Compute Engine offered a global serial console gateway to aid in troubleshooting malfunctioning virtual machine (VM) instances. The global gateway has been replaced by regional serial console gateways in each Google Cloud region. For more information, see Connecting to a serial console.
Shutdown schedule
The following table lists the shutdown schedule for the global serial console gateway.
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