diff --git a/centaur/src/main/resources/standardTestCases/gcpbatch_retry_with_more_memory.test b/centaur/src/main/resources/standardTestCases/gcpbatch_retry_with_more_memory.test
index fb8847b52c..cdb626e658 100644
--- a/centaur/src/main/resources/standardTestCases/gcpbatch_retry_with_more_memory.test
+++ b/centaur/src/main/resources/standardTestCases/gcpbatch_retry_with_more_memory.test
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 name: gcpbatch_retry_with_more_memory
-testFormat: workflowfailure
+testFormat: workflowsuccess
 backends: [GCPBATCH]
 
 files {
@@ -9,13 +9,10 @@ files {
 
 metadata {
   workflowName: retry_with_more_memory
-  status: Failed
-  "failures.0.message": "Workflow failed"
-  "failures.0.causedBy.0.message": "stderr for job `retry_with_more_memory.imitate_oom_error:NA:3` contained one of the `memory-retry-error-keys: [OutOfMemory,Killed]` specified in the Cromwell config. Job might have run out of memory."
+  status: Succeeded
   "retry_with_more_memory.imitate_oom_error.-1.1.executionStatus": "RetryableFailure"
   "retry_with_more_memory.imitate_oom_error.-1.1.runtimeAttributes.memory": "1 GB"
   "retry_with_more_memory.imitate_oom_error.-1.2.executionStatus": "RetryableFailure"
   "retry_with_more_memory.imitate_oom_error.-1.2.runtimeAttributes.memory": "1.1 GB"
-  "retry_with_more_memory.imitate_oom_error.-1.3.executionStatus": "Failed"
-  "retry_with_more_memory.imitate_oom_error.-1.3.runtimeAttributes.memory": "1.2100000000000002 GB"
+  "outputs.retry_with_more_memory.memory_output": "1.2100000000000002 GB"
 }
diff --git a/centaur/src/main/resources/standardTestCases/retry_with_more_memory/gcpbatch/retry_with_more_memory.wdl b/centaur/src/main/resources/standardTestCases/retry_with_more_memory/gcpbatch/retry_with_more_memory.wdl
index c9efea52dd..2c50ed34c8 100644
--- a/centaur/src/main/resources/standardTestCases/retry_with_more_memory/gcpbatch/retry_with_more_memory.wdl
+++ b/centaur/src/main/resources/standardTestCases/retry_with_more_memory/gcpbatch/retry_with_more_memory.wdl
@@ -2,12 +2,21 @@ version 1.0
 
 task imitate_oom_error {
   command {
-    printf "Exception in thread "main" java.lang.OutOfMemoryError: testing\n\tat Test.main(Test.java:1)\n" >&2 && (exit 1)
-    # As a simulation of an OOM condition, do not create the 'foo' file. Cromwell should still be able to delocalize important detritus.
-    # touch foo
+    echo "$MEM_SIZE $MEM_UNIT"
+
+    # Current bashes do not do floating point arithmetic, Python to the rescue.
+    LESS=$(python -c "print($MEM_SIZE < 1.21)")
+
+    if [[ "$LESS" = "True" ]]
+    then
+      printf "Exception in thread "main" java.lang.OutOfMemoryError: testing\n\tat Test.main(Test.java:1)\n" >&2
+      exit 1
+    fi
+
+    echo "$MEM_SIZE $MEM_UNIT" > memory_output.txt
   }
   output {
-    File foo = "foo"
+    String memory_output = read_string("memory_output.txt")
   }
   runtime {
     docker: "python:latest"
@@ -19,4 +28,8 @@ task imitate_oom_error {
 
 workflow retry_with_more_memory {
   call imitate_oom_error
+
+  output {
+    String memory_output = imitate_oom_error.memory_output
+  }
 }
diff --git a/supportedBackends/google/batch/src/main/scala/cromwell/backend/google/batch/runnable/RunnableBuilder.scala b/supportedBackends/google/batch/src/main/scala/cromwell/backend/google/batch/runnable/RunnableBuilder.scala
index d69502295c..09208b9686 100644
--- a/supportedBackends/google/batch/src/main/scala/cromwell/backend/google/batch/runnable/RunnableBuilder.scala
+++ b/supportedBackends/google/batch/src/main/scala/cromwell/backend/google/batch/runnable/RunnableBuilder.scala
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import cromwell.backend.google.batch.models.GcpBatchConfigurationAttributes.GcsT
 import cromwell.backend.google.batch.models.{BatchParameter, GcpBatchInput, GcpBatchOutput}
 import cromwell.core.path.Path
 import mouse.all.anySyntaxMouse
+import wom.format.MemorySize
 
 import scala.concurrent.duration.{Duration, DurationInt, FiniteDuration}
 import scala.jdk.CollectionConverters._
@@ -147,7 +148,8 @@ object RunnableBuilder {
                    scriptContainerPath: String,
                    jobShell: String,
                    volumes: List[Volume],
-                   dockerhubCredentials: (String, String)
+                   dockerhubCredentials: (String, String),
+                   memory: MemorySize
   ): Runnable.Builder = {
 
     val container = (dockerhubCredentials._1, dockerhubCredentials._2) match {
@@ -164,9 +166,20 @@ object RunnableBuilder {
           .setEntrypoint(jobShell)
           .addCommands(scriptContainerPath)
     }
+
+    // adding memory as environment variables makes it easy for a user to retrieve the new value of memory
+    // on the machine to utilize in their command blocks if needed
+    val environment =
+      Environment
+        .newBuilder()
+        .putAllVariables(
+          Map("MEM_UNIT" -> memory.unit.toString, "MEM_SIZE" -> memory.amount.toString).asJava
+        )
+
     Runnable
       .newBuilder()
       .setContainer(container)
+      .setEnvironment(environment)
       .withVolumes(volumes)
       .putLabels(Key.Tag, Value.UserRunnable)
   }
diff --git a/supportedBackends/google/batch/src/main/scala/cromwell/backend/google/batch/runnable/UserRunnable.scala b/supportedBackends/google/batch/src/main/scala/cromwell/backend/google/batch/runnable/UserRunnable.scala
index cba665dbf9..05b6334ccb 100644
--- a/supportedBackends/google/batch/src/main/scala/cromwell/backend/google/batch/runnable/UserRunnable.scala
+++ b/supportedBackends/google/batch/src/main/scala/cromwell/backend/google/batch/runnable/UserRunnable.scala
@@ -12,7 +12,8 @@ trait UserRunnable {
       scriptContainerPath = createParameters.commandScriptContainerPath.pathAsString,
       jobShell = "/bin/bash",
       volumes = volumes,
-      dockerhubCredentials = createParameters.dockerhubCredentials
+      dockerhubCredentials = createParameters.dockerhubCredentials,
+      memory = createParameters.runtimeAttributes.memory
     )
 
     val describeRunnable = RunnableBuilder.describeDocker("user runnable", userRunnable)