I am getting invalid control character in URL when running Google Play Deploy step

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Hi ,
When I run the Google Play Deploy step I am getting the below error.

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| (13) Google Play Deploy |
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| id: google-play-deploy |
| version: 3.7.5 |
| collection: GitHub - bitrise-io/bitrise-steplib: New Bitrise StepLib |
| toolkit: go |
| time: 2024-06-18T02:17:40Z |
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e[34;1mGetting configuration
e[0me[34;1mConfigs:
e[0m- service_account_json_key_path: *****

  • package_name: com.gtn.pulse
  • app_path: /bitrise/deploy/app-debug.apk
  • expansionfile_path:
  • track: internal
  • user_fraction: 0
  • update_priority: 5
  • whatsnews_dir:
  • mapping_file:
  • [REDACTED]_name: GTN Pulse
  • status:
  • retry_without_sending_to_review: false
  • ack_bundle_installation_warning: false
  • verbose_log: true
    e[34;1mUsing app from: /bitrise/deploy/app-debug.apk
    e[0me[32;1mConfiguration read successfully
    e[0m
    e[34;1mAuthenticating
    e[0me[31;1mFailed to create HTTP client: failed to prepare key path (), error: failed to parse url ([REDACTED]
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    [REDACTED]), error: parse “{\n "type": "service_account",\n "project_id": "gtn-pulse-android",\n "private_key_id": "3c75e63838fdc7efd93d851bbce2a4fb5445e411",\n "private_key": "-----BEGIN PRIVATE KEY-----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\nV8RXs914o0fT/1BVJf57EgQ=\n-----END PRIVATE KEY-----\n",\n "client_email": "gtn-pulse-android@gtn-pulse-android.iam.gserviceaccount.com",\n "client_id": "101871266541750963872",\n "auth_uri": "https://accounts.google.com/o/oauth2/auth\”,\n "token_uri": "https://oauth2.googleapis.com/token\“,\n "auth_provider_x509_cert_url": "https://www.googleapis.com/oauth2/v1/certs\”,\n "client_x509_cert_url": "https://www.googleapis.com/robot/v1/metadata/x509/gtn-pulse-android%40gtn-pulse-android.iam.gserviceaccount.com\“,\n "universe_domain": "googleapis.com"\n[REDACTED]”: net/url: invalid control character in URL
    e[0me[31;1mFailed to create HTTP client: failed to prepare key path (), error: failed to parse url ([REDACTED]
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Hi @pulse.nme,

Sorry to hear you have hit some difficulties.

The best way to get this resolved is to raise a support ticket here https://support.bitrise.io/hc/en-us/requests/new and a member of the support team will investigate.

Please also enable support access so they can look at your app - Enabling the Bitrise Support Access for your app - Bitrise Docs

Thank you!
Jeremy