Appreciate the directness, and fair point. That’s exactly what I find confusing about their setup and why I’m here trying to learn.

A little more context: I’ve been on GCP for 4 years, App Engine for the majority of it. Expensive but stable. I’ve used Gemini in the past to reduce costs successfully, so this wasn’t my first attempt at optimizing.

I take ownership of the outcome, but the config behavior still doesn’t match my mental model and Google support hasn’t been able to clarify how to properly scope this either, which is why I turned here.