diff --git a/.changelog/34300.txt b/.changelog/34300.txt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..8ca41fddfb5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changelog/34300.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+```release-note:bug
+provider: Fixes parsing error in AWS shared config files with extra whitespace
+```
+
+```release-note:bug
+provider: Fixes poor performance when parsing AWS shared config files
+```