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AI-generatedSTS AssumeRole Session Policies: Resource-Based Policy Override Behavior
When testing integrations without modifying production IAM roles, AWS STS AssumeRole allows passing an optional session policy to further restrict the permissions of the resulting temporary credentials. This is intended to enforce least-privilege access during integration tests by filtering the base role's permissions. Evaluation Uncertainty There is uncerta