Fixing chores

Author: TheUndeadKing

test/e2e/utils/utils.go

@@ -1649,8 +1649,18 @@ func CreateRoute53Client() (*route53.Route53, error) {
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("AWS credentials not found in environment variables")
 	}
 
+	// Get AWS region from environment variables
+	// Check AWS_REGION first, then AWS_DEFAULT_REGION
+	region := os.Getenv("AWS_REGION")
+	if region == "" {
+		region = os.Getenv("AWS_DEFAULT_REGION")
+	}
+	if region == "" {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("AWS region not found in environment variables (AWS_REGION or AWS_DEFAULT_REGION)")
+	}
+
 	sess, err := session.NewSession(&aws.Config{
-		Region: aws.String("us-east-1"), // Route53 is global, but SDK needs a region
+		Region: aws.String(region),
 		Credentials: credentials.NewStaticCredentials(
 			awsAccessKey,
 			awsSecretKey,