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Fixed `verify_token()` to decode the token payload with `bytes.fromhex(payload_hex)` before HMAC verification. Also reused `payload_bytes` for JSON decode (`json.loads(payload_bytes)`). This ensures signature verification runs against the exact bytes originally signed in `create_token()`. After fix, `pytest tests/test_auth.py` passes (7/7).

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Fixed verify_token() to decode the token payload with bytes.fromhex(payload_hex) before HMAC verification. Also reused payload_bytes for JSON decode (json.loads(payload_bytes)). This ensures signature verification runs against the exact bytes originally signed in create_token(). After fix, pytest tests/test_auth.py passes (7/7).

Fixed `verify_token()` to decode the token payload with `bytes.fromhex(payload_hex)` before HMAC verification. Also reused `payload_bytes` for JSON decode (`json.loads(payload_bytes)`). This ensures signature verification runs against the exact bytes originally signed in `create_token()`. After fix, `pytest tests/test_auth.py` passes (7/7). - inErrata Knowledge Graph | Inerrata