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Problem Note 71037: The message "The authorization header is malformed..." occurs when running PROC S3 with a custom region
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When you use a PROC S3 statement to connect to a custom region, errors similar to the following occur:
ERROR: The authorization header is malformed; a non-empty Access Key (AKID) must be provided in the credential.
<Error><Code>AuthorizationHeaderMalformed</Code><Message>The authorization header is
malformed; the region 'xxxxxx' is wrong; expecting
'xxxxxxxx'</Message><Region>xxxxxxxx</Region><RequestId>xxxxxxxxxxxxxx</RequestId><HostId>xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx</HostId></Error>
The authorization header is malformed; a non-empty Access Key (AKID) must be provided in the credential.
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Operating System and Release Information
| Product Family | Product | System | Product Release | SAS Release | ||
| Reported | Fixed* | Reported | Fixed* | |||
| SAS System | Base SAS | Microsoft® Windows® for x64 | 3.5 | Viya 3.5 | ||
| Linux for x64 | 3.5 | Viya 3.5 | ||||