jwt/ruby-jwt

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A ruby implementation of the RFC 7519 OAuth JSON Web Token (JWT) standard.

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Indexed issues
7
Avg merge
19h 13m
Merged PRs (30d)
8
Dominant language
Ruby
License
MIT
Last GitHub push
Oct 1, 2026
Latest indexed
Oct 6, 2026
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  • JWT::JWK::Set raises on an unknown `kty`, failing the whole set (RFC 7517 §5)
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    • Is something wrong?

    Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 68/100

    jwt/ruby-jwt#743 · 1 comment ·

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  • Security review findings: hardening opportunities
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    Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 25/100

    jwt/ruby-jwt#723 · 2 comments ·

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  • Support compressed (deflate) payload
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    feature

    Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 35/100

    jwt/ruby-jwt#428 · 7 comments · 1 reaction ·

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  • Introduce JWE support
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    • Is something wrong?
    enhancement feature help wanted up for grabs

    Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 25/100

    jwt/ruby-jwt#80 · 11 comments · 8 reactions ·

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  • JWT::EncodedToken calls key_finder before checking the token's algorithm
    Possibly taken Open
    • Is something wrong?
    enhancement

    Difficulty 3/5 Half a day Newbie friendliness 42/100

    jwt/ruby-jwt#781 · 1 reaction ·

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  • JWT::EncodedToken raises TypeError for a non-object header
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    bug

    Difficulty 2/5 1-3 hours Newbie friendliness 78/100

    jwt/ruby-jwt#780 · 1 reaction ·

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  • JWT::EncodedToken accepts tokens with more than three segments
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    bug

    Difficulty 2/5 1-3 hours Newbie friendliness 30/100

    jwt/ruby-jwt#779 · 1 reaction ·

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