Compute Engine provides the interactive serial console for troubleshooting malfunctioning instances
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## Deprecate
Compute Engine provides the [interactive serial console](https://cloud.google.com/compute/docs/troubleshooting/troubleshooting-using-serial-console) for troubleshooting malfunctioning instances. The serial console SSH key endpoint is deprecated and a new serial SSH key endpoint is available. For more information, see [Serial console SSH host key endpoint deprecation](https://cloud.google.com/compute/docs/deprecations/serial-console-ssh-host-key-endpoint).