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This is an internal package. Do not install this as a direct dependency.
This package contains separate internal implementations of the STS and SSO-OIDC AWS SDK clients to be used by the AWS SDK credential providers to break a cyclic dependency.
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This package may be marked as external if you do not use STS nor SSO-OIDC in your credential resolution process.
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Nested clients for AWS SDK packages.
The npm package @aws-sdk/nested-clients receives a total of 49,896,527 weekly downloads. As such, @aws-sdk/nested-clients popularity was classified as popular.
We found that @aws-sdk/nested-clients demonstrated a healthy version release cadence and project activity because the last version was released less than a year ago. It has 2 open source maintainers collaborating on the project.
Package last updated on 09 Sep 2026
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