Multiple service quotas suddenly and drastically reduced - anyone else seeing this?

Google Cloud Compute Infrastructure
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Hi everyone,

Starting around March 17, 6:00 PM PST (March 18, 10:00 AM KST), I noticed that several quotas across multiple Google Cloud services were silently and drastically reduced to very low values in our projects.

Here are the confirmed changes we’ve observed:

  • Compute Engine - Persistent Disk SSD (GB): Reduced from 80 TB to 250 GB. We’re currently using 521 GB, which already exceeds the new limit.

  • Compute Engine - Network endpoint groups: Reduced from 2,500 to 100. We’re currently using 93, nearly at the new limit.

  • Cloud Build - Build and Operation Get requests/min: Reduced from 900 to 60. Confirmed via the quota metrics graph showing a sharp drop.

Some of these quotas are now below our current usage, which means we can’t create new resources or scale existing ones. Attempting to request a quota increase through the Console shows the message: “Based on your service usage history, you are not eligible for a quota increase at this time”, with adjustments limited to the range of 0–60 only.

We checked Cloud Audit Logs for any serviceusage.googleapis.com or quota-related activity around that time but found no records — so this doesn’t appear to have been triggered by any action on our side.

We don’t have a paid support plan, so we’re unable to open a support case directly. Posting here to see if anyone else is experiencing the same issue.

Has anyone else noticed a sudden quota reset across multiple services around this time?

Any information or workarounds would be appreciated.

Disclosure: This post was drafted with assistance from an AI coding assistant.

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Starting March 17–18, several Google Cloud quotas across multiple services (Compute Engine SSD, Network Endpoint Groups, Cloud Build API) were suddenly reduced to very low values—some even below your current usage—without any action on your side and without audit logs. Attempts to request quota increases fail for free/pay-as-you-go accounts, likely due to automatic quota recalibration or risk-based restrictions applied by Google. This is not a global outage but a systemic account-level enforcement, especially for low-tier accounts.

Temporarily reduce usage or split workloads across multiple projects or Monitor errors.jsonl / Cloud Logging for quota-related issues.

Try anything and see results .hope it helps