ServiceAccountKey.json can’t be downloaded

Question

I’m trying to download the serviceAccountKey.json but it’s not showing the Generate new private key button.

https://cloud.google.com/iam/docs/creating-managing-service-account-keys — pagep, Jul 01 '22 at 11:44
@pagep how does that link relate to the problem? The "Generate new private key" button is missing. Does your link solve that specific problem? — Michael Osofsky, Jul 01 '22 at 16:07
Issue also reported at https://firebase-community.slack.com/archives/C1BL01PS7/p1656666884172359 — Michael Osofsky, Jul 01 '22 at 17:23
@MichaelOsofsky yes it does? Well obviously it's a link to the steps you posted below? So what do you don't understand? — pagep, Jul 02 '22 at 17:06
Firebase technical support just emailed me and said the problem is resolved. I confirmed the button is now back on the Firebase console. — Michael Osofsky, Jul 05 '22 at 18:07
Oh ok because I have been making it i was about to use Django — Panda, Jul 11 '22 at 14:54

score 4 · Accepted Answer · answered Jul 01 '22 at 20:05

Alternate method for generating new private key via Google Cloud console:

Go to https://console.cloud.google.com/
Select the project from the drop-down at the top of the screen
Go to table of contents (hamburger icon in top left)
Click "IAM & Admin"
Click "Service Accounts"
Find the service account whose name is "firebase-adminsdk"
Click its actions (3 vertical dots)
Click "Manage keys"
Click "ADD KEY"
Click "Create new key"
Select "JSON"
Click "Create"
It will download a JSON file equivalent to the one "Generate new private key" should give on the Firebase Console

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