Upgrade: [dependabot] - bump aws-actions/configure-aws-credentials from 4 to 6 (#691)

Bumps
[aws-actions/configure-aws-credentials](https://github.com/aws-actions/configure-aws-credentials)
from 4 to 6.
<details>
<summary>Release notes</summary>
<p><em>Sourced from <a
href="https://github.com/aws-actions/configure-aws-credentials/releases">aws-actions/configure-aws-credentials's
releases</a>.</em></p>
<blockquote>
<h2>v6.0.0</h2>
<h2><a
href="https://github.com/aws-actions/configure-aws-credentials/compare/v5.1.1...v6.0.0">6.0.0</a>
(2026-02-04)</h2>
<h3>⚠ BREAKING CHANGES</h3>
<ul>
<li>Update action to use node24 <em>Note this requires GitHub action
runner version <a
href="https://github.com/actions/runner/releases/tag/v2.327.1">v2.327.1</a>
or later</em> (<a
href="https://redirect.github.com/aws-actions/configure-aws-credentials/pull/1632">#1632</a>)
(<a
href="https://github.com/aws-actions/configure-aws-credentials/commit/a7a2c1125c67f40a1e95768f4e4a7d8f019f87af">a7a2c11</a>)</li>
</ul>
<h3>Features</h3>
<ul>
<li>add support to define transitive tag keys (<a
href="https://redirect.github.com/aws-actions/configure-aws-credentials/pull/1316">#1316</a>)
(<a
href="https://github.com/aws-actions/configure-aws-credentials/commit/232435c0c05e51137544f0203931b84893d13b74">232435c</a>)
(<a
href="https://redirect.github.com/aws-actions/configure-aws-credentials/pull/1628/changes/930ebd9bcaed959c3ba9e21567e8abbc3cae72c0">930ebd9</a>)</li>
</ul>
<h3>Bug Fixes</h3>
<ul>
<li>properly output <code>aws-account-id</code> and
<code>authenticated-arn</code> when using role-chaining (<a
href="https://redirect.github.com/aws-actions/configure-aws-credentials/pull/1633">#1633</a>)
(<a
href="https://github.com/aws-actions/configure-aws-credentials/commit/7ceaf96edc86cc1713cef59eba79feeb23f59da1">7ceaf96</a>)</li>
</ul>
<h2>v5.1.1</h2>
<h2><a
href="https://github.com/aws-actions/configure-aws-credentials/compare/v5.1.0...v5.1.1">5.1.1</a>
(2025-11-24)</h2>
<h3>Miscellaneous Chores</h3>
<ul>
<li>release 5.1.1 (<a
href="https://github.com/aws-actions/configure-aws-credentials/commit/56d6a583f00f6bad6d19d91d53a7bc3b8143d0e9">56d6a58</a>)</li>
<li>various dependency updates</li>
</ul>
<h2>v5.1.0</h2>
<h2><a
href="https://github.com/aws-actions/configure-aws-credentials/compare/v5.0.0...v5.1.0">5.1.0</a>
(2025-10-06)</h2>
<h3>Features</h3>
<ul>
<li>Add global timeout support (<a
href="https://redirect.github.com/aws-actions/configure-aws-credentials/issues/1487">#1487</a>)
(<a
href="https://github.com/aws-actions/configure-aws-credentials/commit/1584b8b0e2062557287c28fbe9b8920df434e866">1584b8b</a>)</li>
<li>add no-proxy support (<a
href="https://redirect.github.com/aws-actions/configure-aws-credentials/issues/1482">#1482</a>)
(<a
href="https://github.com/aws-actions/configure-aws-credentials/commit/dde9b22a8e889a0821997a21a2c5a38020ee8de3">dde9b22</a>)</li>
<li>Improve debug logging in retry logic (<a
href="https://redirect.github.com/aws-actions/configure-aws-credentials/issues/1485">#1485</a>)
(<a
href="https://github.com/aws-actions/configure-aws-credentials/commit/97ef425d73aa532439f54f90d0e83101a186c5a6">97ef425</a>)</li>
</ul>
<h3>Bug Fixes</h3>
<ul>
<li>properly expose getProxyForUrl (introduced in <a
href="https://redirect.github.com/aws-actions/configure-aws-credentials/issues/1482">#1482</a>)
(<a
href="https://redirect.github.com/aws-actions/configure-aws-credentials/issues/1486">#1486</a>)
(<a
href="https://github.com/aws-actions/configure-aws-credentials/commit/cea42985ac88b42678fbc84c18066a7f07f05176">cea4298</a>)</li>
</ul>
<h2>v5.0.0</h2>
<h2><a
href="https://github.com/aws-actions/configure-aws-credentials/compare/v4.3.1...v5.0.0">5.0.0</a>
(2025-09-03)</h2>
<h3>⚠ BREAKING CHANGES</h3>
<ul>
<li>Cleanup input handling. Changes invalid boolean input behavior (see
<a
