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AADSTS50003

MissingSigningKey

What Microsoft says

Sign-in failed because of a missing signing key or certificate. This might be because there was no signing key configured in the app. To learn more, see the troubleshooting article for error AADSTS50003. If you still see issues, contact the app owner or an app admin.

How to fix it

Microsoft doesn't publish a specific fix for this code beyond the description above. This site groups it under app registration and tokens, based on that description, so start with the steps below.

How to investigate

  1. Compare what the app sends (client ID, redirect URI, scopes, tenant) with the app registration.
  2. Decode the token or request: the JWT and SAML decoders on this site show exactly what was sent.
  3. Check the app's credentials (secrets and certificates) and whether the service principal exists and is enabled in this tenant.
  4. Search the sign-in logs for the request ID or correlation ID from the troubleshooting details on the error page.

Tools that help

Common errors: App registration and tokens

The description is quoted from Microsoft's error code reference. The grouping and investigation steps are this site's guidance.