Basic auth was always the placeholder. It worked, but sending credentials on every single request never sat right — no real session, no expiry, no way to log someone out without changing their password. This week I finally replaced it with JWT, and wired up OAuth2 alongside it.
Source: [Dev.to](https://dev.to/bilal_bukhari_75aeb34a969/replacing-basic-auth-with-jwt-and-oauth2-in-spring-security-h9k)