Status: IN
GCS storage class economics create a natural incentive for lifecycle automation: Standard and Rapid classes have no retrieval fees while Nearline/Coldline/Archive impose both retrieval fees and minimum storage durations (30/90/365 days), and the SetStorageClass lifecycle action avoids rewrite costs (no retrieval fees, no early deletion fees, no inter-region replication) — making automated downward class transitions via lifecycle rules strictly cheaper than manual object rewrites or delayed transitions.