diff --git a/compute/compute/ingredients/instances/resume.py b/compute/compute/ingredients/instances/resume.py
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+#  Copyright 2022 Google LLC
+#
+#  Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+#  you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+#  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+#  Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+#  distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+#  WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+#  See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+#  limitations under the License.
+
+# This is an ingredient file. It is not meant to be run directly. Check the samples/snippets
+# folder for complete code samples that are ready to be used.
+# Disabling flake8 for the ingredients file, as it would fail F821 - undefined name check.
+# flake8: noqa
+import time
+
+from google.cloud import compute_v1
+
+
+# <INGREDIENT resume_instance>
+def resume_instance(project_id: str, zone: str, instance_name: str) -> None:
+    """
+    Resume a suspended Google Compute Engine instance (with unencrypted disks).
+    Args:
+        project_id: project ID or project number of the Cloud project your instance belongs to.
+        zone: name of the zone your instance belongs to.
+        instance_name: name of the instance your want to resume.
+    """
+    instance_client = compute_v1.InstancesClient()
+    op_client = compute_v1.ZoneOperationsClient()
+
+    instance = instance_client.get(project=project_id, zone=zone, instance=instance_name)
+    if instance.status != compute_v1.Instance.Status.SUSPENDED.name:
+        raise RuntimeError(f"Only suspended instances can be resumed. "
+                           f"Instance {instance_name} is in {instance.status} state.")
+
+    op = instance_client.resume_unary(
+        project=project_id, zone=zone, instance=instance_name
+    )
+
+    start = time.time()
+    while op.status != compute_v1.Operation.Status.DONE:
+        op = op_client.wait(operation=op.name, zone=zone, project=project_id)
+        if time.time() - start >= 300:  # 5 minutes
+            raise TimeoutError()
+    return
+# </INGREDIENT>
+
diff --git a/compute/compute/ingredients/instances/suspend.py b/compute/compute/ingredients/instances/suspend.py
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+#  Copyright 2022 Google LLC
+#
+#  Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+#  you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+#  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+#  Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+#  distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+#  WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+#  See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+#  limitations under the License.
+
+# This is an ingredient file. It is not meant to be run directly. Check the samples/snippets
+# folder for complete code samples that are ready to be used.
+# Disabling flake8 for the ingredients file, as it would fail F821 - undefined name check.
+# flake8: noqa
+import time
+
+from google.cloud import compute_v1
+
+
+# <INGREDIENT suspend_instance>
+def suspend_instance(project_id: str, zone: str, instance_name: str) -> None:
+    """
+    Suspend a running Google Compute Engine instance.
+    Args:
+        project_id: project ID or project number of the Cloud project your instance belongs to.
+        zone: name of the zone your instance belongs to.
+        instance_name: name of the instance your want to suspend.
+    """
+    instance_client = compute_v1.InstancesClient()
+    op_client = compute_v1.ZoneOperationsClient()
+
+    op = instance_client.suspend_unary(
+        project=project_id, zone=zone, instance=instance_name
+    )
+
+    start = time.time()
+    while op.status != compute_v1.Operation.Status.DONE:
+        op = op_client.wait(operation=op.name, zone=zone, project=project_id)
+        if time.time() - start >= 300:  # 5 minutes
+            raise TimeoutError()
+    return
+# </INGREDIENT>
+
diff --git a/compute/compute/recipes/instances/resume.py b/compute/compute/recipes/instances/resume.py
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+#  Copyright 2022 Google LLC
+#
+#  Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+#  you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+#  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+#  Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+#  distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+#  WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+#  See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+#  limitations under the License.
+# flake8: noqa
+
+# <REGION compute_resume_instance>
+# <IMPORTS/>
+
+
+# <INGREDIENT resume_instance />
+# </REGION compute_resume_instance>
diff --git a/compute/compute/recipes/instances/suspend.py b/compute/compute/recipes/instances/suspend.py
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+#  Copyright 2022 Google LLC
+#
+#  Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+#  you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+#  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+#  Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+#  distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+#  WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+#  See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+#  limitations under the License.
+# flake8: noqa
+
+# <REGION compute_suspend_instance>
+# <IMPORTS/>
+
+
+# <INGREDIENT suspend_instance />
+# </REGION compute_suspend_instance>
diff --git a/compute/compute/snippets/instances/resume.py b/compute/compute/snippets/instances/resume.py
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+#  Copyright 2022 Google LLC
+#
+#  Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+#  you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+#  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+#  Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+#  distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+#  WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+#  See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+#  limitations under the License.
+# flake8: noqa
+
+
+# This file is automatically generated. Please do not modify it directly.
+# Find the relevant recipe file in the samples/recipes or samples/ingredients
+# directory and apply your changes there.
+
+
+# [START compute_resume_instance]
+import time
+
+from google.cloud import compute_v1
+
+
+def resume_instance(project_id: str, zone: str, instance_name: str) -> None:
+    """
+    Resume a suspended Google Compute Engine instance (with unencrypted disks).
