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  • Switches assertTokenSignature in @clerk/nextjs to a constant-time string comparison for the HMAC-SHA1 integrity signature on the middleware-to-origin auth header handoff.
  • The new constantTimeEqual helper is pure JS, synchronous, and runtime-agnostic so it works the same way in Node and in Edge Runtime (where node:crypto.timingSafeEqual isn't reliably available). The signature is a fixed-length 40-character hex digest, so the early length check leaks nothing secret.
  • Resolves AISEC-8.

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  • Switches assertTokenSignature in @clerk/nextjs to a constant-time string comparison for the HMAC-SHA1 integrity signature on the middleware-to-origin auth header handoff.
  • The new constantTimeEqual helper is pure JS, synchronous, and runtime-agnostic so it works the same way in Node and in Edge Runtime (where node:crypto.timingSafeEqual isn't reliably available). The signature is a fixed-length 40-character hex digest, so the early length check leaks nothing secret.
  • Resolves AISEC-8.
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  • Switches assertTokenSignature in @clerk/nextjs to a constant-time string comparison for the HMAC-SHA1 integrity signature on the middleware-to-origin auth header handoff.
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  • Switches assertTokenSignature in @clerk/nextjs to a constant-time string comparison for the HMAC-SHA1 integrity signature on the middleware-to-origin auth header handoff.
  • The new constantTimeEqual helper is pure JS, synchronous, and runtime-agnostic so it works the same way in Node and in Edge Runtime (where node:crypto.timingSafeEqual isn't reliably available). The signature is a fixed-length 40-character hex digest, so the early length check leaks nothing secret.
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  • Switches assertTokenSignature in @clerk/nextjs to a constant-time string comparison for the HMAC-SHA1 integrity signature on the middleware-to-origin auth header handoff.
  • The new constantTimeEqual helper is pure JS, synchronous, and runtime-agnostic so it works the same way in Node and in Edge Runtime (where node:crypto.timingSafeEqual isn't reliably available). The signature is a fixed-length 40-character hex digest, so the early length check leaks nothing secret.
  • Resolves AISEC-8.
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fix(nextjs): Use constant-time comparison in assertTokenSignature
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  • Switches assertTokenSignature in @clerk/nextjs to a constant-time string comparison for the HMAC-SHA1 integrity signature on the middleware-to-origin auth header handoff.
  • The new constantTimeEqual helper is pure JS, synchronous, and runtime-agnostic so it works the same way in Node and in Edge Runtime (where node:crypto.timingSafeEqual isn't reliably available). The signature is a fixed-length 40-character hex digest, so the early length check leaks nothing secret.
  • Resolves AISEC-8.
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  • Switches assertTokenSignature in @clerk/nextjs to a constant-time string comparison for the HMAC-SHA1 integrity signature on the middleware-to-origin auth header handoff.
  • The new constantTimeEqual helper is pure JS, synchronous, and runtime-agnostic so it works the same way in Node and in Edge Runtime (where node:crypto.timingSafeEqual isn't reliably available). The signature is a fixed-length 40-character hex digest, so the early length check leaks nothing secret.
  • Resolves AISEC-8.
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  • Switches assertTokenSignature in @clerk/nextjs to a constant-time string comparison for the HMAC-SHA1 integrity signature on the middleware-to-origin auth header handoff.
  • The new constantTimeEqual helper is pure JS, synchronous, and runtime-agnostic so it works the same way in Node and in Edge Runtime (where node:crypto.timingSafeEqual isn't reliably available). The signature is a fixed-length 40-character hex digest, so the early length check leaks nothing secret.
  • Resolves AISEC-8.
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