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How do I solve: Error: Failed to list Firebase projects. See firebase-debug.log for more info


So I'm minding my own business trying to initializing a Firebase project in my Angular app when all of the sudden I'm hit with this error:

Error: Failed to list Firebase projects. See firebase-debug.log for more info.

To get to that point, I followed the instructions in the documentation here which are basically run:

$ npm install -g firebase-tools

$ firebase login // Turns out I was already logged in

$ firebase projects:list // Make sure you can access your account.

Anyway, back to the error. "Ok," I think. "I'll just check out the log it's pointing me to." I open the log and see:

HTTP Error: 401, 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.`
`FirebaseError: HTTP Error: 401, 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.`

The part about "invalid authentication credentials" makes me think it has something to do with me not being logged into firebase but firebase login shows I am logged in.

The URL in the log just takes me to the docs for using firebase auth in my app. Well, I would love to. But first I need this command to work, Firebase.

Has anyone run into this/have a solution for it?


Solution

  • Update

    The fix is:

    firebase login --reauth
    

    Thanks to @kynan in the comments for simplifying the original two-liner down to this one-liner.

    If that doesn't work, you can also try logging out and logging back in like the original answer.


    Original Answer

    The fix is:

    firebase logout
    firebase login
    

    It looks like when you upgrade firebase-tools, that may invalidate your auth token. You just have to log out and log back in.

    Here's the message when you log out:

    $ firebase logout
    !  Invalid refresh token, did not need to deauthorize
    +  Logged out from <email>