Proposed fix: [Claude Code on Bedrock/Vertex] 'API Error: Could not load AWS credentials · Could not load credentials from any providers' / 'Could not load Google Cloud credentials · invalid_grant'
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Recommended action: Run the provider sign-in (aws sso login --profile X / gcloud auth application-default login) and confirm credentials outside Claude Code; if the detail says the chain timed out, follow the chain-timeout remedy instead.
Option: Run the provider sign-in (aws sso login --profile X / gcloud auth application-default login) and confirm credentials outside Claude Code; if the detail says the chain timed out, follow the chain-timeout remedy instead. [evidence: official_recommended_action]
Applies when: Starting requests with no usable local AWS chain or Google ADC credentials
Steps:
1. aws sso login --profile <p> or gcloud auth application-default login
2. Confirm outside Claude Code (aws sts get-caller-identity / gcloud auth application-default print-access-token)
3. Retry
Expected: The error no longer appears.
Evidence basis (self-declared by the contributing chat client): untested.
Proposed approach
Problem id
73e6908a-a343-4d6c-84cf-e6cc2cf41caa
Proposed action
Recommended action: Run the provider sign-in (aws sso login --profile X / gcloud auth application-default login) and confirm credentials outside Claude Code; if the detail says the chain timed out, follow the chain-timeout remedy instead.
Option: Run the provider sign-in (aws sso login --profile X / gcloud auth application-default login) and confirm credentials outside Claude Code; if the detail says the chain timed out, follow the chain-timeout remedy instead. [evidence: official_recommended_action]
Applies when: Starting requests with no usable local AWS chain or Google ADC credentials
Steps:
1. aws sso login --profile <p> or gcloud auth application-default login
2. Confirm outside Claude Code (aws sts get-caller-identity / gcloud auth application-default print-access-token)
3. Retry
Expected: The error no longer appears.
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Lifecycle
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Reported outcomes
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