(invalid_token_response) An error occurred while attempting to retrieve the OAuth 2.0 Access Token Response: 401 Unauthorized: [no body] - spring

Question

I'm creating Microservices that are deployed in docker-desktop Kubernetes cluster for development. I'm using Spring security with Auth0 and the pods are using Kubernetes Native Service Discovery coupled with Spring cloud gateway. When I log in using Auth0, it authenticates just fine but the token that is received appears to be empty based on the error given.
I'm new to Kubernetes and this error only seems to occur when running the application on the kubernetes cluster. If I use Eureka for local testing, Auth0 works completely fine. I've tried to do some research to see if the issue is the token unable to be retrieved in the kubernetes cluster and the only solution I've seem to be able to find is to implement istioctl within the cluster.
FRONTEND deployment.yml
apiVersion: apps/v1
kind: Deployment
metadata:
name: user-interface-app
labels:
app: user-interface-app
spec:
replicas: 1
selector:
matchLabels:
app: user-interface-app
template:
metadata:
labels:
app: user-interface-app
spec:
containers:
- name: user-interface-app
image: imageName:tag
imagePullPolicy: Always
ports:
- containerPort: 8084
env:
- name: GATEWAY_URL
value: api-gateway-svc.default.svc.cluster.local
- name: ZIPKIN_SERVER_URL
valueFrom:
configMapKeyRef:
name: gateway-cm
key: zipkin_service_url
- name: STRIPE_API_KEY
valueFrom:
secretKeyRef:
name: secret
key: stripe-api-key
- name: STRIPE_PUBLIC_KEY
valueFrom:
secretKeyRef:
name: secret
key: stripe-public-key
- name: STRIPE_WEBHOOK_SECRET
valueFrom:
secretKeyRef:
name: secret
key: stripe-webhook-secret
- name: AUTH_CLIENT_ID
valueFrom:
secretKeyRef:
name: secret
key: auth-client-id
- name: AUTH_CLIENT_SECRET
valueFrom:
secretKeyRef:
name: secret
key: auth-client-secret
---
apiVersion: v1
kind: Service
metadata:
name: user-interface-svc
spec:
selector:
app: user-interface-app
type: ClusterIP
ports:
- port: 8084
targetPort: 8084
protocol: TCP
---
apiVersion: v1
kind: Service
metadata:
name: user-interface-lb
spec:
selector:
app: user-interface-app
type: LoadBalancer
ports:
- name: frontend
port: 8084
targetPort: 8084
protocol: TCP
- name: request
port: 80
targetPort: 8084
protocol: TCP
API-GATEWAY deployment.yml
apiVersion: v1
kind: ConfigMap
metadata:
name: gateway-cm
data:
cart_service_url: http://cart-service-svc.default.svc.cluster.local
customer_profile_service_url: http://customer-profile-service-svc.default.svc.cluster.local
order_service_url: http://order-service-svc.default.svc.cluster.local
product_service_url: lb://product-service-svc.default.svc.cluster.local
zipkin_service_url: http://zipkin-svc.default.svc.cluster.local:9411
---
apiVersion: apps/v1
kind: Deployment
metadata:
name: api-gateway-app
labels:
app: api-gateway-app
spec:
replicas: 1
selector:
matchLabels:
app: api-gateway-app
template:
metadata:
labels:
app: api-gateway-app
spec:
containers:
- name: api-gateway-app
image: imageName:imageTag
imagePullPolicy: Always
ports:
- containerPort: 8090
env:
- name: PRODUCT_SERVICE_URL
valueFrom:
configMapKeyRef:
name: gateway-cm
key: product_service_url
---
apiVersion: v1
kind: Service
metadata:
name: api-gateway-np
spec:
selector:
app: api-gateway-app
type: NodePort
ports:
- port: 80
targetPort: 8090
protocol: TCP
nodePort: 30499
---
apiVersion: v1
kind: Service
metadata:
name: api-gateway-svc
spec:
selector:
app: api-gateway-app
type: ClusterIP
ports:
- port: 80
targetPort: 8090
protocol: TCP