Birdor Tools & Docs Update — JWT Debugger UI + Documentation (2025-11-23)

Leeting Yan

This update focuses on both the JWT Debugger tool UI and its corresponding documentation guide, providing a complete end-to-end experience for developers inspecting and validating JSON Web Tokens on Birdor.

JWT Debugger UI Foundation Created

Type: tool
Scope: jwt-debugger
Importance: minor

Summary

The initial UI foundation for the JWT Debugger is now in place, including decode panels and token validation views.

Details

  • Added header / payload / signature display sections.
  • Added visual highlighting for invalid and expired tokens.
  • Implemented a Base64URL decoder with automatic padding correction.

JWT Debugger Tool Guide Created

Type: docs
Scope: docs-jwt-debugger
Importance: minor

Summary

Published the complete documentation page explaining JWT structure, signature algorithms, and verification flow.

Details

  • Added explanations for HS256 / HS384 / HS512 algorithms.
  • Added claim field breakdowns:
    • exp (expiration)
    • iat (issued at)
    • nbf (not before)
  • Included internal algorithm and parsing notes to help developers understand validation behavior.