private async Task <string> SerializeAccessTokenAsync(
            ClaimsPrincipal principal, AuthenticationProperties properties,
            OpenIdConnectMessage request, OpenIdConnectMessage response)
        {
            try {
                // properties.IssuedUtc and properties.ExpiresUtc
                // should always be preferred when explicitly set.
                if (properties.IssuedUtc == null)
                {
                    properties.IssuedUtc = Options.SystemClock.UtcNow;
                }

                if (properties.ExpiresUtc == null)
                {
                    properties.ExpiresUtc = properties.IssuedUtc + Options.AccessTokenLifetime;
                }

                properties.SetUsage(OpenIdConnectConstants.Usages.AccessToken);

                // Create a new principal containing only the filtered claims.
                // Actors identities are also filtered (delegation scenarios).
                principal = principal.Clone(claim => {
                    // ClaimTypes.NameIdentifier and JwtRegisteredClaimNames.Sub are never excluded.
                    if (string.Equals(claim.Type, ClaimTypes.NameIdentifier, StringComparison.Ordinal) ||
                        string.Equals(claim.Type, JwtRegisteredClaimNames.Sub, StringComparison.Ordinal))
                    {
                        return(true);
                    }

                    // Claims whose destination is not explicitly referenced or
                    // doesn't contain "token" are not included in the access token.
                    return(claim.HasDestination(OpenIdConnectConstants.ResponseTypes.Token));
                });

                var identity = (ClaimsIdentity)principal.Identity;

                // Create a new ticket containing the updated properties and the filtered principal.
                var ticket = new AuthenticationTicket(principal, properties, Options.AuthenticationScheme);

                var notification = new SerializeAccessTokenContext(Context, Options, request, response, ticket)
                {
                    Client               = request.ClientId,
                    Confidential         = properties.IsConfidential(),
                    DataFormat           = Options.AccessTokenFormat,
                    Issuer               = Context.GetIssuer(Options),
                    SecurityTokenHandler = Options.AccessTokenHandler,
                    SigningCredentials   = Options.SigningCredentials.FirstOrDefault()
                };

                foreach (var audience in properties.GetResources())
                {
                    notification.Audiences.Add(audience);
                }

                foreach (var scope in properties.GetScopes())
                {
                    notification.Scopes.Add(scope);
                }

                // Sets the default access token serializer.
                notification.Serializer = payload => {
                    if (notification.SecurityTokenHandler == null)
                    {
                        return(Task.FromResult(notification.DataFormat?.Protect(payload)));
                    }

                    // Extract the main identity from the principal.
                    identity = (ClaimsIdentity)payload.Principal.Identity;

                    // Store the "usage" property as a claim.
                    identity.AddClaim(OpenIdConnectConstants.Extra.Usage, payload.Properties.GetUsage());

                    // If the ticket is marked as confidential, add a new
                    // "confidential" claim in the security token.
                    if (notification.Confidential)
                    {
                        identity.AddClaim(new Claim(OpenIdConnectConstants.Extra.Confidential, "true", ClaimValueTypes.Boolean));
                    }

                    // Create a new claim per scope item, that will result
                    // in a "scope" array being added in the access token.
                    foreach (var scope in notification.Scopes)
                    {
                        identity.AddClaim(OpenIdConnectConstants.Claims.Scope, scope);
                    }

                    // Note: when used as an access token, a JWT token doesn't have to expose a "sub" claim
                    // but the name identifier claim is used as a substitute when it has been explicitly added.
                    // See https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc7519#section-4.1.2
                    var subject = identity.FindFirst(JwtRegisteredClaimNames.Sub);
                    if (subject == null)
                    {
                        var identifier = identity.FindFirst(ClaimTypes.NameIdentifier);
                        if (identifier != null)
                        {
                            identity.AddClaim(JwtRegisteredClaimNames.Sub, identifier.Value);
                        }
                    }

                    // Remove the ClaimTypes.NameIdentifier claims to avoid getting duplicate claims.
                    // Note: the "sub" claim is automatically mapped by JwtSecurityTokenHandler
                    // to ClaimTypes.NameIdentifier when validating a JWT token.
                    // Note: make sure to call ToArray() to avoid an InvalidOperationException
                    // on old versions of Mono, where FindAll() is implemented using an iterator.
                    foreach (var claim in identity.FindAll(ClaimTypes.NameIdentifier).ToArray())
                    {
                        identity.RemoveClaim(claim);
                    }

                    // Store the audiences as claims.
                    foreach (var audience in notification.Audiences)
                    {
                        identity.AddClaim(JwtRegisteredClaimNames.Aud, audience);
                    }

