Google Could Platform failed to load VM instance

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I was trying to create VM instance on Google Could Platform, but it always gives me an error says Failed to load.

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Found the solution by accident, I was browsing in the MarketPlace and trying to launch a Ubuntu 16.04 OS but end with this error

Compute Engine API has not been used in project xxxxxxxxxxx before or it is disabled. Enable it by visiting https://console.developers.google.com/apis/api/compute.googleapis.com/overview?project=xxxxxxxxxxx then retry. If you enabled this API recently, wait a few minutes for the action to propagate to our systems and retry.

So I goto the link mentioned in the above Error message. After I enabled Compute Engine API there I can find the Create Instance button in my VM instances section.

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This error message is related to UI issues with cache and cookies. So to fix this you can try any of the following:

1.- Log In to GCP in an Incognito window. 2.- Clear/delete your web browser cache and cookies. 3.- Login to GCP through another web browser.

Please verify Compute Engine API is enabled in your project by following step 3 from this guide.

Additional, there was a known issue yesterday that prevent new projects to enable Compute Engine API and therefore not be able to create VM Instances. This issue has been fixed by now so you shoud be able to create this Instances with no problem.