Firebase Unable to fetch the CLI MOTD and remote config

Question

when trying to firebase deploy, getting this

! Unable to fetch the CLI MOTD and remote config.

and then it stops with:

Error: An unexpected error has occurred.

Anyone an idea?

It worked before, I didn't change anything. Windows 10, VSCode.

Daria

Sounds like something you should raise as an issue. It's unlikely anybody here can help – Bouffant

I'll add that I've been having this issue recently. But you should definitely still create an issue on the firebase-tools repo. – Sticky

If you have a VPN try to connect/disconnect before login. I had that same issue. – Tsui

Answer 1

run npm install -g firebase-tools

Auklet

Answer 2

Try to logout from firebase and then login again

Pouch

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It's correct answer for me. ~~~ firebase logout firebase login ~~~ – Ozonide

It worked for me. Firebase CLI somehow changed the way login used to work. – Danndanna

Answer 3

For me it was my company's firewall which prevented me from deploying the content.

Numerology

Answer 4

As Danny Menocs says, I was trying to upload a flutter web project to firebase but had forgotten I had left my VPN on. Turned it off and connected fine.

Roadstead

Answer 5

Make sure you are in your firebase functions folder before running the deploy command.

Eighteenth

Answer 6

After some headaches, in my case, there was someting so dumb as I haven't installed firebase cli tool from Windows setup (Firebase CLI binary for Windows). I've installed only firebase-tools with npm.

Housecoat

Answer 7

It could be due to SSL certificate issues, so you can try bypassing the checks as a workaround:

export NODE_TLS_REJECT_UNAUTHORIZED=0

After that I was finally able to deploy.

Deanery