ComputeLabs Research
Google Cloud Run instances offer singleton runtimes of up to seven days; a continuous 1-vCPU, 1-GiB service costs $5.70 per 30 days.
· ComputeLabs Research · from the August 27, 2026 edition
Google introduced Cloud Run instances for long-lived, stateful workloads such as personal AI agents. Each runtime operates as a dedicated singleton with one instance and no autoscaling, distinguishing it from Cloud Run services that can scale to zero when requests stop.
An instance can run continuously for up to seven days and has an automatic restart policy configured by default. Each instance receives a Hypertext Transfer Protocol Secure URL that remains unchanged across updates and restarts, and users can stop and resume the instance.
Google priced continuous operation of an instance with one virtual CPU and 1 gibibyte of memory at $5.70 for 30 days. The service uses shared virtual CPUs with burst budgets, making the quoted configuration different from a permanently dedicated virtual machine core.
Google demonstrated deployment using OpenClaw, an open-source personal AI agent, with configuration files stored in a Cloud Storage bucket. The example supports interaction through services such as Telegram or WhatsApp after deployment.
Sources
- Google Cloud Blog: Deploy personal AI agents with Cloud Run instances(cloud.google.com)
- Google Cloud Run instances

