403 Forbidden Foreground Service Issue

[AnaNedicGithub]

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Which mobile framework are you using?

Flutter (Dart)

Steps to reproduce

Start Android Release workflow.

It fails with:
Publishing failed :| Google Play failed to upload artifacts. You must let us know whether your app uses any Foreground Service permissions.: { "error": { "code": 403, "message": "You must let us know whether your app uses any Foreground Service permissions.", "status": "PERMISSION_DENIED" } }

I have checked with Google support - they say: "As per checking, it seems that there's no needed action on your end. You can check this on "Need attention" on the app content tab."

There is nothing in my Google Play console either.

Build ID: 67e2e94db0180a63ab55bbb9

Could you please help me resolve this?

Expected results

App is published.

Actual results

I get 403 error, as described above.

Build id (optional)

67e2e94db0180a63ab55bbb9

[dam-ease]

Hey @AnaNedicGithub,
This is related to foreground permission requirements for submitting applications to the Google Play Store with Android SDK 34 (Android 14). ​Are you currently declaring android.permission. FOREGROUND_SERVICE_LOCATION in your Android Manifest?
Also, I think trying to manually upload the first build with this permission to the Play store initially brings up a form or questionnaire which you can fill out, and afterwards, automated uploads through CI/CD will work.

Can you please try this out as well?

[AnaNedicGithub]

Hi, I already tried it and it seems it will work. (At least now I see a flag in the Google Play Console about it) This is the correct answer to this question. One thing that may help others: these foreground service permissions may be in the libs your app uses, and not necessarily used (yet) by your app. Thank you.

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On Wed, Mar 26, 2025 at 11:17 AM Damilola Alimi ***@***.***> wrote: Hey @AnaNedicGithub <https://github.com/AnaNedicGithub>, This is related to foreground permission requirements for submitting applications to the Google Play Store with Android SDK 34 (Android 14). ​Are you currently declaring android.permission. FOREGROUND_SERVICE_LOCATION in your Android Manifest? Also, I think trying to manually upload the first build with this permission to the Play store initially brings up a form or questionnaire which you can fill out, and afterwards, automated uploads through CI/CD will work. Can you please try this out as well? — Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub <#3040 (comment)>, or unsubscribe <https://github.com/notifications/unsubscribe-auth/BHG7U4ZFPQOEZ6NNVHC2TE32WJ5ELAVCNFSM6AAAAABZYGO4CCVHI2DSMVQWIX3LMV43URDJONRXK43TNFXW4Q3PNVWWK3TUHMYTENRSGY2DCNQ> . You are receiving this because you were mentioned.Message ID: <codemagic-ci-cd/codemagic-docs/repo-discussions/3040/comments/12626416@ github.com>

[AnaNedicGithub]

The easiest way to fix this is to have Codemagic build your .aab and upload it manually to Google Play Console.