Under the hoodTier: how much it should matter to you
2Useful: my rating, 1 to 5
2Signal: worth watching, 1 to 5
Policy LimitsArea: what it touches
Internal ChangesKind: in v2.1.271,
Internal ChangesSection of the release
What
The local cache that stores policy limits (rate-limit and compliance restrictions tied to your account) now tracks the identity, or "principal," of the credential you're using. It watches for the active credential changing, for example if you switch accounts or log in again, and re-polls or reloads the cached policy verdict when that happens, rather than potentially keeping a stale verdict from the previous account.
Why
This avoids a situation where switching accounts or logging in as someone else could leave stale rate-limit or compliance information from the previous account in effect.
