An ephemeral environment with no TTL isn't actually ephemeral.
Two feature branches touching the same schema can't share one persistent staging environment — each gets a throwaway one instead.
Ephemeral environments
Attach a hard TTL — a scheduled cleanup or an automation rule tied to the PR's closure — or it silently becomes permanent.
GKE fleets
One logical grouping applies Config Sync and policy once across every member cluster.
2026 update: Fleet API, Config Sync, Policy Controller, and Connect Gateway all moved into base GKE — no separate Anthos Enterprise license required.