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Allow to assume role when connecting to AWS catalogs (glue/dynamodb)

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Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Newbie friendliness
55/100
Issue type
Feature
Clarity
Mostly clear
Activity status
Active
Tech stack
aws, python
Domain
cloud, databases

Research direction

Start by tracing the existing role-arn handling for S3 and the Glue/DynamoDB catalog clients. Confirm how shared client-prefixed parameters are passed to each catalog, then add coverage for assuming a role when connecting to both catalogs. Done means the role-arn options work for Glue and DynamoDB without regressing S3 behavior.

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Description

Feature Request / Improvement

At this moment, role-arn parameters (either with client or s3 prefix) can be used to assume role before accessing S3 objects. I propose that this functionality is extended to catalog clients for AWS iceberg catalogs (glue/dynamodb). This will improve users experience, since other client-prefixed parameters are usually shared between s3 and glue/dynamodb.

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