When hosted zones are created in the cluster creator account, and the ingress role is a role in the cluster creator account, the private link controller fails to create DNS records in the local zone.

    4.18

    Always

    1. Set up shared vpc infrastructure in which the hosted zone and local zone exist in the cluster creator account. 
    2. Create a hosted cluster
    

    The hosted cluster never gets nodes to join because it is missing records in the local hosted zone.

    The hosted cluster completes installation with available nodes.

    Creating the hosted zones in the cluster creator account is an alternative way of setting up shared vpc infrastructure. In this mode, the role to assume for creating DNS records is a role in the cluster creator account and not in the vpc account.