Error: Failed to get Firebase project project-name. Please make sure the project exists and your account has permission to access it

Question

I tried running firebase deploy like I have always done but came across this Error:

Error: Failed to get Firebase project project-name. Please make sure the project exists and your account has permission to access it.

I have run firebase login and I get 'Already logged in as email@example.com'

The firebase-debug.log file shows a few 401 http responses and some of them have the following text:

'Request had invalid authentication credentials' and also 'invalid token'

How can this be solved?

I would suggest you 1) updating to the [latest Firebase CLI version](https://firebase.google.com/docs/cli#update-cli), 2) as Sushan suggested, run `firebase login --reauth`, then try `firebase deploy` again and let us know of the output. — tzovourn, Aug 19 '20 at 09:03
THANK YOU SO MUCH Sushan! I think it was because almost a year ago I changed my google account password, and I hadn't worked on this project on this machine in over a year. (I had the same messages "already logged in and 401 in debug logs as OP) — Justin, Aug 18 '21 at 08:42
It looks like this is a recurrent problem with some new firebase-tools versions — Odai A. Ali, Jun 21 '23 at 09:13

score 355 · Accepted Answer · answered Aug 21 '20 at 06:24

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For me this worked,

firebase logout

firebase login

answered Aug 21 '20 at 06:24

Akhilesh Kumar

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I was facing a similar issue. It was showing already logged in as well. But when I tried to logout and login then it worked. – Aman Khare Sep 09 '20 at 11:39
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U're the Master of puppets! – contributorpw Dec 16 '20 at 18:23
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Worked great. Even though Firebase says you're logged in, when you log out you'll see: `"Invalid refresh token for me@example.com, did not need to deauthorize"` – Slbox Sep 06 '21 at 23:54
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it's a simple spell but quite unbreakable – engineer-x Dec 11 '21 at 05:15
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And there you go. It's simple as that. – Dženis H. Jan 03 '22 at 23:53
old joke: close all windows and restart :) – Ayyash Feb 15 '22 at 16:28
Maybe I am just stupid but I am facing this error at GitHub. Where to put this command? – OndrejHj04 Apr 05 '22 at 09:07
Worked like a charm. Remember to update firebase-tools if necessary. – David Adafia Jun 11 '22 at 16:06
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After I updated `npm` and was trying to add a function to Cloud Functions I got an error that said I had to update firebase-tools: `npm install -g firebase-tools`. What seems to has happened is there were new permissions that I had to either accept or decline and using this logouts/login answer showed me the permissions after I logged in. Then everything worked fine. – Lance Samaria Jun 20 '22 at 21:46
2023, and works. Thank you – Omar Dulaimi Jul 16 '23 at 07:56

score 62 · Answer 2 · answered Dec 01 '20 at 06:22

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This worked for me:

Run

firebase use --add

And re-select the project

answered Dec 01 '20 at 06:22

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Logging in and out & firebase use -add worked for me. – Gokhan Dilek Aug 28 '21 at 15:02
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This was needed as it lost context. Had logged in before this, so login / logout was not the solution. – Daniel ZA Oct 29 '21 at 14:33

Abraham · Answer 3 · 2021-11-28T12:24:47.720

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Simply

use firebase login --reauth

edited Nov 28 '21 at 12:24

answered Jul 16 '21 at 13:47

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this is the correct solution. i just tested it with similar issue. – Elias Fazel May 04 '22 at 15:12
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works for me!!! thnx. – Sanjay Jan 13 '23 at 11:26
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This actually worked, what an annoying an unnecessary problem, why is it that Google doesn't allow us to upload code directly through the Firebase web console the way AWS does blows my mind..... – Edmund Rojas Jul 25 '23 at 19:40

score 15 · Answer 4 · answered Jul 12 '22 at 14:20

For me, I was setting up a new machine with an existing firebase project. This is what I did:

First successfully login to firebase from your command console

firebase login

Get a list of your projects

firebase projects:list

Tell firebase which project you are using

firebase use <Project ID>

Then, I was able to deploy and use other commands for this project. Hope this helps someone.

score 7 · Answer 5 · answered Oct 13 '20 at 17:36

sometimes there is a token error you can check debug.log

Error Message in debug.log : [debug] [2020-10-13T23:01:28.050Z] <<< HTTP RESPONSE BODY {"error":{"code":401,"message":"Request had invalid authentication credentials. Expected OAuth 2 access token, login cookie or other valid authentication credential. See https://developers.google.com/identity/sign-in/web/devconsole-project.","status":"UNAUTHENTICATED"}}

Solution of error use

firebase login --reauth

and again firebase init for reinitializing the project select project and

firebase deploy

score 7 · Answer 6 · answered Apr 09 '22 at 18:44

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Run

firebase use --add

And re-select the project

This works 100%

answered Apr 09 '22 at 18:44

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score 5 · Answer 7 · answered Jul 19 '21 at 05:16

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Try logging out of firebase CLI and then log back in with the account that has the project that you are trying to run.

