This error message applies only to Terra Billing projects created before September 29, 2021 4:00 EDT.
The Error
When creating a billing project, you may see a red exclamation point icon pop up with an error that is similar to the following:
project <project_name> creation finished with errors: {"ResourceType":"cloudresourcemanager.v1.project","ResourceErrorCode":"403","ResourceErrorMessage":{"code":403,"message":"The caller does not have permission","status":"PERMISSION_DENIED","statusMessage":"Forbidden","requestPath":"https://cloudresourcemanager.googleapis.com/v1/projects/my-project","httpMethod":"GET"}} - code RESOURCE_ERROR
The Cause
At the time of billing project creation, Terra will also create a Google project of the same name. Google requires that all Google projects have unique names. This error message indicates that by creating a billing project with a name that matches a currently existing Google project, you are trying to perform an action on a Google project that already exists for which Terra does not have permission, which is why you see messages like The caller does not have permission and PERMISSION_DENIED.
The Solution
You need to create a billing project with a name that is totally unique across Google. You can consider implementing one or more of the following suggestions:
- Include the name of your lab, team, department, and/or institution
- Prepend terra- to the beginning or append -terra to the end of the name