This document provides an overview of Cloud VPN maintenance events and how you can identify them using log messages.
In the Google Cloud console, the following messages might appear: Starting VPN Task maintenanceor VPN task maintenance Completed. These messages indicate that a Cloud VPN maintenance event occurred during a specific time period.
View Cloud VPN maintenance events
You can view maintenance event logs by using the Google Cloud console.
Console
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In the Google Cloud console, go to the Logs Explorerpage.
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Select the Cloud VPN Gatewayas Resource Type.
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In the Logscolumn, click View.
The default query appears in the query builder.
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From the default query, note the value of the tunnel ID of the
resource.labels.tunnel_idvariable. -
Build a new query by using the
resource.labels.tunnel_idvalue from the previous query as follows:resource.labels.tunnel_id= TUNNEL_ID textPayload=~"Starting VPN Task maintenance"
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Check the logs for the following messages:
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Starting VPN Task maintenance: this message indicates the beginning of the maintenance process for a specific VPN task.
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VPN task maintenance Completed: this message confirms that the maintenance for the VPN task has successfully finished.
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These maintenance activities are designed to be non-disruptive, so that users have continuous service—no packet loss, service interruptions, or downtime during these events.
