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Looks like only GCE is down according to the status page now. I'm able to access my console for instances and GKE clusters.
The networking incident looks like the one to follow for updates now.
One thing with gmail though. When it's down it's similar to a snow storm if you only do business in a city. Everyone is impacted and everyone understands a missed deadline is unavoidable.
[1] For those not old enough to know what I mean read this: https://www.ibm.com/ibm/history/ibm100/us/en/icons/personalc...
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And the illusion of superiority over non cloud offerings.
How come?
With on-prem solutions, you can at least access the physical servers and get your data out to carry on with your day while the infrastructure gets fixed.
And thus was ruined hundreds or thousands of pleasant Sunday afternoons. I don’t miss being on pager duty one bit. I see it looming in my headlights, sadly.
So far the Ko list: GCE, GKE, BQ, Pub/Sub, GAE asia-south1 us-west1 us-central1 us-west2
You know this reminds me of a bad taste that Google Sales team left when I asked for some of my billing that I was unaware of running after following a quickstart guide. AWS refunded me in the first reply on the same day! GCP sales rep just copy pasted a link to a self support survey that essentially told me, after a series of YES or NO questions that they can't refund me. So why not just tell your customers like it…