Authentication Tokens Are Not a Data Contract

Authentication tokens exist to answer one question: is this caller authorized to do this? They are not intended to be a stable data interface, a schema you can depend on, or an input into application logic. If your application decodes tokens and reads claims from them, this is an important heads-up. Token Claims Were Never Guaranteed Although tokens may appear readable today, that was never a promise.
March 18, 2026
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