href="https://redirect.github.com/aws-actions/configure-aws-credentials/issues/1445">#1445</a>)</li>
</ul>
<h3>Features</h3>
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</blockquote>
<p>... (truncated)</p>
</details>
<details>
<summary>Changelog</summary>
<p><em>Sourced from <a
href="https://github.com/aws-actions/configure-aws-credentials/blob/main/CHANGELOG.md">aws-actions/configure-aws-credentials's
changelog</a>.</em></p>
<blockquote>
<h2><a
href="https://github.com/aws-actions/configure-aws-credentials/compare/v5.1.1...v6.0.0">6.0.0</a>
(2026-02-04)</h2>
<h3>⚠ BREAKING CHANGES</h3>
<ul>
<li>Update action to use node24 (<a
href="https://redirect.github.com/aws-actions/configure-aws-credentials/pull/1632">#1632</a>)
(<a
href="https://github.com/aws-actions/configure-aws-credentials/commit/a7a2c1125c67f40a1e95768f4e4a7d8f019f87af">a7a2c11</a>)</li>
</ul>
<h3>Features</h3>
<ul>
<li>add support to define transitive tag keys (<a
href="https://redirect.github.com/aws-actions/configure-aws-credentials/pull/1316">#1316</a>)
(<a
href="https://github.com/aws-actions/configure-aws-credentials/commit/232435c0c05e51137544f0203931b84893d13b74">232435c</a>)
(<a
href="https://redirect.github.com/aws-actions/configure-aws-credentials/pull/1628/changes/930ebd9bcaed959c3ba9e21567e8abbc3cae72c0">930ebd9</a>)</li>
</ul>
<h3>Bug Fixes</h3>
<ul>
<li>properly output <code>aws-account-id</code> and
<code>authenticated-arn</code> when using role-chaining (<a
href="https://redirect.github.com/aws-actions/configure-aws-credentials/pull/1633">#1633</a>)
(<a
href="https://github.com/aws-actions/configure-aws-credentials/commit/7ceaf96edc86cc1713cef59eba79feeb23f59da1">7ceaf96</a>)</li>
</ul>
<h2><a
href="https://github.com/aws-actions/configure-aws-credentials/compare/v5.1.0...v5.1.1">5.1.1</a>
(2025-11-24)</h2>
<h3>Miscellaneous Chores</h3>
<ul>
<li>release 5.1.1 (<a
href="https://github.com/aws-actions/configure-aws-credentials/commit/56d6a583f00f6bad6d19d91d53a7bc3b8143d0e9">56d6a58</a>)</li>
</ul>
<h2><a
href="https://github.com/aws-actions/configure-aws-credentials/compare/v5.0.0...v5.1.0">5.1.0</a>
(2025-10-06)</h2>
<h3>Features</h3>
<ul>
<li>Add global timeout support (<a
href="https://redirect.github.com/aws-actions/configure-aws-credentials/issues/1487">#1487</a>)
(<a
href="https://github.com/aws-actions/configure-aws-credentials/commit/1584b8b0e2062557287c28fbe9b8920df434e866">1584b8b</a>)</li>
<li>add no-proxy support (<a
href="https://redirect.github.com/aws-actions/configure-aws-credentials/issues/1482">#1482</a>)
(<a
href="https://github.com/aws-actions/configure-aws-credentials/commit/dde9b22a8e889a0821997a21a2c5a38020ee8de3">dde9b22</a>)</li>
<li>Improve debug logging in retry logic (<a
href="https://redirect.github.com/aws-actions/configure-aws-credentials/issues/1485">#1485</a>)
(<a
href="https://github.com/aws-actions/configure-aws-credentials/commit/97ef425d73aa532439f54f90d0e83101a186c5a6">97ef425</a>)</li>
</ul>
<h3>Bug Fixes</h3>
<ul>
<li>properly expose getProxyForUrl (introduced in <a
href="https://redirect.github.com/aws-actions/configure-aws-credentials/issues/1482">#1482</a>)
(<a
href="https://redirect.github.com/aws-actions/configure-aws-credentials/issues/1486">#1486</a>)
(<a
href="https://github.com/aws-actions/configure-aws-credentials/commit/cea42985ac88b42678fbc84c18066a7f07f05176">cea4298</a>)</li>
</ul>
<h2><a
href="https://github.com/aws-actions/configure-aws-credentials/compare/v4.3.1...v5.0.0">5.0.0</a>
(2025-09-03)</h2>
<h3>⚠ BREAKING CHANGES</h3>
<ul>
<li>Cleanup input handling. Changes invalid boolean input behavior (see
<a
href="https://redirect.github.com/aws-actions/configure-aws-credentials/issues/1445">#1445</a>)</li>
</ul>
<h3>Features</h3>
<ul>
<li>add skip OIDC option (<a
href="https://redirect.github.com/aws-actions/configure-aws-credentials/issues/1458">#1458</a>)
(<a
