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Fixup the KmsKeyring spec to prefer GDK

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Assessment

Difficulty
3/5
Estimated time
1-2 days
Newbie friendliness
45/100
Issue type
Bug
Clarity
Mostly clear
Activity status
Stale
Tech stack
aws, python
Domain
cloud, security

Research direction

Start with the KmsKeyring spec and compare its expectations with the exceptions added in pull request 143. Update the spec so GDK is preferred, using Encrypt only when the Materials already contain an existing data key, and confirm the expected behavior through the relevant spec tests.

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Description

See https://github.com/aws/amazon-s3-encryption-client-python/pull/143 and the exceptions added there.
The spec was written to imply Encrypt is the preferred KMS API, but it should be GDK first,
and only (maybe/should) use Encrypt when the Materials already have an existing data key.

Dominant language
Python
Stars
2
Forks
4
Avg merge
6d 10h
Merged PRs (30d)
2

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