This was the case with me. I was logged in to another firebase account.

Steps:

```
`firebase logout`
```
```
`firebase login`
```

answered Jul 19 '21 at 05:16

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score 5 · Answer 8 · answered Aug 18 '22 at 13:09

1.run this firebase logout firebase login 2.if u can not login successfully , like this ? [https://i.stack.imgur.com/4MJM5.png][1]

run this , export http_proxy=http://localhost:your proxy port 4.successfully!!! [https://i.stack.imgur.com/sRcvG.png][1]

score 4 · Answer 9 · answered May 21 '21 at 18:54

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Any typo inside the .firebaserc would show this error. For me I had an extra comma, removing it solved the error.

answered May 21 '21 at 18:54

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score 3 · Answer 10 · answered Dec 02 '20 at 15:13

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Disconnecting the company's VPN and trying it again worked for me.

answered Dec 02 '20 at 15:13

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I can't believe VPN was my issue – Paul Kitatta Feb 01 '21 at 08:18

score 3 · Answer 11 · answered Oct 21 '21 at 02:10

If none of the other answers worked for you, I had the same problem and received this solution from Firebase Support. (ty Sergei)

My system will occasionally create and Environment Variable named FIREBASE_TOKEN. The token will expire, but the variable does not. Restarts and logout/login cycles did nothing. Deleting the variable works every time though.

Remove-Item Env:\FIREBASE_TOKEN

score 2 · Answer 12 · answered Sep 17 '22 at 20:10

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It is possible you are trying to deploy without internet connection. The first thing to look for is if your internet is okay.

answered Sep 17 '22 at 20:10

Orwa Ogwari

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score 2 · Answer 13 · answered Nov 10 '22 at 17:38

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Make sure that you don't have this file .firebaserc already existing in your project directory if you already do!

Delete it and try firebase init in console again.

answered Nov 10 '22 at 17:38

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score 1 · Answer 14 · answered Nov 26 '20 at 09:48

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It's really awesome and confusing------>

just did these command ->

> firebase logout
> 
> firebase login

answered Nov 26 '20 at 09:48

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score 1 · Answer 15 · answered Apr 10 '21 at 01:42

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if you use Mac or Linux, you can write this command export http_proxy=http://127.0.0.1:1087 to make sure your terminal uses the proxy, which is useful for me.

answered Apr 10 '21 at 01:42

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score 1 · Answer 16 · answered Aug 19 '21 at 17:16

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None of the above solutions worked for me but removing/editing the stored value of the default project in $HOME/.config/configstore/firebase-tools.json did work.

answered Aug 19 '21 at 17:16

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score 1 · Answer 17 · answered Dec 15 '21 at 13:47

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If you have this issue in a CI pipeline, you can regenerate a token on your local machine with

firebase login:ci

Put the generated token as an environment variable, e.g. FIREBASE_TOKEN and run like this:

firebase deploy --token "$FIREBASE_TOKEN"

answered Dec 15 '21 at 13:47

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score 1 · Answer 18 · edited Jul 30 '23 at 10:53

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If you are hosting multiple projects in multiple accounts then you'll get this error mostly so follow the below commands.

logout first using firebase logout
login then using firebase login

While logging in select the firebase account you want to use for the project.

edited Jul 30 '23 at 10:53

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answered Jul 16 '23 at 03:14

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score 0 · Answer 19 · answered May 09 '23 at 05:41

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I got this error. when I used these commands in the VS Code terminal.

Solution

Try typing 'cmd' in the same Vs Code terminal and give the Firebase commands.

(or)

Try in the command prompt terminal.

answered May 09 '23 at 05:41

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score 0 · Answer 20 · answered May 21 '23 at 07:32

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I am also facing that problem and solved the below process First firebase logout then firebase login, after npm run build, firebase deploy. It is now working.

answered May 21 '23 at 07:32

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score 0 · Answer 21 · answered Jun 12 '23 at 09:14

I have faced similar issue. I have fixed using this work flow, check which one is missing on your side:

Add and choose the env: firebase use --add e.g. uat

If you already have the env, please just firebase use uat
After choosing the env from step 1, run firebase init hosting:github Follow some steps, and input the github link, which then will generate the token for you. (rest steps does not matter if you exit or not)

You now have a secrets created in github already, and the firebase can access github to continue build.

score 0 · Answer 22 · answered Jun 17 '23 at 21:43

For me - none of the other answers worked - but this did: npm install -g firebase-tools (which updates the firebase CLI)

And a helpful tip - apparently they have good support - use the following form: https://firebase.google.com/support/troubleshooter/products/other

score -1 · Answer 23 · answered Jan 12 '22 at 19:48

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I got this error in Linux when I was out of disk space, freeing some space resolved it.

answered Jan 12 '22 at 19:48

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Error: Failed to get Firebase project project-name. Please make sure the project exists and your account has permission to access it

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