Permission related error when trying to create a release with AdMob extension included

[jimokeane]

In my app declaration, I've declared that I use an advertising ID (because Admob does). I've updated my manifest in my Defold App to include the required permission (see below).

Error

Your advertising ID declaration in Play Console says that your app uses advertising ID. A manifest file in one of your active artifacts doesn't include the com.google.android.gms.permission.AD_ID permission.

If you don't include this permission in your manifest file, your advertising identifier will be zeroed out. This may break your advertising and analytics use cases, and cause loss of revenue. Learn more

You can remove these errors by updating your advertising ID declaration Apps that target Android 13 (API 33) without the AD_ID permission will have their advertising identifier zeroed out. This may impact advertising and analytics use-cases. Learn more

[jimokeane]

after deleting all uploaded builds and partially created releases, then re-uploading a fresh build, this error went away. Some sort of google caching error in play console.