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Problem you have encountered: I was UPDATING an existing GCloud app engine project via $ gcloud app deploy The deploy process failed with error:

ERROR: (gcloud.app.deploy) Error Response: [9] Cloud build f3780207-1c95-4b88-8ae0-574fc6ad515b status: FAILURE Build error details: {"error":{"errorType":"BuildError","canonicalCode":"INVALID_ARGUMENT","errorId":"51A062A0","errorMessage":"INFO FTL version node-v0.17.0\nINFO Beginning FTL build for node\nINFO FTL arg passed: exposed_ports None\nINFO ...

I spent lots of time trying to understand where the code or app.yaml contents could have contained errors. After a lot of testing, I finally realized that the issue was the Billing account had been closed, even though the credit card on record was still valid.

What you expected to happen:

For billing errors, upon a $ gcloud app deploy submit, I'd much prefer to see an error message that says: Oops, the account appears to be closed. Please check billing details...

Steps to reproduce: ref: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/63253548/deploying-nodejs-application-to-google-cloud-app-engine-troubles

Other information (workarounds you have tried, documentation consulted, etc):

The only way I was able to figure this out was to create a new project with the existing code. When I deployed a new project, I received the error message "Updating service [default]...failed. ERROR: (gcloud.app.deploy) Error Response: [7] Access Not Configured. Cloud Build has not been used in project my-project-xxx before or it is disabled. Enable it by visiting https://console.developers.google.com/apis/api/cloudbuild.googleapis.com/overview?project=my-project-xxx then retry. I go to the link listed, and after clicking a series of links I get to here, and I eventually see "Billing Account is Closed" ref: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/63253548/deploying-nodejs-application-to-google-cloud-app-engine-troubles

If we had clear error messages, it would be much easier for all of us to do a better, more efficient job.