Patch 1

[jaceksocha]

Why:

Closes:

The recepie to generate JWT using bash not working when using "Client id" as "iss" , because of "Client id" is string and reqire quotes.

Result of usage token usage cause error:

{ "message": "A JSON web token could not be decoded", "documentation_url": "https://docs.github.com/rest", "status": "401" }

Example decoded payload data for JWT token generated using "Clinet id" as "iss"

"{\n \"iat\":1720435516,\n \"exp\":1720436176,\n \"iss\":Iv23liUdv*******\n}"

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[nguyenalex836]

@jaceksocha Thanks so much for opening a PR! I'll get this triaged for review ✨

[jaceksocha]

Hi @nguyenalex836

To make sure (if not stuck on missing action on my side), should I take some action or simply wait patiently for review ?

Greetings

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[nguyenalex836]

@jaceksocha Thank you very much for your patience while our SME team reviewed your PR! Your changes look great ✨
I'll update the branch and get this merged once tests are passing 🍏

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