empty events array after 20 minutes?

A task is "Running" on FC for over 30 minutes:

QC_Workflow.QC_Prepare_TaskHide
Call #1:
ID:operations/EL3xgcK2Kxjru7rUwM6jwzEgt5KztIUCKg9wcm9kdWN0aW9uUXVldWU
Status:
Running
Cache Result:Miss
Started:April 13, 2017, 12:41 PM (38 minutes ago)
Ended:Pending...
Inputs:Show
Outputs:None
stdout:QC_Prepare_Task-stdout.log
stderr:QC_Prepare_Task-stderr.log
JES log:QC_Prepare_Task.log

But querying goolge via the OID has NO events.....not even a "waiting for quota" sort of message.

wm8b1-75c:workflows esalinas$ date && gcloud alpha  genomics operations describe operations/EL3xgcK2Kxjru7rUwM6jwzEgt5KztIUCKg9wcm9kdWN0aW9uUXVldWU|head
Thu Apr 13 13:16:28 EDT 2017
done: false
metadata:
  '@type': type.googleapis.com/google.genomics.v1.OperationMetadata
  clientId: ''
  createTime: '2017-04-13T16:58:27Z'
  events: []
  labels:
    cromwell-workflow-id: cromwell-8a9cb9b4-cb80-4924-8dbf-fe3f75d310f1
    cromwell-workflow-name: qc-workflow
    wdl-task-name: qc-prepare-task
wm8b1-75c:workflows esalinas$ 

Is this expected?

Does this point to a problem on Google's end?