UseJwtBearerAuthentication does not get User.Identity.Name populated

Question

I am trying to use JWT for authentication mechanism in ASP.NET Core Web API project. Suppose this project has not MVC part and does no

Answer 1

in your claims (second code snippet) I can only see this:

new Claim(ClaimTypes.NameIdentifier, applicationUser.UserName),

but you need to add this:

new Claim(ClaimTypes.Name, applicationUser.UserName),

then User.Identity.Name should contain the username.