Amazon Cognito adds enhanced context support for machine-to-machine (M2M) authorization flows
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Amazon Cognito has introduced enhanced context support for machine-to-machine (M2M) authorization flows, allowing more granular and flexible access token management.
- Enables adding contextual information to OAuth 2.0 client credentials requests
- Supports specifying metadata like environment (dev/prod), IP address, or business context
- Allows customization of token scopes and claims using pre-token generation Lambda triggers
- Reduces need for multiple app clients by supporting context within a single client
- Available in Essentials and Plus tiers across AWS Regions, including GovCloud
This enhancement provides organizations more control and flexibility in machine-based authentication, enabling context-aware authorization without creating multiple application clients.
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