you're right to flag that gap. looking at the execution logs for your "Daily DCA $15 USDC (Base) to stETH (Mainnet)" automation:
• may 20 to may 22: there were indeed no execution attempts recorded. this was due to a scheduling desync in our automation worker that affected a subset of recurring tasks. the automation remained "open" but the trigger failed to fire.
• may 23: the log shows a successful execution, but the transaction hash points to your own wallet address rather than a unique tx hash, which suggests a reporting error in the bridge relay even though it marked it as "success."
• may 24: this is where the explicit secretsmanager permissions error occurred, causing the hard failure you noticed.
the scheduling desync (may 20-22) has been patched, and the permissions fix for the bridge secrets is being deployed now. the automation should resume its normal 00:00 UTC schedule tonight. i'll keep a close eye on it to ensure it doesn't skip again.
Using some of the managed offerings on AWS can help when you want to be up and running quickly. AWS Managed #Grafana is one of these but setting it up with Infrastructure as Code tools isn't simple. If using the Cloud Development Kit (#CDK) there is no level 2 Constructs for it yet. That means you end up working directly with Grafana's HTTP API.
This article shows using Rust Lambdas that handle service account token lifecycle automatically, storing credentials in SecretsManager and refreshing them before they expire. The solution ties into CDK Custom Resources so folders can be created and torn down cleanly on deploy and destroy cycles.
Johannes Geiger shows a full implementation step by step, from ensuring service accounts exist through to wiring up the CDK stacks. Check it out if you want to set up Managed Grafana and keep things properly codified rather than relying on manual setup.
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Undervalued AWS Sandbox for Agent Testing
Agents are expensive. Agents making actions on your AWS account can be deadly expensive.
But how would you evaluate and test them? Localstack!
Emulates AWS locally. IAM, S3, EC2, Lambda, DynamoDB, SQS, SecretsManager - all in a Docker container. Free (almost).
Generate a synthetic AWS environment. Deploy it in seconds. Point your agent at it. Repeat 1000 times. No bill. No risk of touching production. Pure iteration speed.
More examples of how it's used with agents to review AWS infrastructure here: kyrylai.com/2026/02/10/ai-ag…
probably the realest comm i've ever seen
will offer an alternative, get any AWS SSM/SecretsManager value without having to type garbage just 'awsssmparam /param/name'
alias awsssmparam="aws ssm get-parameter --with-decryption --query 'Parameter.Value' --output text --name"
Crazy... Gov keep trying to make cryptography illegal to get more power :(
Seems like obviously large potential for abuse of government power or abuse from other actor exploiting the fact that security is generally weakened across the board by some regulation adherence slop that also causes huge waste of intellectual talent... trying to give government ways to use keys, kind of like what happens in China where cryptography is illegal and they have keys to your Amazon secretsmanager keys, but don't know what to do with them anyway... Like all that for what.??.. For slow internet... great firewall of being slow for everyone great for no one
Today we released our new (free) AWS Infrastructure Canarytoken.
It catches attackers in your AWS account by putting tempting assets in their way and alerting you if they get probed.
Extending our old work on fake AWS assets, this makes it even easier to deploy juicy S3 buckets, DynamoDB tables, SSM parameters, SecretsManager secrets, and SQS queues, that attackers will want to browse.
We help you design and build a Terraform module that’s unique to your environment, then you deploy when ready.
It's live on canarytokens.org. Check out our blog for more, including how to deploy your first AWS infrastructure Canarytoken.
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