href="https://github.com/aws-actions/configure-aws-credentials/commit/8c45f6b08196feb86cfdbe431541d5571d9ab2c2">8c45f6b</a>)</li>
<li>Cleanup input handling. Changes invalid boolean input behavior (see
<a
href="https://redirect.github.com/aws-actions/configure-aws-credentials/issues/1445">#1445</a>)
(<a
href="https://github.com/aws-actions/configure-aws-credentials/commit/74b3e27aa80db064b5bb8c04b22fc607e817acf7">74b3e27</a>)</li>
<li>support account id allowlist (<a
href="https://redirect.github.com/aws-actions/configure-aws-credentials/issues/1456">#1456</a>)
(<a
href="https://github.com/aws-actions/configure-aws-credentials/commit/c4be498953fc1da2707a50ce4b761a53af3d02af">c4be498</a>)</li>
</ul>
<h2><a
href="https://github.com/aws-actions/configure-aws-credentials/compare/v4.3.0...v4.3.1">4.3.1</a>
(2025-08-04)</h2>
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</blockquote>
<p>... (truncated)</p>
</details>
<details>
<summary>Commits</summary>
<ul>
<li><a
href="https://github.com/aws-actions/configure-aws-credentials/commit/8df5847569e6427dd6c4fb1cf565c83acfa8afa7"><code>8df5847</code></a>
chore(deps): bump fast-xml-parser and <code>@​aws-sdk/xml-builder</code>
(<a
href="https://redirect.github.com/aws-actions/configure-aws-credentials/issues/1640">#1640</a>)</li>
<li><a
href="https://github.com/aws-actions/configure-aws-credentials/commit/d22a0f8af59e052e453e2f8fbe2b9cbbc1b76b15"><code>d22a0f8</code></a>
chore(deps-dev): bump <code>@​types/node</code> from 25.0.10 to 25.2.0
(<a
href="https://redirect.github.com/aws-actions/configure-aws-credentials/issues/1635">#1635</a>)</li>
<li><a
href="https://github.com/aws-actions/configure-aws-credentials/commit/f7b8181755fc1413cd909cbac860d8a76dc848f1"><code>f7b8181</code></a>
chore(main): release 6.0.0 (<a
href="https://redirect.github.com/aws-actions/configure-aws-credentials/issues/1641">#1641</a>)</li>
<li><a
href="https://github.com/aws-actions/configure-aws-credentials/commit/c367a6acb003ce286b445638569d6ed8d9e846de"><code>c367a6a</code></a>
chore: integ tests manual option (<a
href="https://redirect.github.com/aws-actions/configure-aws-credentials/issues/1639">#1639</a>)</li>
<li><a
href="https://github.com/aws-actions/configure-aws-credentials/commit/7ceaf96edc86cc1713cef59eba79feeb23f59da1"><code>7ceaf96</code></a>
fix: correct outputs for role chaining (<a
href="https://redirect.github.com/aws-actions/configure-aws-credentials/issues/1633">#1633</a>)</li>
<li><a
href="https://github.com/aws-actions/configure-aws-credentials/commit/a7a2c1125c67f40a1e95768f4e4a7d8f019f87af"><code>a7a2c11</code></a>
feat!: update action to use node24 (<a
href="https://redirect.github.com/aws-actions/configure-aws-credentials/issues/1632">#1632</a>)</li>
<li><a
href="https://github.com/aws-actions/configure-aws-credentials/commit/6e3375df071cb03cfbf5fa8ae7770ada6633ab7c"><code>6e3375d</code></a>
chore: remove release-please release automation (<a
href="https://redirect.github.com/aws-actions/configure-aws-credentials/issues/1631">#1631</a>)</li>
<li><a
href="https://github.com/aws-actions/configure-aws-credentials/commit/98abed784138c9838ce602dfb51633e39a1a02b8"><code>98abed7</code></a>
chore: add workflow_dispatch trigger to release workflow (<a
href="https://redirect.github.com/aws-actions/configure-aws-credentials/issues/1630">#1630</a>)</li>
<li><a
href="https://github.com/aws-actions/configure-aws-credentials/commit/bf3adbbb948ac5c9b2dd90a5beecc537dab6ebbf"><code>bf3adbb</code></a>
chore: Update dist</li>
<li><a
href="https://github.com/aws-actions/configure-aws-credentials/commit/db43b8b90ab5e82cf8affce23d07afc7837ae4b2"><code>db43b8b</code></a>
chore: re-run linter</li>
<li>Additional commits viewable in <a
href="https://github.com/aws-actions/configure-aws-credentials/compare/v4...v6">compare
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.github/workflows/release_psu_to_ref.yml

