src/NexusReader.Maui/Infrastructure/Identity/MobileAuthenticationHeaderHandler.cs

@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ using System.Threading;
 using Microsoft.Extensions.Configuration;
 using Microsoft.Extensions.DependencyInjection;
 using NexusReader.Application.Abstractions.Services;
+using NexusReader.UI.Shared.Services;
 
 namespace NexusReader.Maui.Infrastructure.Identity;
 
@@ -55,7 +56,12 @@ public class MobileAuthenticationHeaderHandler : DelegatingHandler
             if (tokenResult.IsSuccess && !string.IsNullOrEmpty(tokenResult.Value))
             {
                 originalToken = tokenResult.Value;
-                request.Headers.Authorization = new AuthenticationHeaderValue("Bearer", originalToken);
+                
+                // Only attach the Bearer token if it is not expired
+                if (!JwtTokenValidator.IsExpired(originalToken))
+                {
+                    request.Headers.Authorization = new AuthenticationHeaderValue("Bearer", originalToken);
+                }
             }
         }
 

src/NexusReader.UI.Shared/Services/JwtTokenValidator.cs

@@ -0,0 +1,52 @@
+using System;
+using System.Text.Json;
+
+namespace NexusReader.UI.Shared.Services;
+
+/// <summary>
+/// A lightweight, Native AOT-friendly JWT validator that decodes the payload of a JWT token 
+/// to verify expiration without standard library dependencies.
+/// </summary>
+public static class JwtTokenValidator
+{
+    public static bool IsExpired(string? token)
+    {
+        if (string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(token)) return true;
+
+        try
+        {
+            var parts = token.Split('.');
+            if (parts.Length != 3) return true;
+
+            var payload = parts[1];
+            
+            // Pad the base64 string
+            var padLength = 4 - (payload.Length % 4);
+            if (padLength < 4) 
+            {
+                payload += new string('=', padLength);
+            }
+            
+            // Base64URL to standard Base64 conversion
+            payload = payload.Replace('-', '+').Replace('_', '/');
+            
+            var bytes = Convert.FromBase64String(payload);
+            using var jsonDoc = JsonDocument.Parse(bytes);
+            
+            if (jsonDoc.RootElement.TryGetProperty("exp", out var expElement))
+            {
+                var exp = expElement.GetInt64();
+                var expTime = DateTimeOffset.FromUnixTimeSeconds(exp);
+                
+                // Allow a small 10-second clock skew buffer
+                return expTime <= DateTimeOffset.UtcNow.AddSeconds(10);
+            }
+        }
+        catch
+        {
+            return true; // Treat invalid token as expired
+        }
+        
+        return true;
+    }
+}

src/NexusReader.UI.Shared/Services/NexusAuthenticationStateProvider.cs

@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ public class NexusAuthenticationStateProvider : AuthenticationStateProvider
             var token = tokenResult.IsSuccess ? tokenResult.Value : null;
 
             // 1. Try Token-based auth
-            if (!string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(token))
+            if (!string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(token) && !JwtTokenValidator.IsExpired(token))
             {
                 var emailResult = await _storageService.GetSecureString(StorageKeys.UserEmail);
                 var tenantIdResult = await _storageService.GetSecureString(StorageKeys.UserTenant);

src/NexusReader.Web.Client/Handlers/AuthenticationHeaderHandler.cs

@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Components;
 using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Components.WebAssembly.Http;
 using Microsoft.Extensions.DependencyInjection;
 using NexusReader.Application.Abstractions.Services;
+using NexusReader.UI.Shared.Services;
 
 namespace NexusReader.Web.Client.Handlers;
 
@@ -48,7 +49,12 @@ public class AuthenticationHeaderHandler : DelegatingHandler
             if (tokenResult.IsSuccess && !string.IsNullOrEmpty(tokenResult.Value))
             {
                 originalToken = tokenResult.Value;
-                request.Headers.Authorization = new AuthenticationHeaderValue("Bearer", originalToken);
+                
+                // Only attach the Bearer token if it is not expired
+                if (!JwtTokenValidator.IsExpired(originalToken))
+                {
+                    request.Headers.Authorization = new AuthenticationHeaderValue("Bearer", originalToken);
+                }
             }
         }
 

tests/NexusReader.Application.Tests/NexusReader.Application.Tests.csproj

@@ -16,5 +16,6 @@
   <ItemGroup>
     <ProjectReference Include="..\..\src\NexusReader.Application\NexusReader.Application.csproj" />
     <ProjectReference Include="..\..\src\NexusReader.Infrastructure\NexusReader.Infrastructure.csproj" />
+    <ProjectReference Include="..\..\src\NexusReader.UI.Shared\NexusReader.UI.Shared.csproj" />
   </ItemGroup>
 </Project>

tests/NexusReader.Application.Tests/Services/JwtTokenValidatorTests.cs

@@ -0,0 +1,71 @@
+using System;
+using System.Text;
+using FluentAssertions;
+using NexusReader.UI.Shared.Services;
+using Xunit;
+
+namespace NexusReader.Application.Tests.Services;
+
+public class JwtTokenValidatorTests
+{
+    private string CreateMockToken(long exp)
+    {
+        // {"alg":"HS256","typ":"JWT"}
+        var header = "eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9"; 
+        
+        var payloadJson = $"{{\"exp\":{exp}}}";
+        var payloadBytes = Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes(payloadJson);
+        var payload = Convert.ToBase64String(payloadBytes)
+            .Replace('+', '-')
+            .Replace('/', '_')
+            .TrimEnd('=');
+            
+        return $"{header}.{payload}.signature";
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public void IsExpired_WithNullOrEmptyToken_ShouldReturnTrue()
+    {
+        JwtTokenValidator.IsExpired(null).Should().BeTrue();
+        JwtTokenValidator.IsExpired("").Should().BeTrue();
+        JwtTokenValidator.IsExpired("   ").Should().BeTrue();
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public void IsExpired_WithMalformedToken_ShouldReturnTrue()
+    {
+        JwtTokenValidator.IsExpired("not.a.valid.token.format.here").Should().BeTrue();
+        JwtTokenValidator.IsExpired("part1.part2").Should().BeTrue();
+        JwtTokenValidator.IsExpired("justonestring").Should().BeTrue();
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public void IsExpired_WithExpiredToken_ShouldReturnTrue()
+    {
+        // Expired 1 hour ago
+        var expiredTime = DateTimeOffset.UtcNow.AddHours(-1).ToUnixTimeSeconds();
+        var token = CreateMockToken(expiredTime);
+
+        JwtTokenValidator.IsExpired(token).Should().BeTrue();
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public void IsExpired_WithValidToken_ShouldReturnFalse()
+    {
+        // Valid for 1 hour in the future
+        var futureTime = DateTimeOffset.UtcNow.AddHours(1).ToUnixTimeSeconds();
+        var token = CreateMockToken(futureTime);
+
+        JwtTokenValidator.IsExpired(token).Should().BeFalse();
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public void IsExpired_WithTokenInsideSkewBuffer_ShouldReturnTrue()
+    {
+        // Expiring in 5 seconds (within the 10-second skew buffer)
+        var skewTime = DateTimeOffset.UtcNow.AddSeconds(5).ToUnixTimeSeconds();
+        var token = CreateMockToken(skewTime);
+
+        JwtTokenValidator.IsExpired(token).Should().BeTrue();
+    }
+}