# Unclear error on Google Play Upload

**URL:** <https://discuss.bitrise.io/t/unclear-error-on-google-play-upload/13013>\
**Category:** Tooling Issues\
**Created:** [May 20, 2020, 2:22am UTC](https://discuss.bitrise.io/t/unclear-error-on-google-play-upload/13013 "2020-05-20T02:22:07Z")\
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**Author:** ![nerveben](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/5f8ce5/32.png) [@nerveben](https://discuss.bitrise.io/u/nerveben)\
**Post date:** [May 20, 2020, 2:22am UTC](https://discuss.bitrise.io/t/unclear-error-on-google-play-upload/13013/1 "2020-05-20T02:22:07Z")

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I’m getting a vague error on my Google Play Upload step:

`Failed to create HTTP client: failed to create auth config from json key file ***** , error: %!s(<nil>)`

As far as I can tell, I’ve got the right format of key for a user with the right permissions (probably more than enough). Is this a bug with the step? Is there anything I can do to figure out what my issue is?

For reference, my failed build: [https://app.bitrise.io/build/34f3314b5f8ddf09](https://app.bitrise.io/build/34f3314b5f8ddf09)

Thanks!

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Edit: I’m no Go expert, but this looks suspect: [https://github.com/bitrise-steplib/steps-google-play-deploy/blob/806eefe76648cbc287347b6928d1967b767c9102/network.go#L41](https://github.com/bitrise-steplib/steps-google-play-deploy/blob/806eefe76648cbc287347b6928d1967b767c9102/network.go#L41)

Shouldn’t the returned error variable name match the logged variable name? (`authConfErr` vs `err`)

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**Author:** ![nerveben](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/5f8ce5/32.png) [@nerveben](https://discuss.bitrise.io/u/nerveben)\
**Post date:** [May 20, 2020, 2:01pm UTC](https://discuss.bitrise.io/t/unclear-error-on-google-play-upload/13013/2 "2020-05-20T14:01:08Z")

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Update: I downgraded to v2 of the step and found my issue, then upgraded back to v3.

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**Author:** ![non-binary](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discuss.bitrise.io/non-binary/32/2764_2.png) [@non-binary](https://discuss.bitrise.io/u/non-binary)\
**Post date:** [June 10, 2020, 4:20pm UTC](https://discuss.bitrise.io/t/unclear-error-on-google-play-upload/13013/3 "2020-06-10T16:20:24Z")

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