feat: Use JsonWebTokenHandler in .NET 8 for improved token handling #281
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BinoyOza-okta
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This pull request fixes #263 updates the Okta ASP.NET library to utilize
JsonWebTokenHandlerinstead ofStrictSecurityTokenValidatorandStrictTokenHandlerfor token validation in .NET 8.This change aligns with the recommendations in ASP.NET Core 8.0 for improved performance, reliability, and asynchronous processing of JWTs, as outlined in the Microsoft documentation [link to the Microsoft article you shared].
Key changes:
StrictSecurityTokenValidator/StrictTokenHandlerwithJsonWebTokenHandlerinOpenIdConnectOptionsHelper.csfor both OpenID Connect and JWT Bearer flows.