Quay is showing 'Invalid bearer token format' error

Issue

• Why is the mirror registry (Quay) showing the following logs

Feb 22 08:06:04 hostname podman[10552]: gunicorn-registry stdout | 2024-02-21 23:06:04,354 [198] [DEBUG] [auth.registry_jwt_auth] Validating auth header: Basic xXyYzXxYuZzzzzw==
Feb 22 08:06:04 hostname podman[10552]: gunicorn-registry stdout | 2024-02-21 23:06:04,355 [198] [ERROR] [auth.registry_jwt_auth] Invalid bearer token: Invalid bearer token format
Feb 22 08:06:04 hostname podman[10552]: gunicorn-registry stdout | Traceback (most recent call last):
Feb 22 08:06:04 hostname podman[10552]: gunicorn-registry stdout |   File "/quay-registry/auth/registry_jwt_auth.py", line 104, in identity_from_bearer_token
Feb 22 08:06:04 hostname podman[10552]: gunicorn-registry stdout |     payload = decode_bearer_header(bearer_header, instance_keys, app.config)
Feb 22 08:06:04 hostname podman[10552]: gunicorn-registry stdout |   File "/quay-registry/util/security/registry_jwt.py", line 50, in decode_bearer_header
Feb 22 08:06:04 hostname podman[10552]: gunicorn-registry stdout |     raise InvalidBearerTokenException("Invalid bearer token format")
Feb 22 08:06:04 hostname podman[10552]: gunicorn-registry stdout | util.security.registry_jwt.InvalidBearerTokenException: Invalid bearer token format
Feb 22 08:06:04 dns01 quay-app[10579]: gunicorn-registry stdout |   File "/quay-registry/auth/registry_jwt_auth.py", line 104, in identity_from_bearer_token
Feb 22 08:06:04 hostname quay-app[10579]: gunicorn-registry stdout |     payload = decode_bearer_header(bearer_header, instance_keys, app.config)
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