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KIDs must be stable across restarts
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Expand Up @@ -257,8 +257,11 @@ The following key types are supported:
- ECDSA with the P-384 (`secp384r1`) curve
- ECDSA with the K-256 (`secp256k1`) curve

Each entry must have a unique (and arbitrary) `kid`, plus the key itself.
The key can either be specified inline (with the `key` property), or loaded from a file (with the `key_file` property).
Each entry must have a unique `kid`, plus the key itself.
The `kid` can be any case-sensitive string value as long as it is unique to this list;
a key’s `kid` value must be stable across restarts.
The key can either be specified inline (with the `key` property),
or loaded from a file (with the `key_file` property).
The following key formats are supported:

- PKCS#1 PEM or DER-encoded RSA private key
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