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Cloud VPN Service Level
Agreement (SLA)
During the Term of the agreement under which Google has
agreed to provide Google Cloud Platform to Customer (as
applicable, the "Agreement"), the respective Covered Service will
provide a Monthly Uptime Percentage to Customer as follows
(the "Service Level Objective" or "SLO"):
If Google does not meet the SLO, and if Customer meets its
obligations under this SLA, Customer will be eligible to receive
the Financial Credits described below. Monthly Uptime Percentage and
Financial Credit are determined on a calendar month basis per Project.
This SLA states Customer's sole and exclusive remedy for any failure
by Google to meet the SLO. Capitalized terms used in this SLA, but not
defined in this SLA, have the meaning set forth in the
Agreement. If the Agreement authorizes the resale or supply of
Google Cloud Platform under a Google Cloud partner or reseller
program, then all references to Customer in this SLA mean
Partner or Reseller (as applicable), and any Financial Credit(s)
will only apply for impacted Partner or Reseller order(s) under
the Agreement.
Definitions
The following definitions apply to the SLA:
- "Covered Service" means (i) for
Classic VPN, VPN tunnels under the Google-managed VPN service
with or without Google Cloud Router and (ii) for HA VPN, VPN
tunnels under the Google-managed VPN service with Google Cloud
Router, where an HA VPN gateway includes at least one VPN
tunnel on each interface.
- "Downtime" means a properly-configured
Classic VPN gateway or HA VPN gateway under the Covered
Service is not able to serve any traffic directed through any
of its component tunnels.
- "Downtime Period" means a period of
120 consecutive seconds of Downtime. Intermittent Downtime for
a period of less than 120 consecutive seconds will not be
counted towards any Downtime Periods.
- "Financial Credit" means the following
for Classic VPN and HA VPN when only used over Cloud Interconnect service for
non-critical applications:
Monthly Uptime Percentage |
Percentage of monthly bill for the Covered Service
which does not meet SLO that will be credited to future
monthly bills of Customer |
99.0% - <99.9% |
25% |
<99.0% |
50% |
- "Financial Credit" means the following
for HA VPN (including use over Cloud Interconnect service for production-level
applications):
Monthly Uptime Percentage |
Percentage of monthly bill for the Covered Service
which does not meet SLO that will be credited to future
monthly bills of Customer |
99.9% - <99.99% |
10% |
<99.0% - <99.9% |
25% |
<99.0% |
50% |
- "Monthly Uptime Percentage" means the
total number of minutes in a month, minus the number of
minutes of Downtime suffered from all Downtime Periods in a
month, divided by the total number of minutes in a month.
Customer Must Request
Financial Credit
In order to receive any of the Financial Credits described
above, Customer must
notify Google technical support
within thirty days from the time Customer becomes eligible to
receive a Financial Credit. Customer must also provide Google
with log files showing Downtime Periods and the date and time
that they occurred. If Customer does not comply with these
requirements, Customer will forfeit its right to receive a
Financial Credit. If a dispute arises with respect to this SLA,
Google will make a determination in good faith based on its
system logs, monitoring reports, configuration records, and
other available information, which Google will make available
for auditing by Customer at Customer's request.
Maximum Financial Credit
The aggregate maximum number of Financial Credits to be issued
by Google to Customer for any and all Downtime Periods that
occur in a single billing month will not exceed 50% of the
amount due from Customer for the Covered Service for the
applicable month. Financial Credits will be made in the form of
a monetary credit applied to future use of the Service and will
be applied within 60 days after the Financial Credit was
requested.
SLA Exclusions
The SLA does not apply to any: (a) features designated pre-general
availability (unless otherwise set forth in the associated
Documentation), (b) features excluded from the SLA (in the
associated Documentation), or (c) errors: (i) caused by factors
outside of Google's reasonable control; (ii) that resulted from
Customer's software or hardware or third party software or
hardware, or both; (iii) that resulted from abuses or other
behaviors that violate the Agreement; or (iv) that resulted from
quotas applied by the system and/or listed in the Admin Console.
