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@aws-sdk/credential-providers

What changed in @aws-sdk/credential-providers 3, from its official release notes, upgrade guides and advisories. Sources checked 2026-10-27.

1 breaking1 new APIs and options1 performance5 fixes and other

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@aws-sdk/credential-providers 38 changes

Breaking changes 1

  • CREDENTIALS_CODE is now mutually exclusive with other credential sources.

    3.964.0release notes

New APIs and options 1

  • Adds a login credential provider for obtaining credentials.

    3.936.0release notes

Performance 1

  • The credential providers aggregation package now uses deferred loading.

    3.1082.0release notes

Fixes and other changes 5

  • The credential-provider-login provider always reads the token from disk.

    3.1102.0release notes

  • Fixes memoization in fromNodeProviderChain.

    3.1086.0release notes

  • The INI credential provider now passes the client's requestHandler to the login provider.

    3.952.0release notes

  • userAgentAppId now allows hash characters and propagates to inner clients.

    3.922.0release notes

  • Inner STS clients use the modified region resolver.

    3.920.0release notes