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The error says:

> File google-services.json is missing. The Google Services Plugin cannot function without it.
   Searched Location:
  /Users/mac/StudioProjects/users_app/android/app/src/debug/google-services.json
  /Users/mac/StudioProjects/users_app/android/app/src/google-services.json
  /Users/mac/StudioProjects/users_app/android/app/src/Debug/google-services.json
  /Users/mac/StudioProjects/users_app/android/app/google-services.json

so you should have

google-services.json

in one of these locations. From the screenshot below it seems your json is named

google-services-2.json

. So rename the file to

google-services.json

thank you so much - sometimes under the pressure we miss the smallest thing - thank you for your help