In Google Cloud, that's a huge no no and you'll be put on a naughty list facing serious scrutiny during the postmortem review.
Disclaimer: I work for Google Cloud.
Ok, but why were all these higher level services that are not zonal experiencing issues then?
Yes that's a good strategy if someone wants to get some face time with TK.
And yet I had stuff in other zones that was affected.
Could you explain how other regions were impacted today ?
Is it possible someone just tried to serve five terabytes?