google-github-actions/auth

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What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded

A GitHub Action that authenticates GitHub Actions workflows to Google Cloud, supporting Workload Identity Federation and Service Account Key JSON. It exports credentials for use by gcloud and other Google Cloud tools in CI pipelines.

Use cases

• authenticate to google cloud from github actions
• set up workload identity federation for ci deployments
• avoid storing gcp service account keys in github secrets
• deploy to gcp from github workflows
• generate short-lived gcp credentials in ci

When to choose

• your CI/CD runs on GitHub Actions and deploys to or interacts with Google Cloud
• you want keyless authentication via Workload Identity Federation instead of long-lived service account keys

When to avoid

• your CI runs outside GitHub Actions
• you need gsutil compatibility, since it ignores credentials exported by this action
• you use Firebase Admin SDK, which does not support Workload Identity Federation tokens from this action

Facets

plugin · maturity active

auth ci-cd security cloud-computing security developer-tools cloud cli github-actions google-cloud workload-identity-federation gcp iam oidc devops nodejs

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