Previous versions
(Last modified June 8, 2023)
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Monthly Uptime Percentage and\nFinancial Credit are determined on a calendar month basis per Project.\nThis SLA states Customer's sole and exclusive remedy for any failure\nby Google to meet the SLO. Capitalized terms used in this SLA, but not\ndefined in this SLA, have the meaning set forth in the\nAgreement. If the Agreement authorizes the resale or supply of\nGoogle Cloud Platform under a Google Cloud partner or reseller\nprogram, then all references to Customer in this SLA mean\nPartner or Reseller (as applicable), and any Financial Credit(s)\nwill only apply for impacted Partner or Reseller order(s) under\nthe Agreement. \n\n#### Definitions\n\nThe following definitions apply to the SLA:\n\n- **\"Covered Service\"** means (i) for Classic VPN, VPN tunnels under the Google-managed VPN service with or without Google Cloud Router and (ii) for HA VPN, VPN tunnels under the Google-managed VPN service with Google Cloud Router, where an HA VPN gateway includes at least one VPN tunnel on each interface.\n- **\"Downtime\"** means a properly-configured Classic VPN gateway or HA VPN gateway under the Covered Service is not able to serve any traffic directed through any of its component tunnels.\n- **\"Downtime Period\"** means a period of 120 consecutive seconds of Downtime. Intermittent Downtime for a period of less than 120 consecutive seconds will not be counted towards any Downtime Periods.\n- **\"Financial Credit\"** means the following for Classic VPN and HA VPN when only used over Cloud Interconnect service for non-critical applications:\n\n- **\"Financial Credit\"** means the following for HA VPN (including use over Cloud Interconnect service for production-level applications):\n\n- **\"Monthly Uptime Percentage\"** means the total number of minutes in a month, minus the number of minutes of Downtime suffered from all Downtime Periods in a month, divided by the total number of minutes in a month. \n\n#### Customer Must Request\nFinancial Credit\n\nIn order to receive any of the Financial Credits described\nabove, Customer must\n[notify Google technical support](https://support.google.com/cloud/contact/cloud_platform_sla)\nwithin thirty days from the time Customer becomes eligible to\nreceive a Financial Credit. Customer must also provide Google\nwith log files showing Downtime Periods and the date and time\nthat they occurred. If Customer does not comply with these\nrequirements, Customer will forfeit its right to receive a\nFinancial Credit. If a dispute arises with respect to this SLA,\nGoogle will make a determination in good faith based on its\nsystem logs, monitoring reports, configuration records, and\nother available information, which Google will make available\nfor auditing by Customer at Customer's request. \n\n#### Maximum Financial Credit\n\nThe aggregate maximum number of Financial Credits to be issued\nby Google to Customer for any and all Downtime Periods that\noccur in a single billing month will not exceed 50% of the\namount due from Customer for the Covered Service for the\napplicable month. Financial Credits will be made in the form of\na monetary credit applied to future use of the Service and will\nbe applied within 60 days after the Financial Credit was\nrequested. \n\n#### SLA Exclusions\n\nThe SLA does not apply to any: (a) features designated pre-general\navailability (unless otherwise set forth in the associated\nDocumentation), (b) features excluded from the SLA (in the\nassociated Documentation), or (c) errors: (i) caused by factors\noutside of Google's reasonable control; (ii) that resulted from\nCustomer's software or hardware or third party software or\nhardware, or both; (iii) that resulted from abuses or other\nbehaviors that violate the Agreement; or (iv) that resulted from\nquotas applied by the system and/or listed in the Admin Console. \nPrevious versions *(Last modified June 8, 2023)* \n[September 27, 2019](/network-connectivity/docs/vpn/sla/index-20190927) [October 4, 2016](https://cloud.google.com/network-connectivity/docs/vpn/sla-20161004) [May 20, 2015](https://cloud.google.com/network-connectivity/docs/vpn/sla-20150520)"]]