# Google Play Deploy failed to authenticate

**URL:** <https://discuss.bitrise.io/t/google-play-deploy-failed-to-authenticate/6292>\
**Category:** Builds\
**Created:** [September 25, 2018, 5:17pm UTC](https://discuss.bitrise.io/t/google-play-deploy-failed-to-authenticate/6292 "2018-09-25T17:17:31Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 7\
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**Author:** ![silasiebert](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discuss.bitrise.io/silasiebert/32/1737_2.png) [@silasiebert](https://discuss.bitrise.io/u/silasiebert)\
**Post date:** [September 25, 2018, 5:17pm UTC](https://discuss.bitrise.io/t/google-play-deploy-failed-to-authenticate/6292/1 "2018-09-25T17:17:31Z")

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## Description of the issue

When trying to deploy my app to Google Play Store it fails and gives the following error.

## Build log

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| (8) google-play-deploy@1.5.1 |  
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| id: google-play-deploy |  
| version: 1.5.1 |  
| collection: [https://github.com/bitrise-io/bitrise-steplib.git](https://github.com/bitrise-io/bitrise-steplib.git) |  
| toolkit: go |  
| time: 2018-09-25T16:29:08Z |  
±-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+  
| |  
INFO[16:29:08] Start installing (golang) with apt-get  
INFO[16:29:08] \* [OK] Step dependency (go) installed, available.  
Configs:

- JSONKeyPath: \*\*\*
- PackageName: app.agenda.faculdead
- ApkPath: /bitrise/deploy/app-release-bitrise-signed.apk
- ExpansionfilePath:
- Track: beta
- UserFraction: 0.5
- WhatsnewsDir:
- MappingFile:
- UntrackBlockingVersions: true  
Authenticating  
Failed to create auth config from json key file, error: No file found at path: [REDACTED]  
| |  
±–±--------------------------------------------------------------±---------+  
| x | google-play-deploy@1.5.1 (exit code: 1) | 7.31 sec |  
±–±--------------------------------------------------------------±---------+  
| Issue tracker: [https://github.com/bitrise-io/steps-google-play-deploy/issues](https://github.com/bitrise-io/steps-google-play-deploy/issues) |  
| Source: [https://github.com/bitrise-io/steps-google-play-deploy](https://github.com/bitrise-io/steps-google-play-deploy) |  
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**Author:** ![bitce](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discuss.bitrise.io/bitce/32/1639_2.png) [@bitce](https://discuss.bitrise.io/u/bitce)\
**Post date:** [September 26, 2018, 9:42am UTC](https://discuss.bitrise.io/t/google-play-deploy-failed-to-authenticate/6292/2 "2018-09-26T09:42:18Z")

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Hi @silasiebert,

Sorry to hear about the issue. Can you please send us a build URL we could look into?

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**Author:** ![silasiebert](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discuss.bitrise.io/silasiebert/32/1737_2.png) [@silasiebert](https://discuss.bitrise.io/u/silasiebert)\
**Post date:** [September 26, 2018, 4:15pm UTC](https://discuss.bitrise.io/t/google-play-deploy-failed-to-authenticate/6292/3 "2018-09-26T16:15:45Z")

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Hi @bitce. How should I send you the build url. Through the chat?

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**Author:** ![bitce](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discuss.bitrise.io/bitce/32/1639_2.png) [@bitce](https://discuss.bitrise.io/u/bitce)\
**Post date:** [September 27, 2018, 7:41am UTC](https://discuss.bitrise.io/t/google-play-deploy-failed-to-authenticate/6292/4 "2018-09-27T07:41:01Z")

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You can simply pase it here 🙂

We prefer that in case you open a thread we attempt to resolve it here, so anyone can see the process it took.

But alternatively you can contact us with similar issues on our on-site chat as well of course!

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**Author:** ![silasiebert](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discuss.bitrise.io/silasiebert/32/1737_2.png) [@silasiebert](https://discuss.bitrise.io/u/silasiebert)\
**Post date:** [September 28, 2018, 5:57pm UTC](https://discuss.bitrise.io/t/google-play-deploy-failed-to-authenticate/6292/5 "2018-09-28T17:57:58Z")

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**Author:** ![bitce](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discuss.bitrise.io/bitce/32/1639_2.png) [@bitce](https://discuss.bitrise.io/u/bitce)\
**Post date:** [October 1, 2018, 7:33am UTC](https://discuss.bitrise.io/t/google-play-deploy-failed-to-authenticate/6292/6 "2018-10-01T07:33:40Z")

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Thanks @silasiebert!

What method did you use to provide your Service Key JSON? Based on the log I can see it is a secret but the error leads me to believe that the file is not at that specified path.

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/uploads/bitrise/original/2X/d/d901cf2aad020f2dd11918afc89ec2089bb87b35.png) [@system](https://discuss.bitrise.io/u/system)\
**Post date:** [October 31, 2018, 7:44am UTC](https://discuss.bitrise.io/t/google-play-deploy-failed-to-authenticate/6292/7 "2018-10-31T07:44:30Z")

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