AWS credential precedence change for AWS auth method and AWS secrets engine - #3098
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Please also update the 2.x summary table file with the change: content/vault/global/partials/important-changes/summary-tables/2xx.mdx
Co-authored-by: Sarah Chavis <62406755+schavis@users.noreply.github.com>
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Documents a breaking change in Vault 2.2.0 where the AWS auth method and AWS secrets engine now always prefer explicitly configured WIF credentials over AWS environment variables.
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