Permission denied when cloning firebase config

Question

I recently decided to create a staging project for my app using firebase use --add. I am attempting to clone environment configurations from one project to the new staging project firebase functions:config:clone --from prod

I keep getting a 403 error, specifically Error: HTTP Error: 403, Permission denied on resource project prod. I'm really not sure why I'm getting this error as I have owner level permission for both projects. Can you please point me to what I may have missed?

user_7097413 · Answer

I was getting the error because I was trying to clone config using project alias. I was able to solve this by using the project id.

user_4375999 · Answer

this seems to be a IAM permissions. Be sure that the User or Service Account has enough permissions to perform the action.

Here is the list of product- category predefined roles. Please be sure to follow always the least privilege principle.

Permission denied when cloning firebase config

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