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Expose the created JWT used to get an installation token

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Assessment

Difficulty
3/5
Estimated time
1-2 days
Newbie friendliness
65/100
Issue type
Feature
Clarity
Mostly clear
Activity status
Active
Tech stack
github-actions, javascript
Domain
authentication, devops

Research direction

Start at the action entry point and trace where the JWT is created and where action outputs are defined. Check the existing validation or test setup before changing behavior; done means callers can access the created JWT for other API requests while the installation token continues to work.

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Description

stale

This JWT can be used to access other APIs, such as listing the other installations.

Dominant language
JavaScript
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