fix: handle case of str to bool env variable in config

awswrangler/_config.py

@@ -224,6 +224,8 @@ def _apply_type(name: str, value: Any, dtype: type[_ConfigValueType], nullable:
             raise exceptions.InvalidArgumentValue(
                 f"{name} configuration does not accept a null value. Please pass {dtype}."
             )
+        if isinstance(value, str) and dtype is bool:
+            return _Config._cast_bool(name=name, value=value.lower())
         try:
             return dtype(value) if isinstance(value, dtype) is False else value
         except ValueError as ex:
@@ -239,6 +241,14 @@ def _is_null(value: _ConfigValueType | None) -> bool:
                 return True
         return False
 
+    @staticmethod
+    def _cast_bool(name: str, value: str) -> bool:
+        _true = ("true", "1")
+        _false = ("false", "0", "")
+        if value not in _true + _false:
+            raise exceptions.InvalidArgumentValue(f"{name} configuration only accepts True/False or 0/1.")
+        return value in _true
+
     @property
     def catalog_id(self) -> str | None:
         """Property catalog_id."""