[bug]: Exception: ServiceFileRequirementException: android - Failed to obtain the service file: google-services.json for android.

[MdeBruin93]

Is there an existing issue for this?

• I have searched the existing issues.

CLI Version

1.3.1

Firebase Tools version

14.11.0

Flutter Doctor Output

[✓] Flutter (Channel stable, 3.41.2, on macOS 26.3 25D125 darwin-arm64, locale nl-NL) [1.025ms]
• Flutter version 3.41.2 on channel stable at /Applications/flutter
• Upstream repository https://github.com/flutter/flutter.git
• Framework revision 90673a4eef (10 days ago), 2026-02-18 13:54:59 -0800
• Engine revision 6c0baaebf7
• Dart version 3.11.0
• DevTools version 2.54.1
• Feature flags: enable-web, enable-linux-desktop, enable-macos-desktop, enable-windows-desktop, enable-android, enable-ios, cli-animations, enable-native-assets,
enable-swift-package-manager, omit-legacy-version-file, enable-lldb-debugging, enable-uiscene-migration

Description

flutterfire configure command results in:

Failed` to write android google-services.json file write for default service file. Please report this issue at:https://github.com/invertase/flutterfire_cli. Exception: ServiceFileRequirementException: android - Failed to obtain the service file: google-services.json for android. Response code: 403. Response body: {
  "error": {
    "code": 403,
    "message": "The caller does not have permission",
    "status": "PERMISSION_DENIED"
  }
}

ServiceFileRequirementException: android - Failed to obtain the service file: google-services.json for android. Response code: 403. Response body: {
  "error": {
    "code": 403,
    "message": "The caller does not have permission",
    "status": "PERMISSION_DENIED"
  }
}

Steps to reproduce

1. Run command flutterfire configure on an existing workspace. The google-services.json already exists.
2. watch it fail with an exception.

Expected behavior

update the google-services.json and put the required imports into the build.gradle.kts files.

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[MdeBruin93]

Does anyone know if issue still is accurate? I haven't used the cli in a while