How to use the AWS Workload Credentials Provider for cross-account secret retrieval and prefetching secrets

This AWS blog post explains how to use the Workload Credentials Provider to assume IAM roles for cross-account Secrets Manager access (role chaining) and to prefetch secrets at startup to reduce cold-start latency. It includes build and installation guidance, configuration examples (TOML), required IAM permissions, and security considerations (SSRF token handling, scoping role permissions).