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Encrypting disks, snapshots, images, and machine images with customer-supplied encryption keys (CSEKs) is deprecated...

Encrypting disks, snapshots, images, and machine images with customer-supplied encryption keys (CSEKs) is deprecated and will be disabled on July 20, 2027.

For more information and alternatives to CSEKs for your Compute Engine resources, see Deprecation of customer-supplied encryption keys (CSEK) in Compute Engine.

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