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Unexpected unacked messages for Push to BigQuery subscriptions

Hello, community!

I'm facing an issue with Pub/Sub subscription metrics (Push delivery type with Write to BigQuery). Specifically, I see unacked messages in some subscriptions, even though all other metrics indicate normal behavior. I can't figure out why these unacknowledged messages exist or what causes them.

For example, one of my subscriptions is configured as follows:

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Unacked messages metric (last 6 hours):

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Delivery metrics and Delivery latency health score (last 6 hours):

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Based on these metrics, there shouldn't be any unacknowledged messages — every message appears to be acknowledged.

Could anyone share insights on potential reasons for this? Is this an expected behavior under certain conditions, or could it be a bug? Any guidance on troubleshooting or relevant documentation would be greatly appreciated.

Thank you in advance.

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