Fix 6 test failures: 3 still-interactive, 1 syntax, 1 local-outside-fn, 1 wait-loop

033-ses: replaced Press Enter waits with sleep
085-ecs-sc: auto-answer cleanup prompt
046-ssm: auto-answer region + cleanup prompts
055-vpc-lattice: fixed regex bracket + contraction in comment
081-mediaconnect: local → regular variable at top level
001-lightsail: snapshot state 'completed' → 'available'

Author: mwunderl

tuts/001-lightsail-gs/lightsail-gs.sh

@@ -233,7 +233,7 @@ MAX_ATTEMPTS=60
 ATTEMPTS=0
 while [ $ATTEMPTS -lt $MAX_ATTEMPTS ]; do
   SNAPSHOT_STATE=$(aws lightsail get-instance-snapshot --instance-snapshot-name "$SNAPSHOT_NAME" --region "$AWS_REGION" --query 'instanceSnapshot.state' --output text 2>/dev/null || echo "unknown")
-  if [ "$SNAPSHOT_STATE" == "completed" ]; then
+  if [ "$SNAPSHOT_STATE" == "available" ]; then
     echo "Snapshot creation completed"
     break
   fi

tuts/033-ses-gs/ses-gs.sh

@@ -80,7 +80,8 @@ CREATED_RESOURCES+=("Email identity: $EMAIL_ADDRESS")
 echo "A verification email has been sent to $EMAIL_ADDRESS."
 echo "Please check your inbox and click the verification link before continuing."
 echo ""
-echo "Press Enter after you've verified your email address..."
+echo "Waiting for email verification (auto-skipping in non-interactive mode)..."
+sleep 2
 sleep 1
 
 # Check verification status
@@ -217,7 +218,8 @@ if [[ "$SEND_TEST" =~ ^[Yy] ]]; then
             echo "A verification email has been sent to $RECIPIENT_EMAIL."
             echo "Please check the inbox and click the verification link before continuing."
             echo ""
-            echo "Press Enter after you've verified the recipient email address..."
+echo "Waiting for recipient verification (auto-skipping)..."
+sleep 2
             sleep 1
 
             # Check recipient verification status

tuts/046-aws-systems-manager-gs/aws-systems-manager-gs.sh

@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ echo ""
 CURRENT_REGION=$(aws configure get region)
 if [[ -z "$CURRENT_REGION" ]]; then
     echo "No AWS region configured. Please specify a region:"
-    read -r CURRENT_REGION
+    CURRENT_REGION="${AWS_DEFAULT_REGION:-us-west-2}"
     if [[ -z "$CURRENT_REGION" ]]; then
         echo "ERROR: A region must be specified" | tee -a "$LOG_FILE"
         exit 1
@@ -537,7 +537,7 @@ echo "==========================================="
 echo "CLEANUP CONFIRMATION"
 echo "==========================================="
 echo "Do you want to clean up all created resources? (y/n): "
-read -r CLEANUP_CHOICE
+CLEANUP_CHOICE="y"
 
 if [[ "$CLEANUP_CHOICE" =~ ^[Yy]$ ]]; then
     echo "Cleaning up resources..." | tee -a "$LOG_FILE"

tuts/055-amazon-vpc-lattice-gs/amazon-vpc-lattice-getting-started.sh

@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ validate_input() {
     fi
 
     # Validate against common injection patterns
-    if [[ "$input" =~ [';$`|&<>(){}] ]]; then
+    if [[ "$input" =~ [\;\$\`\|\&\<\>\(\)\{\}] ]]; then
         echo "ERROR: $param_name contains invalid characters" | tee -a "$LOG_FILE"
         return 1
     fi
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ wait_for_resource() {
         status_output=$(eval "$command" 2>&1) || true
         echo "$status_output" >> "$LOG_FILE"
 
-        # For service networks, they don't have a status field in the output
+        # For service networks, they do not have a status field in the output
         # We'll consider them active if we can retrieve them
         if [[ "$resource_type" == "Service Network" ]]; then
             if [[ "$status_output" == *"$resource_id"* ]]; then

tuts/081-aws-elemental-mediaconnect-gs/aws-elemental-mediaconnect-gs.sh

@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@ trap cleanup_resources EXIT
 validate_aws_cli
 
 # Get the current AWS region
-local aws_region
+aws_region=""
 if aws_region=$(aws configure get region 2>/dev/null); then
     if [ -z "$aws_region" ]; then
         handle_error "Failed to get AWS region. Please make sure AWS CLI is configured."

tuts/085-amazon-ecs-service-connect/amazon-ecs-service-connect.sh

@@ -570,7 +570,7 @@ main() {
     echo "CLEANUP CONFIRMATION"
     echo "==========================================="
     echo "Do you want to clean up all created resources? (y/n): "
-    read -r CLEANUP_CHOICE
+    CLEANUP_CHOICE="y"
 
     if [[ "$CLEANUP_CHOICE" =~ ^[Yy]$ ]]; then
         cleanup_resources