def METHOD_NAME(role_arn, session_name, session=None, region=None, external_id=None):
    """STS Role assume a boto3.Session
    With automatic credential renewal.
    Args:
      role_arn: iam role arn to assume
      session_name: client session identifier
      session: an optional extant session, note session is captured
      in a function closure for renewing the sts assumed role.
    :return: a boto3 session using the sts assumed role credentials
    Notes: We have to poke at botocore internals a few times
    """
    if session is None:
        session = Session()
    retry = get_retry(('Throttling',))
    def refresh():
        parameters = {"RoleArn": role_arn, "RoleSessionName": session_name}
        if external_id is not None:
            parameters['ExternalId'] = external_id
        credentials = retry(
            get_sts_client(
                session, region).assume_role, **parameters)['Credentials']
        return dict(
            access_key=credentials['AccessKeyId'],
            secret_key=credentials['SecretAccessKey'],
            token=credentials['SessionToken'],
            # Silly that we basically stringify so it can be parsed again
            expiry_time=credentials['Expiration'].isoformat())
    session_credentials = RefreshableCredentials.create_from_metadata(
        metadata=refresh(),
        refresh_using=refresh,
        method='sts-assume-role')
    # so dirty.. it hurts, no clean way to set this outside of the
    # internals poke. There's some work upstream on making this nicer
    # but its pretty baroque as well with upstream support.
    # https://github.com/boto/boto3/issues/443
    # https://github.com/boto/botocore/issues/761
    s = get_session()
    s._credentials = session_credentials
    if region is None:
        region = s.get_config_variable('region') or 'us-east-1'
    s.set_config_variable('region', region)
    return Session(botocore_session=s)