Cannot save (ERROR: singles[0].role_name is required to be a valid string)

[iliasmer]

Describe the bug
When I try to save my configurations it is unable to do so, throwing this error: singles[0].role_name is required to be a valid string. This error is at least when using Chrome, I have not tested with other browsers.

To Reproduce
Steps to reproduce the behavior:

1. Go to 'Configuration'
2. Click on 'Save', with or without making changes to the current config
3. See error

Expected behavior
Save the configuration.

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Environment

• OS: [windows]
• Browser [ chrome]
• Version [...]

Additional context
Add any other context about the problem here.

[joost-wolfsen-cloudnation]

I'm suffering from the same issue with the newest version of the plugin in Chrome on Windows 10 and on Windows 11

[keebrev]

Same issue here. MacOS Sonoma 14.1 with Chrome 119.0.6045.105 for ARM64. Plugin version 4.0.2.

[tilfin]

AESR has enhanced configuration validation in a recent update.

singles[0].role_name is required to be a valid string.

This error message means that the role_name in the 0th (first) definition of the profile by 'Simple Configuration' is not the correct string. 'Simple Configuration' means a single profile definition not referenced in source_profile.

Perhaps there is a profile definition for the base account that is incorrect with the profile name specified in source_profile.

[joost-wolfsen-cloudnation]

Thanks, i've redone my profile list and now it is saving again. Weird though that it suddenly became an issue whereas i haven't changed the first 50 rows of my configuration in the past 1,5 years.

[fdamstra]

In #333 , @tilfin said:

It is not possible to share exactly the same settings as ~/.aws/config.

It disappoints me that parity with ~/.aws/config isn't a goal of this extension. I thought it was. Being able to keep the extend roles configuration and my ~/.aws/config configuration in sync was one of the great features of this plugin, and I have been doing it for years. It wasn't until I recently had to make updates to my configuration that it wouldn't save (and in fact was functioning just fine).

But I believe this inconsistency is what we're running into in this thread, too.

The simplest example of a configuration that is valid in ~/.aws/config but not in switch roles is:

[profile mybase]
aws_account_id=987654321987
region=us-east-2

It cannot be saved due to the singles[0].role_name requirement.

Notably, it does save if I add a profile that references it:

[profile mybase]
aws_account_id=987654321987
region=us-east-2

[profile target]
role_arn = arn:aws:iam::987654321987:role/Role1
source_profile = mybase

But for some of my accounts, I don't currently have any roles to assume.