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The disk status keeps more than 2 hours with "This disk is being restored from a snapshot"

My trial period expires today. And I changed it to a standard project.
I can see the billing information, and the payment method is well done.

But the disk status keeps more than 2 hours with "This disk is being restored from a snapshot".

I can not call my VM back.
And I found no way to send a support ticket.
Would you please assist me with what to do to recover my VM?
The project ID is as below:
https://console.cloud.google.com/compute/disks?project=mywordpress-342705

Many Thanks.

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If your Compute Engine Instance was deleted, it is not possible to restore it[1]. During

the creation of the Instance you could configure deletion rules to keep the boot

disk when the instance is deleted. This can be configured in the submenu

“Management, security, disks, networking, sole tenancy” in the Disks section.

 

However, if you have a snapshot of the disk[2], you can create a new instance

from that snapshot, or, if the disk from the original instance was not deleted

(as I explained above), you can create a new instance[3] from that disk.

 

As a note, there are settings for preventing accidental deletion of instances[4]

which may also be useful.

 

Also, if you have a machine image [5], you can recreate an identical

instance from it. A machine image stores all the configuration, metadata,

permissions, and data from one or more disks required to recreate an identical

virtual machine instance [6].

 

[1] https://cloud.google.com/compute/docs/faq#if_i_accidentally_delete_my_instance_can_i_retrieve_it

[2] https://cloud.google.com/compute/docs/disks/create-snapshots

[3] https://cloud.google.com/compute/docs/instances/create-start-instance#createsnapshot

[4] https://cloud.google.com/compute/docs/instances/preventing-accidental-vm-deletion

[5] https://cloud.google.com/compute/docs/machine-images

[6] https://cloud.google.com/compute/docs/machine-images/create-instance-from-machine-image#create-insta...