                    // List the client application as an authorized party.
                    if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(notification.Client))
                    {
                        identity.AddClaim(JwtRegisteredClaimNames.Azp, notification.Client);
                    }

                    var handler = notification.SecurityTokenHandler as JwtSecurityTokenHandler;
                    if (handler != null)
                    {
                        var token = handler.CreateToken(
                            subject: identity,
                            issuer: notification.Issuer,
                            signingCredentials: notification.SigningCredentials,
                            issuedAt: payload.Properties.IssuedUtc.Value.UtcDateTime,
                            notBefore: payload.Properties.IssuedUtc.Value.UtcDateTime,
                            expires: payload.Properties.ExpiresUtc.Value.UtcDateTime);

                        if (notification.SigningCredentials != null)
                        {
                            var x509SecurityKey = notification.SigningCredentials.Key as X509SecurityKey;
                            if (x509SecurityKey != null)
                            {
                                // Note: unlike "kid", "x5t" is not automatically added by JwtHeader's constructor in IdentityModel for ASP.NET 5.
                                // Though not required by the specifications, this property is needed for IdentityModel for Katana to work correctly.
                                // See https://github.com/aspnet-contrib/AspNet.Security.OpenIdConnect.Server/issues/132
                                // and https://github.com/AzureAD/azure-activedirectory-identitymodel-extensions-for-dotnet/issues/181.
                                token.Header[JwtHeaderParameterNames.X5t] = Base64UrlEncoder.Encode(x509SecurityKey.Certificate.GetCertHash());
                            }

                            object identifier;
                            if (!token.Header.TryGetValue(JwtHeaderParameterNames.Kid, out identifier) || identifier == null)
                            {
                                // When the token doesn't contain a "kid" parameter in the header, automatically
                                // add one using the identifier specified in the signing credentials.
                                identifier = notification.SigningCredentials.Kid;

                                if (identifier == null)
                                {
                                    // When no key identifier has been explicitly added by the developer, a "kid" is automatically
                                    // inferred from the hexadecimal representation of the certificate thumbprint (SHA-1).
                                    if (x509SecurityKey != null)
                                    {
                                        identifier = x509SecurityKey.Certificate.Thumbprint;
                                    }

                                    // When no key identifier has been explicitly added by the developer, a "kid"
                                    // is automatically inferred from the modulus if the signing key is a RSA key.
                                    var rsaSecurityKey = notification.SigningCredentials.Key as RsaSecurityKey;
                                    if (rsaSecurityKey != null)
                                    {
                                        // Only use the 40 first chars to match the identifier used by the JWKS endpoint.
                                        identifier = Base64UrlEncoder.Encode(rsaSecurityKey.Parameters.Modulus)
                                                     .Substring(0, 40)
                                                     .ToUpperInvariant();
                                    }
                                }

                                token.Header[JwtHeaderParameterNames.Kid] = identifier;
                            }
                        }

                        return(Task.FromResult(handler.WriteToken(token)));
                    }

                    else
                    {
                        var token = notification.SecurityTokenHandler.CreateToken(new SecurityTokenDescriptor {
                            Claims             = payload.Principal.Claims,
                            Issuer             = notification.Issuer,
                            Audience           = notification.Audiences.ElementAtOrDefault(0),
                            SigningCredentials = notification.SigningCredentials,
                            IssuedAt           = notification.AuthenticationTicket.Properties.IssuedUtc.Value.UtcDateTime,
                            NotBefore          = notification.AuthenticationTicket.Properties.IssuedUtc.Value.UtcDateTime,
                            Expires            = notification.AuthenticationTicket.Properties.ExpiresUtc.Value.UtcDateTime
                        });

                        // Note: the security token is manually serialized to prevent
                        // an exception from being thrown if the handler doesn't implement
                        // the SecurityTokenHandler.WriteToken overload returning a string.
                        var builder = new StringBuilder();
                        using (var writer = XmlWriter.Create(builder, new XmlWriterSettings {
                            Encoding = new UTF8Encoding(false), OmitXmlDeclaration = true
                        })) {
                            notification.SecurityTokenHandler.WriteToken(writer, token);
                        }

                        return(Task.FromResult(builder.ToString()));
                    }
                };

                await Options.Provider.SerializeAccessToken(notification);

                // Treat a non-null access token like an implicit HandleResponse call.
                if (notification.HandledResponse || !string.IsNullOrEmpty(notification.AccessToken))
                {
                    return(notification.AccessToken);
                }

                else if (notification.Skipped)
                {
                    return(null);
                }

                // Allow the application to change the authentication
                // ticket from the SerializeAccessTokenAsync event.
                ticket = notification.AuthenticationTicket;
                ticket.Properties.CopyTo(properties);

                return(await notification.SerializeTicketAsync());
            }

            catch (Exception exception) {
                Logger.LogWarning("An exception occured when serializing an access token.", exception);

                return(null);
            }
        }