AWS Console URL blank

Course Q&A Data Engineering Data Storage and Queries
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The AWS Console URL is blank

And the link generated does not work, preventing me from accessing the AWS console and completing any of the labs I have tried in Module 1 and Module 2.

Lab ID: dezpdkttkdqu

I have submitted a lab refresh request using the appropriate form.

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I’m having the same issue, for Course 4 - Week 3 - Assignment 3. In my case, it’s a ‘Course Expired’ issue as indicated by the vocapi_logger log:

vocapi logger
Run count initialized to 0
.aws directory and aws_console_url file are created
Running the vocapi_call at Fri Jan 2 02:26:54 PM UTC 2026
Using LAB_SPACE_ID: szubadabrnky
START_LAB_DATA received: {‘lab_data’: {‘partid’: ‘3581688’, ‘assignmentid’: ‘3581687’, ‘courseid’: ‘62825’}}
Unsuccessful vocapi call to start lab
Error: Course expired
Initial Lab state:
Final Lab state after loop:
AWS Console URL extracted:
AWS credentials file created at /home/coder/.aws/credentials
AWS config file created at /home/coder/.aws/config
Running the vocapi_call_get_aws_console_url at Fri Jan 2 02:26:56 PM UTC 2026
Current run count: 0
Using LAB_SPACE_ID: szubadabrnky
START_LAB_DATA received: {‘lab_data’: {‘partid’: ‘3581688’, ‘assignmentid’: ‘3581687’, ‘courseid’: ‘62825’}}
Unsuccessful vocapi call to get aws url
Error: Course expired
Extracted AWS Console URL
AWS Console URL written to /home/coder/.aws/aws_console_url
Run count incremented to: 1
Run count written to /home/coder/vocapi_call_run_count
Starting the 2-hour wait at Fri Jan 2 02:26:59 PM UTC 2026
Starting the vocapi_call_wrapper at Fri Jan 2 02:26:59 PM UTC 2026
Iteration 1 of 8 started at Fri Jan 2 02:26:59 PM UTC 2026
Sleeping for 900 seconds before next iteration…

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I’m running into the same issue as well!

4

All the AWS portions of the DE course seem to be having problems.

The course staff has been notified.

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I have the same problem also In Data Storage and Queries course Module 1

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same issue here with the Data Storage and Queries course module 2, second lab.
I think that the aws credentials are not present/generated:

coder@de4f557bdfe6:~/project$ cat /home/coder/.aws/credentials
[default]
aws_access_key_id =
aws_secret_access_key =
aws_session_token =

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See my reply on this thread from 20 hours ago.

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Facing the exact same issue in lab (Course 3 - Data Storage and Queries, Week 2 - Assignment 2: Building a Data Lakehouse with Lake Formation and Iceberg).

  • The “GO TO AWS CONSOLE” link is not clickable
  • cat ~/.aws/credentials shows empty keys and token
  • cat ../.aws/aws_console_url returns empty
  • boto3 commands fail with InvalidClientTokenId

Lab ID: stibovwwtohz

I have submitted the lab refresh request form.

Is there anything else I can do while waiting, or is it just a matter of waiting for the support team to refresh the credentials?

Thanks!

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This continues to be an issue across all assignments in Course 3 relying on AWS credentials.

Lab refresh request form is several days old at this point.

Output of: cat /home/coder/.aws/credentials

[default]
aws_access_key_id =
aws_secret_access_key =
aws_session_token =

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Refreshing the lab seems unlikely to help, because it appears the AWS access itself is not working.

Staff has been notified. There’s nothing else I can say (I’m just a forum volunteer).

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Fair point, appreciated, thanks.

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