Issue with starting a VM instance

[luchua-bc]

Once a while I got hit by the following issue:

A g1-small VM instance is currently unavailable in the us-central1-a zone. Alternatively, you can try your request again with a different VM hardware configuration or at a later time. For more information, see the troubleshooting documentation.

The issue used to last at least one day and disappear after several days. As I was allowed to create such an instance in the desired region and pay for its usage, it makes no sense that I cannot start my server.

This is very inconvenience and I think it's a major issue with many customers.

[dionv · Accepted solution]

Hello @luchua-bc ,

We do apologize for the inconvenience caused with the concern you encountered. It seems that there was a disruption/outage that caused some errors in regions particular in us-central1. As of the moment it should have been fixed and you should not be encountering any more errors.