@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ jobs:
             pyproject.toml
 
       - name: Configure AWS Credentials
-        uses: aws-actions/configure-aws-credentials@v4
+        uses: aws-actions/configure-aws-credentials@v6
         with:
           aws-region: eu-west-2
           role-to-assume: ${{ secrets.REF_CLOUD_FORMATION_DEPLOY_ROLE }}
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ jobs:
           aws secretsmanager get-secret-value --secret-id "${client_cert_arn}" --query SecretString --output text > ~/.proxygen/tmp/client_cert
 
       - name: Configure AWS Credentials for api release
-        uses: aws-actions/configure-aws-credentials@v4
+        uses: aws-actions/configure-aws-credentials@v6
         with:
           aws-region: eu-west-2
           role-to-assume: ${{ secrets.PROXYGEN_PTL_ROLE }}

.github/workflows/run_cpsu_load.yml

@@ -72,15 +72,15 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Assume dev artillery runner role
         if: github.event.inputs.environment == 'dev'
-        uses: aws-actions/configure-aws-credentials@v4
+        uses: aws-actions/configure-aws-credentials@v6
         with:
           aws-region: eu-west-2
           role-to-assume: ${{ secrets.DEV_ARTILLERY_RUNNER_ROLE }}
           role-session-name: github-actions-artillery
 
       - name: Assume ref artillery runner role
         if: github.event.inputs.environment == 'ref'
-        uses: aws-actions/configure-aws-credentials@v4
+        uses: aws-actions/configure-aws-credentials@v6
         with:
           aws-region: eu-west-2
           role-to-assume: ${{ secrets.REF_ARTILLERY_RUNNER_ROLE }}

.github/workflows/run_notify_load.yml

@@ -81,15 +81,15 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Assume dev artillery runner role
         if: github.event.inputs.environment == 'dev'
-        uses: aws-actions/configure-aws-credentials@v4
+        uses: aws-actions/configure-aws-credentials@v6
         with:
           aws-region: eu-west-2
           role-to-assume: ${{ secrets.DEV_ARTILLERY_RUNNER_ROLE }}
           role-session-name: github-actions-artillery
 
       - name: Assume ref artillery runner role
         if: github.event.inputs.environment == 'ref'
-        uses: aws-actions/configure-aws-credentials@v4
+        uses: aws-actions/configure-aws-credentials@v6
         with:
           aws-region: eu-west-2
           role-to-assume: ${{ secrets.REF_ARTILLERY_RUNNER_ROLE }}

.github/workflows/run_psu_load.yml

@@ -72,15 +72,15 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Assume dev artillery runner role
         if: github.event.inputs.environment == 'dev'
-        uses: aws-actions/configure-aws-credentials@v4
+        uses: aws-actions/configure-aws-credentials@v6
         with:
           aws-region: eu-west-2
           role-to-assume: ${{ secrets.DEV_ARTILLERY_RUNNER_ROLE }}
           role-session-name: github-actions-artillery
 
       - name: Assume ref artillery runner role
         if: github.event.inputs.environment == 'ref'
-        uses: aws-actions/configure-aws-credentials@v4
+        uses: aws-actions/configure-aws-credentials@v6
         with:
           aws-region: eu-west-2
           role-to-assume: ${{ secrets.REF_ARTILLERY_RUNNER_ROLE }}