[Bug]: AWS Provider seems to ignore "skip_requesting_account_id"

[pascalinthecloud]

Terraform Core Version

v1.7.5, v1.8.1

AWS Provider Version

v5.46.0

Affected Resource(s)

provider "aws"

Expected Behavior

When an AWS provider is configured with skip_credentials_validation = true, credential validation is skipped.

Actual Behavior

Terraform still tries to validate credentials.

Relevant Error/Panic Output Snippet

│ Warning: AWS account ID not found for provider
│ 
│   with module.hosting.provider["registry.terraform.io/hashicorp/aws"],
│   on hosting/provider.tf line 1, in provider "aws":
│    1: provider "aws" {
│ 
│ See
│ https://registry.terraform.io/providers/hashicorp/aws/latest/docs#skip_requesting_account_id
│ for implications.
╵

Terraform Configuration Files

provider "aws" {
  region     = var.region
  access_key = ovh_cloud_project_user_s3_credential.s3_admin_cred.access_key_id
  secret_key = ovh_cloud_project_user_s3_credential.s3_admin_cred.secret_access_key

  #OVH implementation has no STS service
  skip_credentials_validation = true
  skip_requesting_account_id  = true
  skip_metadata_api_check     = true
  skip_region_validation      = true

  endpoints {
    s3 = var.s3_endpoint
  }
}

Steps to Reproduce

Run terraform plan with an AWS provider configured to skip credential validation.

Debug Output

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Panic Output

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Important Factoids

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References

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Would you like to implement a fix?

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[caiodelgadonew]

I would love to see this fixed, I know it needs triage but can anything be done to see this happening? @justinretzolk