 2024
Migration guide for python-jose users Open

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jpadilla/pyjwt#942 · 3 comments · 10 reactions · Opened Feb 3, 2024
Please stop validating that `iat <= now` by default Open

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jpadilla/pyjwt#939 · 3 comments · 23 reactions · Opened Jan 19, 2024
Add parameter for user-supplied timestamp when validating claims Open

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jpadilla/pyjwt#921 · 4 comments · Opened Oct 5, 2023
Validate the `options` passed in to `jwt.decode` Open

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jpadilla/pyjwt#869 · 5 comments · 5 reactions · Opened Mar 14, 2023
Can't verify detached payload JWS with JWK from its header Open

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jpadilla/pyjwt#851 · 4 comments · Opened Jan 16, 2023
2.5.0: pytest is failing in `tests/test_algorithms.py::TestAlgorithms::test_ec_to_jwk_with_invalid_curve` unit Open

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jpadilla/pyjwt#802 · 6 comments · Opened Sep 17, 2022
Unexpected decode error `jwt.exceptions.DecodeError: Invalid header string: ...` Open

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jpadilla/pyjwt#799 · 8 comments · 2 reactions · Opened Sep 12, 2022
Remove **kwargs from encode() and decode() Open

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jpadilla/pyjwt#258 · 8 comments · 6 reactions · Opened Apr 27, 2017

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