PyJWT 2.11.0

JSON Web Token implementation in Python

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The jpadilla/pyjwt repo was created 14 years ago and the last code push was Yesterday.
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How to Install pyjwt

You can install pyjwt using pip

pip install pyjwt

or add it to a project with poetry

poetry add pyjwt

Package Details

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PyPi:

https://pypi.org/project/PyJWT/

GitHub Repo:

https://github.com/jpadilla/pyjwt

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GitHub Issues

The pyjwt package has 40 open issues on GitHub

• PyJWKClient.get_signing_key_from_jwt(token) does not discriminate on algorithm
• ResourceWarning on Python 3.14 when HTTP errors returned
• Fix #1126: Fix microseconds lose on jwt.encode for known time claims
• jwt.encode loses microseconds precision when using datetime for known time claims
• Python 3.14 support
• [pre-commit.ci] pre-commit autoupdate
• Fix CVE-2025-45768: Implement NIST-compliant HMAC key validation
• Why is curcial validation such as exp bypassed if the claim is not present?
• feat: strict encode, lenient decode for JWT subject claim
• Security Vulnerability
• Document and/or rename misleading arguments of PyJWKClient
• Doc string typo fix for PyJWT._validate_jti() function
• tests(py39): TestPyJWKClient test suddenly failing on master
• [docs] Missing contributing guidelines
• JWKClient.get_jwk_set() raises http.client.IncompleteRead

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