From af0df0b06725f3c7a7d2303003eeda1363892a91 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Karl Stoney <karl.stoney@autotrader.co.uk>
Date: Mon, 18 Aug 2025 16:20:19 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Use ADC credentials on the gcs storage client

---
 packages/components/src/storageUtils.ts | 5 +----
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/packages/components/src/storageUtils.ts b/packages/components/src/storageUtils.ts
index 954609a2801..a2a90adb77a 100644
--- a/packages/components/src/storageUtils.ts
+++ b/packages/components/src/storageUtils.ts
@@ -1036,15 +1036,12 @@ export const getGcsClient = () => {
     const projectId = process.env.GOOGLE_CLOUD_STORAGE_PROJ_ID
     const bucketName = process.env.GOOGLE_CLOUD_STORAGE_BUCKET_NAME
 
-    if (!pathToGcsCredential) {
-        throw new Error('GOOGLE_CLOUD_STORAGE_CREDENTIAL env variable is required')
-    }
     if (!bucketName) {
         throw new Error('GOOGLE_CLOUD_STORAGE_BUCKET_NAME env variable is required')
     }
 
     const storageConfig = {
-        keyFilename: pathToGcsCredential,
+        ...(pathToGcsCredential ? { keyFilename: pathToGcsCredential } : {}),
         ...(projectId ? { projectId } : {})
     }