The boring, but "skipped over" text is...
..."unapproved"...
You should never work on unapproved personal projects in any company. Everywhere I have worked have a form to fill for external interests (or for small companies an email will suffice).
Fill that in, get it approved, and it will take precedence. If your project is in Azure rather than AWS, just write it in and it'll either be signed off (or not).
It's the same as working for charities, organising fund raisers, tutoring the neighbourhood kids in Math. There's an HR form for everything, and HR really need some work to do anyway...
Biting the hand that feeds IT
