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Cloud Storage

Object storage with global edge access.

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Overview

Cloud Storage offers durable object storage across Standard, Nearline, Coldline and Archive classes with strong consistency and Object Lifecycle Management.

When to use it

  • Hosting test artifacts (HTML reports, screenshots, videos)
  • Static site / SPA hosting behind Cloud CDN
  • Data-lake landing zone for QA telemetry

Setup

  1. Create a bucket: choose region/multi-region and storage class.
  2. Set uniform bucket-level access; configure IAM roles.
  3. Enable Object Versioning and Lifecycle rules for cost control.

How to use

Upload report
gsutil cp -r playwright-report gs://qa-reports/$(date +%F)/
Signed URL
gsutil signurl -d 1h key.json gs://qa-reports/report.html

QA use cases

  • Persist Playwright/Cypress reports per build with lifecycle to Coldline after 30 days.
  • Store golden fixtures for visual regression testing.