title: AWS RDS Error: Failed to retrieve account attributes, certain console functions may be impaired
body: <p>I am new to AWS. I am utilizing their free Tier which includes the Amazon Relational Database Service (RDS). According to <a href="https://aws.amazon.com/rds/free/" rel="noreferrer">them</a>, this free tier consist of the following:</p>
  
  <ul>
  <li>750 hours of Amazon RDS Single-AZ db.t2.micro Instance usage</li>
  <li>20 GB of DB Storage</li>
  <li>10 million I/Os</li>
  <li>20 GB of backup storage</li>
  </ul>
  
  <p>I have signed up and gave my information, including payment method and even "charge" me $1 (for verification).</p>
  
  <p>When I go to RDS Dashboard, I always get this error...</p>
  
  <blockquote>
    <p>Failed to retrieve account attributes, certain console functions may
    be impaired.</p>
  </blockquote>
  
  <p>And if I continue, I get this...</p>
  
  <blockquote>
    <p>An unexpected error occurred. You may attempt to proceed, but launch
    wizard functionality may be impaired.</p>
  </blockquote>
  
  <p>I tried researching ways to go about this. There are a few questions posted on their Discussion Forums regarding this, but they are still unanswered. </p>
  
  <p>Can someone please help me regarding this error? Please let me know as I really need this. Thank you in advance.</p>