Exercise 1: Managing a 2nd-Gen Function From the Cloud Run Console — Possible Solution ==================================================================== Yes, this is genuinely possible. A 2nd-generation Cloud Function is not run on some separate, functions-only runtime hidden behind the Cloud Functions console - it is automatically built as a container and deployed as a real Cloud Run service. Because the deployed artifact really is a Cloud Run service, it shows up and can be managed directly in the Cloud Run console too, not just the Cloud Functions console. This is only true because of the real architectural merge this chapter covers: Google's own documentation now literally calls 2nd-gen Cloud Functions "Cloud Run functions" precisely because the two consoles are two different views onto the same real underlying deployed service, not two separate systems that happen to look similar. ANSWER: Yes, the developer can view and manage the 2nd-generation function through the Cloud Run console, because it was deployed as a genuine Cloud Run service under the hood - the Cloud Functions console and the Cloud Run console are simply two views onto the same real deployed artifact. WHY THIS WORKS AS AN ANSWER ------------------------------ This correctly applies the chapter's own central real finding - that 2nd-gen functions are literally deployed as Cloud Run services, not merely similar to them - to a concrete, practical scenario.