I think it's possible that the disconnect between how the Google Cloud team describes what happened and the reality for users can be attributed to the fact that

I think it's possible that the disconnect between how the Google Cloud team describes what happened and the reality for users can be attributed to the fact that they are just one team in control of one aspect of the entire system. From their standpoint, taking into account their responsibilities, maybe it did go as smoothly they say. A similar post from Niantic would be very interesting.