test_project_exists error for existing project

[gauravjitborah]

The creation step is failing with the below error while the project exists

gauravjitborah@cloudshell:~/cluster-toolkit (i2o-granta-prod)$ ./gcluster create community/examples/tutorial-fluent.yaml --vars "deployment_name=ansys-toolkit"     --vars "project_id=i2o-granta-prod"     --vars "region=us-central1-c"     --vars "zone=us-central1-c"
validator "test_project_exists" failed:
Error: project "i2o-granta-prod" does not exist or your credentials do not have permission to access it
Hint: It is possible the machine you are working on has not been authenticated.
Try to run `gcloud auth application-default login`

One or more blueprint validators has failed. See messages above for suggested
actions. General troubleshooting guidance and instructions for configuring
validators are shown below.

The project does exist and is accessible by the account

gauravjitborah@cloudshell:~/cluster-toolkit (i2o-granta-prod)$ gcloud projects describe i2o-granta-prod
createTime: '2024-12-14T05:54:13.302730Z'
lifecycleState: ACTIVE
name: i2o-granta-prod
parent:
  id: '731876576182'
  type: folder
projectId: i2o-granta-prod
projectNumber: '223920767353'

Steps already tried:

1. Reinitiate gcloud auth application-default login
2. Setup cluster toolkit from scratch
3. Try with a different GCP project