Outage in Google Cloud

Google Compute Engine. ssh fails with ERROR: (gcloud.compute.start-iap-tunnel) Error while connecting [4047: 'Failed to lookup instance']

Resolved Major
December 02, 2022 - Started almost 3 years ago - Lasted about 15 hours

Incident Report

Summary: Google Compute Engine. ssh fails with ERROR: (gcloud.compute.start-iap-tunnel) Error while connecting [4047: 'Failed to lookup instance'] Description: We are experiencing an issue with Google Compute Engine. Our engineering team continues to investigate the issue. We will provide an update by Friday, 2022-12-02 02:20 US/Pacific with current details. Diagnosis: ssh fails with ERROR: (gcloud.compute.start-iap-tunnel) Error while connecting [4047: 'Failed to lookup instance'] Workaround: None at this time.
Components affected
Google Compute Engine

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