capDurationByRole was substituting the role's MaxSessionDuration
when the caller omitted DurationSeconds entirely. AWS returns the
configured default (typically 1 hour) in that case, not the role's
upper bound — a 12h MaxSessionDuration shouldn't silently make every
no-duration assume-role mint a 12h session.
Return nil when requested is nil; let the downstream
calculateSessionDuration in the STS service apply its TokenDuration
default. The role-max upper bound still clamps when the request
arrives with a concrete value above the cap.
Addresses gemini high-priority review on PR #9318.
Chris Lu
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