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?
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>