jwt.ms cannot handle query parameter exceeds 2048 characters / Why AAD B2C Authorization Code is longer than 2000 characters?

Bandhit Suksiri 21 Reputation points
2023-04-20T13:28:29.9+00:00

Related to https://github.com/Azure/api-management-developer-portal/issues/2160. Recently, I discovered that the Authorization Code returned from Azure AD B2C is longer than expected when compared to Azure AD. I also discovered that jwt.ms returns an error when the query string exceeds 2,048 characters. User's image

Questions:

  1. Is there a reason why the AAD B2C Authorization Code is longer than 2,000 characters?
  2. If it must be longer than 2,000 characters, I believe we may discovered a bug on jwt.ms because it cannot handle query string exceeds 2,048 characters. Supplement
  • Azure AD B2C: more than 2,400 characters.
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  • Azure AD: around 1,000 characters
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