validateCredentialfields(t, i+1, testCase.expectedAuthField.Credential, parsedAuthField.Credential)

			// validating the extraction/parsing of signature field.
			if !compareSignatureV4(testCase.expectedAuthField.Signature, parsedAuthField.Signature) {
				t.Errorf("Test %d: Parsed Signature field mismatch: Expected \"%s\", got \"%s\"", i+1, testCase.expectedAuthField.Signature, parsedAuthField.Signature)
			}