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+`s3()`: Eliminated indefinite memory usage increase for each reload.
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+The increased memory usage is caused by the `botocore` library, which
+caches the session information. We only need the Session object, if
+`role()` is set. The increased memory usage still happens with that set,
+currently we only fixed the unset case.