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AWS STS simplifies session token size limits and adds session token size monitoring

AWS Security Token Service (AWS STS) has simplified session token size limits, giving you more room for your session policies and session tags. STS has replaced the packed policy size and the overall session token size limits with a single token size limit of 4,096 bytes.

AWS STS simplifies session token size limits and adds session token size monitoring

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AWS Security Token Service (AWS STS) has simplified session token size limits, giving you more room for your session policies and session tags.

STS has replaced the packed policy size and the overall session token size limits with a single token size limit of 4,096 bytes.

STS now reports session token size in API responses, […]

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AWS Security Token Service (AWS STS) has simplified session token size limits, giving you more room for your session policies and session tags. STS has replaced the packed policy size and the overall session token size limits with a single token size limit of 4,096 bytes. STS now reports session token size in API responses, […]

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