No worries on the negativity! I totally understand. No one likes to have time wasted. :( I'm getting the more detailed info on the cache use-case to the eng team just so they're aware. Also, the can't disable it...so funny story. You can delete the cluster...save the $$$ on the AlloyDB side, and recreate it later and the data's still safely there. So the disable instance is 100% valid feedback (and has been raised before, I'll add your voice to it as well). And there's a workaround....sorta.