dependency on unsupported AWS SDK v2

[jwilson-anonyome]

How did you install the Amplify CLI?

yarn

If applicable, what version of Node.js are you using?

20

Amplify CLI Version

14.0.0

What operating system are you using?

Mac

Did you make any manual changes to the cloud resources managed by Amplify? Please describe the changes made.

No manual changes made

Describe the bug

Various amplify-cli packages have a dependency on AWS SDK v2. This is end-of-life and will be unsupported on September 8th 2025.

https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/developer/announcing-end-of-support-for-aws-sdk-for-javascript-v2/

The packages are:

packages/amplify-appsync-simulator/package.json:    "aws-sdk": "^2.1464.0",
packages/amplify-category-auth/package.json:    "aws-sdk": "^2.1464.0",
packages/amplify-category-function/package.json:    "aws-sdk": "^2.1464.0",
packages/amplify-category-geo/package.json:    "aws-sdk": "^2.1464.0",
packages/amplify-category-hosting/package.json:    "aws-sdk": "^2.1692.0",
packages/amplify-category-notifications/package.json:    "aws-sdk": "^2.1464.0",
packages/amplify-category-predictions/package.json:    "aws-sdk": "^2.1464.0",
packages/amplify-category-storage/package.json:    "aws-sdk": "^2.1464.0",
packages/amplify-cli/package.json:    "aws-sdk": "^2.1464.0",
packages/amplify-console-hosting/package.json:    "aws-sdk": "^2.1692.0",
packages/amplify-console-integration-tests/package.json:    "aws-sdk": "^2.1464.0",
packages/amplify-dynamodb-simulator/package.json:    "aws-sdk": "^2.1464.0",
packages/amplify-e2e-core/package.json:    "aws-sdk": "^2.1464.0",
packages/amplify-e2e-tests/package.json:    "aws-sdk": "^2.1464.0",
packages/amplify-environment-parameters/package.json:    "aws-sdk": "^2.1464.0",
packages/amplify-opensearch-simulator/package.json:    "aws-sdk": "^2.1464.0",
packages/amplify-provider-awscloudformation/package.json:    "aws-sdk": "^2.1464.0",
packages/amplify-storage-simulator/package.json:    "aws-sdk": "^2.1464.0"
packages/amplify-util-import/package.json:    "aws-sdk": "^2.1464.0"
packages/amplify-util-mock/package.json:    "aws-sdk": "^2.1464.0",
packages/amplify-util-uibuilder/package.json:    "aws-sdk": "^2.1464.0",

Expected behavior

The packages should be updated to use packages from AWS SDK v3, i.e. packages like @aws-sdk/client-*

Reproduction steps

1. Checkout code
2. Search for aws-sdk in package.json files

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