Google Drive Node: Service Accounts do not have storage quota

[arsanysamuel]

Bug Description

Using the google drive node to create/update/copy/upload a file, authenticated with a google cloud service account that has an Editor access to a shared drive folder that's owned by a personal google account, it produces the error in the screenshot

To Reproduce

1. Create a service account in a GCP project, create a JSON key file for it
2. Share a folder from your personal google drive account with the service account with Editor access
3. Use the Google Drive n8n node to copy/create a file inside the shared folder
4. Use the JSON key file to authenticate with google using the service account
5. Execute the node

Expected behavior

The service account should have the permission to create files in shared folders in google drive.

Debug Info

Error details:

{
  "errorMessage": "Forbidden - perhaps check your credentials?",
  "errorDescription": "Service Accounts do not have storage quota. Leverage shared drives (https://developers.google.com/workspace/drive/api/guides/about-shareddrives), or use OAuth delegation (http://support.google.com/a/answer/7281227) instead.",
  "errorDetails": {
    "rawErrorMessage": [
      "Request failed with status code 403"
    ],
    "httpCode": "403",
    "errorData": {
      "error": {
        "code": 403,
        "message": "Service Accounts do not have storage quota. Leverage shared drives (https://developers.google.com/workspace/drive/api/guides/about-shareddrives), or use OAuth delegation (http://support.google.com/a/answer/7281227) instead.",
        "errors": [
          {
            "message": "Service Accounts do not have storage quota. Leverage shared drives (https://developers.google.com/workspace/drive/api/guides/about-shareddrives), or use OAuth delegation (http://support.google.com/a/answer/7281227) instead.",
            "domain": "usageLimits",
            "reason": "storageQuotaExceeded"
          }
        ]
      }
    }
  },
  "n8nDetails": {
    "nodeName": "Copy Template file",
    "nodeType": "n8n-nodes-base.googleDrive",
    "nodeVersion": 3,
    "resource": "file",
    "operation": "copy",
    "time": "2/19/2026, 5:56:39 PM",
    "n8nVersion": "2.8.3 (Self Hosted)",
    "binaryDataMode": "filesystem",
    "stackTrace": [
      "NodeApiError: Forbidden - perhaps check your credentials?",
      "    at ExecuteContext.googleApiRequest (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/n8n/node_modules/.pnpm/n8n-nodes-base@file+packages+nodes-base_@aws-sdk+credential-providers@3.808.0_asn1.js@5_8da18263ca0574b0db58d4fefd8173ce/node_modules/n8n-nodes-base/nodes/Google/Drive/v2/transport/index.ts:65:9)",
      "    at processTicksAndRejections (node:internal/process/task_queues:105:5)",
      "    at ExecuteContext.execute (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/n8n/node_modules/.pnpm/n8n-nodes-base@file+packages+nodes-base_@aws-sdk+credential-providers@3.808.0_asn1.js@5_8da18263ca0574b0db58d4fefd8173ce/node_modules/n8n-nodes-base/nodes/Google/Drive/v2/actions/file/copy.operation.ts:123:19)",
      "    at ExecuteContext.router (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/n8n/node_modules/.pnpm/n8n-nodes-base@file+packages+nodes-base_@aws-sdk+credential-providers@3.808.0_asn1.js@5_8da18263ca0574b0db58d4fefd8173ce/node_modules/n8n-nodes-base/nodes/Google/Drive/v2/actions/router.ts:29:26)",
      "    at ExecuteContext.execute (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/n8n/node_modules/.pnpm/n8n-nodes-base@file+packages+nodes-base_@aws-sdk+credential-providers@3.808.0_asn1.js@5_8da18263ca0574b0db58d4fefd8173ce/node_modules/n8n-nodes-base/nodes/Google/Drive/v2/GoogleDriveV2.node.ts:25:10)",
      "    at WorkflowExecute.executeNode (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/n8n/node_modules/.pnpm/n8n-core@file+packages+core_@opentelemetry+api@1.9.0_@opentelemetry+exporter-trace-otlp_4dbefa9881a7c57a9e05a20ce4387c10/node_modules/n8n-core/src/execution-engine/workflow-execute.ts:1039:8)",
      "    at WorkflowExecute.runNode (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/n8n/node_modules/.pnpm/n8n-core@file+packages+core_@opentelemetry+api@1.9.0_@opentelemetry+exporter-trace-otlp_4dbefa9881a7c57a9e05a20ce4387c10/node_modules/n8n-core/src/execution-engine/workflow-execute.ts:1218:11)",
      "    at /usr/local/lib/node_modules/n8n/node_modules/.pnpm/n8n-core@file+packages+core_@opentelemetry+api@1.9.0_@opentelemetry+exporter-trace-otlp_4dbefa9881a7c57a9e05a20ce4387c10/node_modules/n8n-core/src/execution-engine/workflow-execute.ts:1655:27",
      "    at /usr/local/lib/node_modules/n8n/node_modules/.pnpm/n8n-core@file+packages+core_@opentelemetry+api@1.9.0_@opentelemetry+exporter-trace-otlp_4dbefa9881a7c57a9e05a20ce4387c10/node_modules/n8n-core/src/execution-engine/workflow-execute.ts:2298:11"
    ]
  }
}

Operating System

Hostinger n8n hosting service

n8n Version

2.8.3

Node.js Version

N/A

Database

SQLite (default)

Execution mode

main (default)

Hosting

self hosted

[n8n-assistant]

Hey @arsanysamuel,

Thank you for reaching out! We’ve received your issue and are looking into it. To help us track this internally, we’ve created a Linear ticket with the reference: "GHC-6943".

We’ll keep you updated as we make progress, but if you have any additional details or context to share, feel free to add them here - it’s always helpful!

Thanks for your patience and for bringing this to our attention.

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For INTERNAL use only: GHC-6943