Hi! First, the context: we have a GitHub action that performs tests on a commit before merging. This action is, as far as I understand it, spinning up a VM in a project on Google cloud, performs the tests and then is supposed to spin down the virtual machine when done.
Now I have an issue: there are eight virtual machines in that project that are seemingly idle, cannot be stopped, cannot be deleted and gives me an error message in the likes of "resource not found" when I try to get more details on it. Oddly enough, they all have public IPs and I can ping them, but cannot SSH into them using Google Cloud.
Now, if these VMs were not costing us a cent, I wouldn't mind, instead they are charging us every month for each of those VM's that are doing absolutely nothing of value to us. I tried contacting support, but without having a plan that includes paid support I can't seem to be able to talk to a human being, therefore I'm coming here to try and get an idea or some path to a resolution to this problem. Before you ask, I do have Owner privileges on both the organization and the project.
Thanks in advance!
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Have you confirmed that these GCE instances are not part of a Managed Instance Group? In such a case, the MIG would need to be deleted before the instances can be removed from your project. Otherwise, the appropriate support channel for this issue would be acquiring a GCP support package, and creating a support case.
This is so that your project can be internally reviewed for the origin of these instances.