The Compute Engine API (compute.googleapis.com) on my project is permanently stuck in a deactivation state, making it impossible to enable the API or create any Compute Engine resources

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Description of the Issue:

Every attempt to enable the Compute Engine API — both through the GCP Console and the gcloud CLI — returns the following error:

“The service is currently being deactivated and deactivation must complete before activation can occur.”

I have attempted the following troubleshooting steps without success:

  1. Retrying the enable command multiple times via the GCP Console.
  2. Running `gcloud services enable compute.googleapis.com --project=(PII Removed by Staff) via the CLI.
  3. Running gcloud services disable compute.googleapis.com --project=(PII Removed by Staff) --force followed immediately by a re-enable attempt — the same error persists.

The deactivation operation appears to be permanently stuck on your backend infrastructure and cannot be resolved from my end.

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