Discover more about what's new at AWS with Application loadbalancer support client credential flow with JWT verification

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AWS Application Load Balancer now supports JWT verification for secure machine-to-machine and service-to-service communications. The feature validates JSON Web Tokens in request headers, checking signatures, expiration times, and claims without requiring application code changes. This offloads OAuth 2.0 token validation from applications to the load balancer, reducing architectural complexity for microservices and API security scenarios. The capability supports various OAuth 2.0 flows including Client Credentials Flow and is available in all AWS regions where ALB operates.