Connectivity Tests Reference
Connectivity Tests (Path Diagnostics)
Use Connectivity Tests to identify firewall or routing blocks along a network path.
Critical Verification: Instance State
CRITICAL: Always verify if the source and destination instances are
RUNNING. A REACHABLE path analysis result (which is a static configuration
analysis) does not mean traffic will flow if the VM is powered off.
- Check the
statusfield in the instance details. - Review step metadata in the connectivity test traces.
CRITICAL: You MUST execute the delete command as your final tool call before providing the result to the user. Do not simply state that it was deleted; provide the command output as proof.
Tooling
- Primary: NetworkManagement MCP
(
create_connectivity_test) - Polling: NetworkManagement MCP
(
get_connectivity_test) - Cleanup: ALWAYS delete the test resource after use with
NetworkManagement MCP
(
delete_connectivity_test).
Fallback: gcloud
- Create:
gcloud network-management connectivity-tests create - Polling:
gcloud network-management connectivity-tests describe - Cleanup: ALWAYS delete the test resource after use with
gcloud network-management connectivity-tests delete.