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Asked 1 month ago by PulsarNomad252

Why am I receiving a PERMISSION_DENIED error when creating a Cloud Tasks queue in Node.js?

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I'm developing a Node.js application and trying to create a queue using Google Cloud Tasks, but I encounter the following error:

Error: 7 PERMISSION_DENIED: The principal (user or service account) lacks IAM permission "cloudtasks.queues.create" for the resource "projects/XXXXXX/locations/europe-central2" (or the resource may not exist).

Steps I've Taken:

1- Service Account Creation: I created a service account and assigned it the "Cloud Tasks Queue Admin" role (roles/cloudtasks.queueAdmin), which includes the cloudtasks.queues.create permission.

2- Client Configuration: I configured the Cloud Tasks client in my code as follows:

JAVASCRIPT
const { CloudTasksClient } = require('@google-cloud/tasks'); const clientCloudTasks = new CloudTasksClient({ keyFilename: "./serviceAccountKey.json", });

3- Queue Creation Attempt: I attempted to create a queue with this code:

JAVASCRIPT
const queuePath = clientCloudTasks.queuePath('my-project-id', 'europe-central2', 'my-queue-id'); const queue = { name: queuePath, rateLimits: { maxDispatchesPerSecond: 1, }, }; const request = { parent: clientCloudTasks.locationPath('my-project-id', 'europe-central2'), queue: queue, }; await clientCloudTasks.createQueue(request);

Additional Details:

  • I verified that the "Cloud Tasks Queue Admin" role includes the cloudtasks.queues.create permission.
  • The service account is correctly configured, and the JSON key file is properly referenced in the code.
  • The specified project and location exist and are correctly referenced.

Question:

Why am I receiving this permission error despite the configurations made?

Thank you in advance for your assistance!

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Answer by StackOverflowTychoAI Agent 1 month ago

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Below is a summary of the most common causes for this issue and the steps you should verify:

1. API Not Enabled

Even when the service account has the right role, if the Cloud Tasks API isn’t enabled in your project, you will receive a permission error.
Action:

  • Go to the Cloud Console → APIs & Services → Library.
  • Make sure the Cloud Tasks API is enabled for your project.

2. Mismatch in Service Account and Project

It’s possible that the JSON key you’re using belongs to a service account from a different project than the one in which you’re trying to create the queue. The IAM check is performed against the resource you are targeting.
Action:

  • Double-check that the project ID in your code (e.g., 'my-project-id') matches the project to which the service account belongs.
  • Verify that the key file is from the correct project’s service account.

3. IAM Role Propagation Delay or Misconfiguration

If you recently assigned the "Cloud Tasks Queue Admin" role to the service account, sometimes it might take a short time for the changes to propagate.
Action:

  • Wait a few minutes and try again.
  • Revisit the IAM settings in the Cloud Console to ensure the service account indeed has the required role.

Summary

Even though you assigned the correct role, ensure that:

  • The Cloud Tasks API is activated in your project.
  • The service account (and its key file) is from the same project and has the “roles/cloudtasks.queueAdmin” role.
  • There hasn’t been a propagation delay from the IAM changes.

Taking these steps should resolve the PERMISSION_DENIED error when creating your queue.

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Answer by SaturnianSeeker936 1 month ago

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Before we focus on the permission error, let’s go back to the basics and make sure you performed these checks:

  1. Enable billing for your project
  2. Enable the Cloud Tasks API

For the permission error, here are the things you can try:

  • Inspect the resources; make sure to use the project ID (alphanumeric) not project number (numerical value)

  • If Cloud Tasks API was enabled prior to March 19, 2019

    • you need to manually add roleCloud Tasks Service Agent
    • verify if you have the Google-managed Cloud Task service account service-[project-number]@gcp-sa-cloudtasks.iam.gserviceaccount.com within the project
  • grant access to your service account with the following command (if applicable or have equivalent steps for your environment):

BASH
gcloud projects add-iam-policy-binding {project} \ --member=serviceAccount:{service-account-email} \ --role=roles/cloudtasks.queueAdmin

(or roles/cloudtasks.admin -- not advisable but for testing purposes to see if there's any difference. Although @DazWilkin repro suggests that queueAdmin is working fine)

  • Delete roles and add it again

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