+    Args:
+        project_id: project ID or project number of the Cloud project your instance belongs to.
+        zone: name of the zone your instance belongs to.
+        instance_name: name of the instance your want to resume.
+    """
+    instance_client = compute_v1.InstancesClient()
+    op_client = compute_v1.ZoneOperationsClient()
+
+    instance = instance_client.get(
+        project=project_id, zone=zone, instance=instance_name
+    )
+    if instance.status != compute_v1.Instance.Status.SUSPENDED.name:
+        raise RuntimeError(
+            f"Only suspended instances can be resumed. "
+            f"Instance {instance_name} is in {instance.status} state."
+        )
+
+    op = instance_client.resume_unary(
+        project=project_id, zone=zone, instance=instance_name
+    )
+
+    start = time.time()
+    while op.status != compute_v1.Operation.Status.DONE:
+        op = op_client.wait(operation=op.name, zone=zone, project=project_id)
+        if time.time() - start >= 300:  # 5 minutes
+            raise TimeoutError()
+    return
+
+
+# [END compute_resume_instance]
diff --git a/compute/compute/snippets/instances/suspend.py b/compute/compute/snippets/instances/suspend.py
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+#  Copyright 2022 Google LLC
+#
+#  Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+#  you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+#  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+#  Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+#  distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+#  WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+#  See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+#  limitations under the License.
+# flake8: noqa
+
+
+# This file is automatically generated. Please do not modify it directly.
+# Find the relevant recipe file in the samples/recipes or samples/ingredients
+# directory and apply your changes there.
+
+
+# [START compute_suspend_instance]
+import time
+
+from google.cloud import compute_v1
+
+
+def suspend_instance(project_id: str, zone: str, instance_name: str) -> None:
+    """
+    Suspend a running Google Compute Engine instance.
+    Args:
+        project_id: project ID or project number of the Cloud project your instance belongs to.
+        zone: name of the zone your instance belongs to.
+        instance_name: name of the instance your want to suspend.
+    """
+    instance_client = compute_v1.InstancesClient()
+    op_client = compute_v1.ZoneOperationsClient()
+
+    op = instance_client.suspend_unary(
+        project=project_id, zone=zone, instance=instance_name
+    )
+
+    start = time.time()
+    while op.status != compute_v1.Operation.Status.DONE:
+        op = op_client.wait(operation=op.name, zone=zone, project=project_id)
+        if time.time() - start >= 300:  # 5 minutes
+            raise TimeoutError()
+    return
+
+
+# [END compute_suspend_instance]
diff --git a/compute/compute/snippets/tests/test_instance_suspend_resume.py b/compute/compute/snippets/tests/test_instance_suspend_resume.py
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+#  Copyright 2022 Google LLC
+#
+#  Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+#  you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+#  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+#  Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+#  distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+#  WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+#  See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+#  limitations under the License.
+import time
+import uuid
+
+import google.auth
+from google.cloud import compute_v1
+import pytest
+
+
+from ..images.get import get_image_from_family
+from ..instances.create import create_instance, disk_from_image
+from ..instances.delete import delete_instance
+from ..instances.resume import resume_instance
+from ..instances.suspend import suspend_instance
+
+PROJECT = google.auth.default()[1]
+
+INSTANCE_ZONE = "europe-central2-b"
+
+
+def _get_status(instance: compute_v1.Instance) -> compute_v1.Instance.Status:
+    instance_client = compute_v1.InstancesClient()
+    return instance_client.get(
+        project=PROJECT, zone=INSTANCE_ZONE, instance=instance.name
+    ).status
+
+
+@pytest.fixture
+def compute_instance():
+    instance_name = "test-instance-" + uuid.uuid4().hex[:10]
+    newest_debian = get_image_from_family(project="ubuntu-os-cloud", family="ubuntu-2004-lts")
+    disk_type = f"zones/{INSTANCE_ZONE}/diskTypes/pd-standard"
+    disks = [disk_from_image(disk_type, 100, True, newest_debian.self_link)]
+    instance = create_instance(
+        PROJECT, INSTANCE_ZONE, instance_name, disks
+    )
+    yield instance
+
+    delete_instance(PROJECT, INSTANCE_ZONE, instance_name)
+
+
+def test_instance_suspend_resume(compute_instance):
+    assert _get_status(compute_instance) == compute_v1.Instance.Status.RUNNING.name
+
+    # Once the machine is running, give it some time to fully start all processes
+    # before trying to suspend it
+    time.sleep(45)
+
+    suspend_instance(PROJECT, INSTANCE_ZONE, compute_instance.name)
+
+    while _get_status(compute_instance) == compute_v1.Instance.Status.SUSPENDING.name:
+        time.sleep(5)
+
+    assert _get_status(compute_instance) == compute_v1.Instance.Status.SUSPENDED.name
+
+    resume_instance(PROJECT, INSTANCE_ZONE, compute_instance.name)
+    assert _get_status(compute_instance) == compute_v1.Instance.Status.RUNNING.name