Amazon Cognito user pools now support the ability to customize access tokens
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This article discusses Amazon Cognito user pools' new ability to customize access tokens with complex custom attributes like arrays, maps, and JSON objects.
Specifically, the article covers:
- Amazon Cognito user pools now support enriching identity and access tokens with complex custom attributes
- This enables fine-grained authorization decisions and enhanced personalization
- It can simplify application migration and modernization to use Amazon Cognito
- Access token customization is available as part of Cognito advanced security features in all AWS Regions except AWS GovCloud
- Links to resources for getting started with this new feature
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