skip_credentials_validation ignored when environment variable AWS_PROFILE is set

[gdavison]

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Environment and Versions

• Terraform Backend/Provider Configuration:

provider "aws" {
  skip_credentials_validation = true
  skip_get_ec2_platforms      = true
  skip_metadata_api_check     = true
  skip_requesting_account_id  = true
}

• AWS environment variables (if any):

AWS_PROFILE =<profile>

Expected Behavior

Authentication should not have been tried.

Actual Behavior

Failed with error

Error: configuring Terraform AWS Provider: no valid credential sources for Terraform AWS Provider found.
...
AWS Error: failed to refresh cached credentials, operation error STS: AssumeRole, https response error StatusCode: 403, RequestID: *****, api error InvalidClientTokenId: The security token included in the request is invalid.