ERROR: (gcloud.app.deploy) Error Response: [9] Cloud build XXXXXXXXXXXX status: FAILURE

Question

I had this error for almost an hour but found a solution resulting into a big worrying dilemma. The solution let to realization that one cannot run gcloud app deploy while there is a task in the task queue to be served by the server version to be replaced.

The error was: ERROR: (gcloud.app.deploy) Error Response: [9] Cloud build XXXXXXXXXXXX status: FAILURE that xxxx part is some auto-generated base64 value.

The solution was: Deleting all the tasks in the task queue

Question: Is there workaround or I have to delete all the tasks in the task queue (like I did) before deploying?

Details: Server is written in nodejs.

Answer 1

1. You have to enable billing for your project.

Setup billing account

Answer 2

I had the same problem, went back and properly insured the billing account was set properly and then it worked for me...