Why would serverless package need creds?

Question

According to the docs:

you can package your project without deploying it to AWS

If this is the case, why would I get the below error?

AWS provider credentials not found.

Answer 1

If you specify a particular deployment bucket (instead of letting serverless create its own), then you may encounter this bug:

• "serverless package" requires AWS access if deploymentBucket provider config is used #4040

For now, you can hack the deployed server less code and comment out the check, then wait for the bug to be fixed.