OpenIdConnectOptions Validate Method Throwing Exception in ASP.NET 6.0

Question

I have a simple ASP.NET Core 6.0 web app, and I am trying to configure OpenID Connect (OIDC) in the Program.cs file. I am using "Microsoft.AspNetCore.Authentication.OpenIdConnect" Version="6.0.0" in my .csproj file.

This is the code for my OIDC logic in my Program.cs file:

using Microsoft.IdentityModel.Protocols.OpenIdConnect;

var builder = WebApplication.CreateBuilder(args);

Microsoft.IdentityModel.Protocols.OpenIdConnect.OpenIdConnectConfiguration oidcConfig = new OpenIdConnectConfiguration();oidcConfig.TokenEndpoint = "https://removed.com";oidcConfig.UserInfoEndpoint = "https://removed.com";oidcConfig.JwksUri = "https://removed.com";

Microsoft.AspNetCore.Authentication.OpenIdConnect.OpenIdConnectOptions oidcOptions = new Microsoft.AspNetCore.Authentication.OpenIdConnect.OpenIdConnectOptions();

oidcOptions.Authority = "https://removed.com";oidcOptions.MetadataAddress = "https://removed.com";oidcOptions.Configuration = oidcConfig;oidcOptions.ClientId = "xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx";oidcOptions.ClientSecret = "xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx";oidcOptions.ResponseType = OpenIdConnectResponseType.IdToken;oidcOptions.GetClaimsFromUserInfoEndpoint = true;oidcOptions.SaveTokens = true;oidcOptions.Validate();

When I run my code and it gets to oidcOptions.Validate(), the following exception is thrown:

An unhandled exception of type 'System.InvalidOperationException' occurred in Microsoft.AspNetCore.Authentication.OpenIdConnect.dll: 'Provide Authority, MetadataAddress, Configuration, or ConfigurationManager to OpenIdConnectOptions'

Why is this exception being thrown? When I run my code in debug mode, I can see that my oidcOptions object has the values I provided for Authority, MetadataAddress, and Configuration.

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