AWS Cloud Quest Practitioner final challenge LAB Bugged to create the RDS read replica database - No proper answers from AWS support team

This sounds super frustrating — and you're definitely not alone. Some AWS Cloud Quest labs are known to have strict permission boundaries that block certain actions like rds:CreateDBCluster, even when the challenge suggests otherwise.

Since it's a sandboxed certification lab, unfortunately you can’t update the permissions yourself. I'd recommend:

Submitting feedback directly inside the lab (if the option is available).

Opening a support ticket with AWS Training & Certification Support — they can escalate lab-specific bugs.

For now, skip ahead if possible and return later — sometimes lab environments get patched behind the scenes.

You’re not doing anything wrong — this looks like a lab config issue, not user error.