TextBee needs a Firebase service account

The service check did not start (exited with code 1), so the application was not started either. It printed: Error: TextBee needs a Firebase service account. Set in the project's environment variables (from the service account JSON; FIREBASE_PRIVATE_KEY with \n for line breaks): FIREBASE_PROJECT_ID FIREBASE_CLIENT_EMAIL FIREBASE_PRIVATE_KEY The full output is in the deploy log.

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Why it happens

The deploy stops at a check on purpose: TextBee cannot run without a Firebase service account, and the project has none set.

What the log looks like

Deploy log
error: service check did not start (exited with code 1): Error: TextBee needs a Firebase service account. Set in the project's environment variables (from the service account JSON; FIREBASE_PRIVATE_KEY with \n for line breaks): FIREBASE_PROJECT_ID FIREBASE_CLIENT_EMAIL FIREBASE_PRIVATE_KEYContainer project-check-1 Error service "check" didn't complete successfully: exit 1Container project-textbee-redis-1 Error dependency textbee-redis failed to startservice "check" didn't complete successfully: exit 1

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