A GitHub Actions workflow uses OIDC federation. The incoming subject refers to a different environment than the configured trusted subject. What is the most appropriate correction?

Choose the single best answer.

A.Add a long-lived administrator secret without investigating the mismatch
B.Grant Owner so that identity matching is unnecessary
C.Disable trust validation for all subjects
D.Align the intended issuer, subject, and audience trust with the exact supported workload token

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Align the intended issuer, subject, and audience trust with the exact supported workload token

Federation validates the configured trust values against the external token. Broad secrets, disabling validation, and Owner permissions do not safely correct a mismatched trust relationship.

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