Firebase-tools: Error: Authentication required

[zosocanuck]

Hi,

I recently upgraded to the new Firebase console however when running firebase deploy I get

Error: Authentication required.

So I logout and then login again however still get the same results.

Any ideas?

[mbleigh]

Can you please run firebase deploy --debug and paste the output here? Also, what do you get when you run firebase list? Do you see the project there?

One final thing to check is to make sure that you are deploying to the project id not the subdomain of your app.

[zosocanuck]

Ok, I ended up upgrading nodejs on my windows laptop and firebase list did show my projects. But when I run firebase deploy I get:

Error: Unable to authorize access to project milohas

Note: This version of the Firebase CLI is only compatible with projects upgraded
to the new Firebase Console. To access firebase.com apps, you will need to
use a previous version: npm install -g firebase-tools@^2.1

I do have permission to access this project as I am successfully able to run firebase deploy on a Fedora 23 VM.

[mbleigh]

When you run firebase list, do you see a different project id and instance name for this project? If so, make sure your .firebaserc file has the _project id_ not the instance/subdomain name.

[hickford]

I have the same problem:

$ firebase deploy
Error: Authentication required.
$ firebase login
Already logged in as ****@gmail.com

This happened after 'upgrading' my app from the 'legacy console' at https://www.firebase.com/account/ to https://console.firebase.google.com/

[tavosansal]

Having the same issue here. When I do firebase list I do not see my project. I recently upgraded to the new Firebase and started getting these issues. Some help on this would be appreciated since I can no longer deploy my project. Is there a way to manually deploy stuff??

[tavosansal]

Any update on this? I literally cannot deploy any updated with a fix for this.

[hickford]

@tavosansal try downgrading npm install -g firebase-tools@2. I worked it out eventually; firebase-tools@3 is incompatible with "legacy console" apps at https://www.firebase.com/account/

Frustrating isn't it?

1. Client is not backwards compatible
2. Readme neglects to warn about backwards incompatibility
3. Backwards incompatible client gives unhelpful and misleading error message "Error: Authentication required" rather than explain the problem and how to workaround it

[Lionardo]

I have the same issue for a while now. I tried a couple of things like downgrading firebase-tools@2, I have the project id on .firebaserc and no subdomain but nothing works. I get no project listed on firebase list but i clearly have a project on the dashboard. I also tried to deploy with a FIREBASE_TOKEN but without success. Here is my firebase --debug

Error Context: {
  "requestOptions": {
    "method": "GET",
    "json": true,
    "url": "https://admin.firebase.com/firebase/talentmap/token?token=-KFQF7KUYFZ7AvBQG_FN%7Ca3600ce1d3feedf3bb38df18a5e3199f"
  },
  "body": {
    "error": {
      "code": "AUTHENTICATION_REQUIRED",
      "message": "Authentication required."
    }
  },
  "response": {
    "statusCode": 401,
    "body": {
      "error": {
        "code": "AUTHENTICATION_REQUIRED",
        "message": "Authentication required."
      }
    },
    "headers": {
      "server": "nginx",
      "date": "Sun, 27 Nov 2016 14:30:16 GMT",
      "content-type": "application/json; charset=utf-8",
      "content-length": "81",
      "connection": "close",
      "access-control-allow-origin": "*",
      "access-control-allow-methods": "GET, PUT, POST, DELETE, OPTIONS",
      "x-content-type-options": "nosniff"
    },
    "request": {
      "uri": {
        "protocol": "https:",
        "slashes": true,
        "auth": null,
        "host": "admin.firebase.com",
        "port": 443,
        "hostname": "admin.firebase.com",
        "hash": null,
        "search": "?token=-KFQF7KUYFZ7AvBQG_FN%7Ca3600ce1d3feedf3bb38df18a5e3199f",
        "query": "token=-KFQF7KUYFZ7AvBQG_FN%7Ca3600ce1d3feedf3bb38df18a5e3199f",
        "pathname": "/firebase/talentmap/token",
        "path": "/firebase/talentmap/token?token=-KFQF7KUYFZ7AvBQG_FN%7Ca3600ce1d3feedf3bb38df18a5e3199f",
        "href": "https://admin.firebase.com/firebase/talentmap/token?token=-KFQF7KUYFZ7AvBQG_FN%7Ca3600ce1d3feedf3bb38df18a5e3199f"
      },
      "method": "GET",
      "headers": {
        "accept": "application/json"
      }
    }
  }
}

[arangates]

i faced same issue ... i did firebase logoutand then tried again.Everything worked out !

