purgeStart := time.Now()

	// Purge expired STS credentials.

	// Scan STS users on disk and purge expired ones.
	stsAccountsFromStore := map[string]UserIdentity{}
	stsAccPoliciesFromStore := xsync.NewMapOf[string, MappedPolicy]()
	for _, item := range listedConfigItems[stsListKey] {
		userName := path.Dir(item)
		// loadUser() will delete expired user during the load.