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futureReservations7

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globalFrontendSettings2

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hosts3

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httpsHealthChecks7

imageFamilyViews1

images11

imageViews2

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instanceGroupManagers24

instanceGroups10

instances51

instanceSettings2

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instantSnapshotGroups7

instantSnapshots9

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regionDisks18

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regionInstanceGroupManagerResizeRequests5

regionInstanceGroupManagers23

regionInstanceGroups5

regionInstances1

regionInstanceTemplates4

regionInstantSnapshotGroups7

regionInstantSnapshots8

regionNetworkEndpointGroups7

regionNetworkFirewallPolicies18

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regionOperations4

regions2

regionSecurityPolicies10

regionSnapshots9

regionSnapshotSettings2

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regionTargetHttpProxies5

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regionZones1

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targetVpnGateways6

urlMaps10

vpnGateways8

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wireGroups5

zoneOperations4

zones2

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regionInstantSnapshots

GET /projects/{project}/regions/{region}/instantSnapshots/{instantSnapshot}

Changed on Oct 30, 2026

Returns the specified InstantSnapshot resource in the specified region.

Request

Base URL
https://compute.googleapis.com/compute/v1
URL
https://compute.googleapis.com/compute/v1/projects/{project}/regions/{region}/instantSnapshots/{instantSnapshot}
Auth
- OAuth 2 and OAuth 2
  Implicit: https://accounts.google.com/o/oauth2/auth
  Scopes: https://www.googleapis.com/auth/cloud-platform
  Authorization code: https://accounts.google.com/o/oauth2/auth
  Token URL: https://accounts.google.com/o/oauth2/token scopes: https://www.googleapis.com/auth/cloud-platform
- or OAuth 2 and OAuth 2
  Implicit: https://accounts.google.com/o/oauth2/auth
  Scopes: https://www.googleapis.com/auth/compute
  Authorization code: https://accounts.google.com/o/oauth2/auth
  Token URL: https://accounts.google.com/o/oauth2/token scopes: https://www.googleapis.com/auth/compute
- or OAuth 2 and OAuth 2
  Implicit: https://accounts.google.com/o/oauth2/auth
  Scopes: https://www.googleapis.com/auth/compute.readonly
  Authorization code: https://accounts.google.com/o/oauth2/auth
  Token URL: https://accounts.google.com/o/oauth2/token scopes: https://www.googleapis.com/auth/compute.readonly

Path parameters

projectstring required

Project ID for this request.

regionstring required

The name of the region for this request.

instantSnapshotstring required

Name of the InstantSnapshot resource to return.

Response

Successful response

architecture'ARCHITECTURE_UNSPECIFIED' | 'ARM64' | 'X86_64'

Output only. [Output Only] The architecture of the instant snapshot. Valid values are ARM64 or X86_64.

creationTimestampstring

Output only. [Output Only] Creation timestamp inRFC3339 text format.

descriptionstring

An optional description of this resource. Provide this property when you create the resource.

diskSizeGbstring int64

Output only. [Output Only] Size of the source disk, specified in GB.

idstring uint64

Output only. [Output Only] The unique identifier for the resource. This identifier is defined by the server.

kindstring

Output only. [Output Only] Type of the resource. Alwayscompute#instantSnapshot for InstantSnapshot resources.

labelFingerprintstring byte

A fingerprint for the labels being applied to this InstantSnapshot, which is essentially a hash of the labels set used for optimistic locking. The fingerprint is initially generated by Compute Engine and changes after every request to modify or update labels. You must always provide an up-to-date fingerprint hash in order to update or change labels, otherwise the request will fail with error412 conditionNotMet.

To see the latest fingerprint, make a get() request to retrieve a InstantSnapshot.

labelsobject

Labels to apply to this InstantSnapshot. These can be later modified by the setLabels method. Label values may be empty.

namestring

Name of the resource; provided by the client when the resource is created. The name must be 1-63 characters long, and comply withRFC1035. Specifically, the name must be 1-63 characters long and match the regular expression [a-z]([-a-z0-9]*[a-z0-9])? which means the first character must be a lowercase letter, and all following characters must be a dash, lowercase letter, or digit, except the last character, which cannot be a dash.

regionstring

Output only. [Output Only] URL of the region where the instant snapshot resides. You must specify this field as part of the HTTP request URL. It is not settable as a field in the request body.

satisfiesPziboolean

Output only. Reserved for future use.

satisfiesPzsboolean

Output only. [Output Only] Reserved for future use.

selfLinkstring

Output only. [Output Only] Server-defined URL for the resource.

selfLinkWithIdstring

Output only. [Output Only] Server-defined URL for this resource's resource id.

sourceDiskstring

URL of the source disk used to create this instant snapshot. Note that the source disk must be in the same zone/region as the instant snapshot to be created. This can be a full or valid partial URL. For example, the following are valid values:

 - 
   https://www.googleapis.com/compute/v1/projects/project/zones/zone/disks/disk
 
 - 
   https://www.googleapis.com/compute/v1/projects/project/regions/region/disks/disk
 
 - 
   projects/project/zones/zone/disks/disk
 
 - 
   projects/project/regions/region/disks/disk
 
 - 
   zones/zone/disks/disk
 
 - 
   regions/region/disks/disk

sourceDiskIdstring

Output only. [Output Only] The ID value of the disk used to create this InstantSnapshot. This value may be used to determine whether the InstantSnapshot was taken from the current or a previous instance of a given disk name.

sourceInstantSnapshotGroupstring

Output only. [Output Only] URL of the source instant snapshot this instant snapshot is part of. Note that the source instant snapshot group must be in the same zone/region as the instant snapshot to be created. This can be a full or valid partial URL.

sourceInstantSnapshotGroupIdstring

Output only. [Output Only] The ID value of the source instant snapshot group this InstantSnapshot is part of. This value may be used to determine whether the InstantSnapshot was created as part of an InstantSnapshotGroup creation.

status'CREATING' | 'DELETING' | 'FAILED' | 'READY' | 'UNAVAILABLE'

Output only. [Output Only] The status of the instantSnapshot. This can beCREATING, DELETING, FAILED, orREADY.

zonestring

Output only. [Output Only] URL of the zone where the instant snapshot resides. You must specify this field as part of the HTTP request URL. It is not settable as a field in the request body.

Changes

Oct 30, 20268b85e897d3dc Revision changes
- info
  the security scope https://www.googleapis.com/auth/cloud-platform was added to the endpoint's security scheme Oauth2
- info
  the security scope https://www.googleapis.com/auth/cloud-platform was added to the endpoint's security scheme Oauth2c
- info
  the security scope https://www.googleapis.com/auth/compute.readonly was removed from the endpoint's security scheme Oauth2
- info
  the security scope https://www.googleapis.com/auth/compute.readonly was removed from the endpoint's security scheme Oauth2c
Oct 23, 202648929bf89eeb Revision changes
- info
  the security scope https://www.googleapis.com/auth/cloud-platform was added to the endpoint's security scheme Oauth2
- info
  the security scope https://www.googleapis.com/auth/cloud-platform was added to the endpoint's security scheme Oauth2c
- info
  the security scope https://www.googleapis.com/auth/compute.readonly was removed from the endpoint's security scheme Oauth2
- info
  the security scope https://www.googleapis.com/auth/compute.readonly was removed from the endpoint's security scheme Oauth2c

Operation history (4 revisions)

GET /projects/{project}/regions/{region}/instantSnapshots/{instantSnapshot}

Request

Path parameters

Response 200OK

Changes

Response