[ckunta]

I'm facing the same issue from last night. No change on the firebase-cli and I was able to deploy successfully earlier (about 3 hours prior). I tried login/logout but still not working. I noticed that running curl I received 'AUTHENTICATION_REQUIRED' return. And running firebase deploy I received 'Auth token is expired', but I don't know how to renew it. I can still get into the Firebase console with the same account without any problem.
Here are the capture.

curl https://admin.firebase.com/v1/database/fir-auth-a8de1/tokens
curl : {"error":{"code":"AUTHENTICATION_REQUIRED","message":"Authentication required."}}
At line:1 char:1

• curl https://admin.firebase.com/v1/database/fir-auth-a8de1/tokens
• ~~~~~~~~~~~~~
  
  
  
  • CategoryInfo : InvalidOperation: (System.Net.HttpWebRequest:HttpWebRequest) [Invoke-WebRequest], WebException
  
  
  • FullyQualifiedErrorId : WebCmdletWebResponseException,Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.InvokeWebRequestCommand
  
  

> firebase deploy --debug

Command: C:\Program Files\nodejs\node.exe E:\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\firebase-tools\binfirebase deploy --debug
CLI Version: 3.2.1
Platform: win32
Node Version: v4.4.4

Time: Wed May 10 2017 07:05:35 GMT-0600 (Mountain Daylight Time)

.....

command requires scopes: >>> HTTP REQUEST GET https://admin.firebase.com/v1/database/fir-auth-a8de1/tokens
<<< HTTP RESPONSE 200 server=nginx, date=Wed, 10 May 2017 13:05:33 GMT, content-type=application/json; charset=utf-8, content-length=427, connection=close, x-content-type-options=nosniff, strict-transport-security=max-age=31536000; includeSubdomains, cache-control=no-cac
he, no-store

=== Deploying to 'fir-auth-a8de1'...

i deploying database, hosting

• database: rules ready to deploy.
  i hosting: preparing build/unbundled directory for upload...

HTTP REQUEST PUT https://deploy.firebase.com/v1/hosting/fir-auth-a8de1/uploads/-KjmSjLly1XDXU2bv9tZ?fileCount=1630&message=
FIREBASE WARNING: auth() was canceled: Auth token is expired.

<<< HTTP RESPONSE 401 server=nginx, date=Wed, 10 May 2017 14:55:53 GMT, content-type=application/json; charset=utf-8, co
ty=max-age=31556926; includeSubDomains; preload, x-content-type-options=nosniff
<<< HTTP RESPONSE BODY undefined
TypeError: Cannot read property 'error' of undefined
at module.exports (E:\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\firebase-tools\lib\responseToError.js:10:12)
at Request._callback (E:\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\firebase-tools\lib\api.js:37:25)
at Request.self.callback (E:\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\firebase-tools\node_modules\request\reques
at emitTwo (events.js:87:13)
at Request.emit (events.js:172:7)
at Request. (E:\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\firebase-tools\node_modules\request\request.
at emitOne (events.js:77:13)
at Request.emit (events.js:169:7)
at IncomingMessage. (E:\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\firebase-tools\node_modules\request\
at IncomingMessage.g (events.js:260:16)

Error: An unexpected error has occurred.

[saifalfalah]

I removed firebase.json and .firebaserc and ran firebase init again. It worked.

[ckunta]

Thank you. I'll keep that in mind if it happens again. I don't remember how I resolved it then.