Amazon DynamoDb-local java 1.23.0 has a breaking change

Question

In the previous versions you can set the access-key and secret-key to "" (empty string), like:

...
    .withCredentials(new AWSStaticCredentialsProvider(new BasicAWSCredentials("", "")))
    ...

it doesn't work any more. You will get an exception during startup.

Leeroy Hannigan · Answer

DynamoDB Local V2.0 and greater convention specifies that the `AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID` can only contain letters (A–Z, a–z) and numbers (0–9).

More info here [Troubleshooting "The Access Key ID or Security Token is Invalid" Error after Upgrading DynamoDB Local to Version 2.0 or Greater](https://repost.aws/articles/ARc4hEkF9CRgOrw8kSMe6CwQ/troubleshooting-the-access-key-id-or-security-token-is-invalid-error-after-upgrading-dynamodb-local-to-version-2-0-or-greater)

Antonio_Lagrotteria · Answer

I d suggest to look into this article https://repost.aws/articles/ARc4hEkF9CRgOrw8kSMe6CwQ/troubleshooting-the-access-key-id-or-security-token-is-invalid-error-after-upgrading-dynamodb-local-to-version-2-0-or-greater as maybe could be slightly related?

Selindek · Answer

DinamoDb-local doesn't check the credentials, so you can still set it any non-empty string.

Although it IS still an annoying issue, because our historical versions don't build anymore (All of the tests fails)

Amazon DynamoDb-local java 1.23.0 has a breaking change

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