# Google Play Deploy step issue with json

**URL:** <https://discuss.bitrise.io/t/google-play-deploy-step-issue-with-json/22955>\
**Category:** Tooling\
**Tags:** android, google-play\
**Created:** [June 23, 2023, 1:30pm UTC](https://discuss.bitrise.io/t/google-play-deploy-step-issue-with-json/22955 "2023-06-23T13:30:12Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 1\
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**Post date:** [June 23, 2023, 1:30pm UTC](https://discuss.bitrise.io/t/google-play-deploy-step-issue-with-json/22955/1 "2023-06-23T13:30:12Z")

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Hi!  
I’m having an issue with the google play deploy step, specifically in the authentication with the google key json, this is the error that it’s shown in the console (not as descriptive as I would like):

Authenticating  
Failed to create HTTP client: failed to create auth config from json key file [REDACTED], error: %!s()

This is the entire build url: [Bitrise - Mobile Continuous Integration and Delivery - iOS & Android Build Automation](https://app.bitrise.io/build/63f33f27-6520-4787-a923-3eb92bf21de5#535205fe-e350-4524-94fa-7ab9498fa859-error)

I created the json key file as described in the docs and uploaded to the files section as well, it seems that it’s being found correctly in the job.  
Thanks!