Replica issue in DynamoDB

Question

I am trying to create a DDB table with replica on a region. But I got an issue due to replica already existed, I guess because the table created before but remove and recreated so some cache in the service side. Now i am not able to release to create the table with replica. I even manually create the replica, but still not working. does somebody know how to delete the underlying replica?
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Failed to create a the new replica of table with name: ‘AxxxDataStore-ResourceTags’ because one or more replicas already existed as tables.
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Accepted Answer

Make sure no table with the name `AxxxDataStore-ResourceTags` exists in the destination region. Also make sure that no IaC code references such a replica, it must be removed from all references. Then add the replica to your existing table in the source region, you should have no issue.

Answer

This error typically arises when a DynamoDB table is deleted, but its replicas in other regions persist. If these replicas remain in other regions, it becomes impossible to create a new table with the same name. This is because the global table may still require that namespace within the region

When a table is deleted, it may take a few minutes to be fully removed from the backend servers. The metadata associated with the table's name may still linger. Therefore, it's advisable to wait a few minutes before attempting to recreate a table with the same name to avoid encountering an error indicating that the table already exists.

Replica issue in DynamoDB

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