// and overwrite them with the claims from JWT.
	if ok && pCfg.ClaimUserinfo {
		if accessToken == "" {
			return errors.New("access_token is mandatory if user_info claim is enabled")
		}
		uclaims, err := pCfg.UserInfo(ctx, accessToken, r.transport)
		if err != nil {
			return err
		}
		for k, v := range uclaims {
			if _, ok := claims[k]; !ok { // only add to claims not update it.

func authenticateNode(accessKey, secretKey, audience string) (string, error) {
	claims := xjwt.NewStandardClaims()
	claims.SetExpiry(UTCNow().Add(defaultInterNodeJWTExpiry))
	claims.SetAccessKey(accessKey)
	claims.SetAudience(audience)

	jwt := jwtgo.NewWithClaims(jwtgo.SigningMethodHS512, claims)
	return jwt.SignedString([]byte(secretKey))
}

// Check if the request is authenticated.