[Firestore] Error: 5 NOT_FOUND when writing data

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[REQUIRED] Step 2: Describe your environment

Operating System version: macOS Sonoma 14.4.1
Firebase SDK version: 12.2.0
Firebase Product: Firestore
Node.js version: v22.0.0
NPM version: 10.8.1

[REQUIRED] Step 3: Describe the problem

Steps to reproduce:

I cannot write any data to an empty Cloud Firestore using the Firebase Admin SDK. Trying to write any data results in the following error. The code to write to firestore is located in a POST request endpoint using express.js (4.19.2)

Firestore (7.9.0) 2024-07-09T20:48:58.486Z gmAhV [WriteBatch.commit]: Sending 1 writes
Firestore (7.9.0) 2024-07-09T20:48:58.490Z gmAhV [ClientPool.acquire]: Creating a new client (requiresGrpc: false)
Firestore (7.9.0) 2024-07-09T20:48:58.563Z ##### [clientFactory]: Initialized Firestore GAPIC Client (useFallback: false)
Firestore (7.9.0) 2024-07-09T20:48:58.563Z gmAhV [Firestore.request]: Sending request: {"database":"projects/ubc-pmc-portal/databases/(default)","writes":[{"update":{"name":"projects/ubc-pmc-portal/databases/(default)/documents/users/alovelace","fields":{"first":{"stringValue":"Ada"},"last":{"stringValue":"Lovelace"},"born":{"integerValue":1815}}}}]}
Firestore (7.9.0) 2024-07-09T20:48:58.762Z gmAhV [Firestore.request]: Received error: Error: 5 NOT_FOUND: 
    at callErrorFromStatus (/Users/tobs/Desktop/code/PMC/pmc-portal-be/node_modules/@grpc/grpc-js/src/call.ts:82:17)
    at Object.onReceiveStatus (/Users/tobs/Desktop/code/PMC/pmc-portal-be/node_modules/@grpc/grpc-js/src/client.ts:360:55)
    at Object.onReceiveStatus (/Users/tobs/Desktop/code/PMC/pmc-portal-be/node_modules/@grpc/grpc-js/src/client-interceptors.ts:458:34)
    at Object.onReceiveStatus (/Users/tobs/Desktop/code/PMC/pmc-portal-be/node_modules/@grpc/grpc-js/src/client-interceptors.ts:419:48)
    at /Users/tobs/Desktop/code/PMC/pmc-portal-be/node_modules/@grpc/grpc-js/src/resolving-call.ts:163:24
    at processTicksAndRejections (node:internal/process/task_queues:77:11)
for call at
    at ServiceClientImpl.makeUnaryRequest (/Users/tobs/Desktop/code/PMC/pmc-portal-be/node_modules/@grpc/grpc-js/src/client.ts:325:42)
    at ServiceClientImpl.<anonymous> (/Users/tobs/Desktop/code/PMC/pmc-portal-be/node_modules/@grpc/grpc-js/src/make-client.ts:189:15)
    at /Users/tobs/Desktop/code/PMC/pmc-portal-be/node_modules/@google-cloud/firestore/build/src/v1/firestore_client.js:237:29
    at /Users/tobs/Desktop/code/PMC/pmc-portal-be/node_modules/google-gax/build/src/normalCalls/timeout.js:44:16
    at repeat (/Users/tobs/Desktop/code/PMC/pmc-portal-be/node_modules/google-gax/build/src/normalCalls/retries.js:80:25)
    at /Users/tobs/Desktop/code/PMC/pmc-portal-be/node_modules/google-gax/build/src/normalCalls/retries.js:119:13
    at OngoingCallPromise.call (/Users/tobs/Desktop/code/PMC/pmc-portal-be/node_modules/google-gax/build/src/call.js:67:27)
    at NormalApiCaller.call (/Users/tobs/Desktop/code/PMC/pmc-portal-be/node_modules/google-gax/build/src/normalCalls/normalApiCaller.js:34:19)
    at /Users/tobs/Desktop/code/PMC/pmc-portal-be/node_modules/google-gax/build/src/createApiCall.js:112:30
    at processTicksAndRejections (node:internal/process/task_queues:95:5) {
  code: 5,
  details: '',
  metadata: Metadata {
    internalRepr: Map(1) { 'x-debug-tracking-id' => [Array] },
    options: {}
  },
  note: 'Exception occurred in retry method that was not classified as transient'
}

Relevant Code:

credentials JSON looks like this:

{
  "type": "",
  "project_id": "",
  "private_key_id": "",
  "private_key": "",
  "client_email": "",
  "client_id": "",
  "auth_uri": "",
  "token_uri": "",
  "auth_provider_x509_cert_url": "",
  "client_x509_cert_url": "",
  "universe_domain": ""
}

Firebase config:

import { cert, initializeApp, ServiceAccount } from "firebase-admin/app";
import serviceAccount from "../../.secret/pmc-portal-credential.json";
import { Auth, getAuth } from "firebase-admin/auth";
import { Firestore, getFirestore } from "firebase-admin/firestore";
import { firestore } from "firebase-admin";

initializeApp({
  credential: cert(serviceAccount as ServiceAccount),
});

const auth: Auth = getAuth()
const db: Firestore = getFirestore();

firestore.setLogFunction(console.log)

export { auth, db }

Adding data to firestore

import { db } from "../../config/firebase";

const docRef = db.collection('users').doc('alovelace');

await docRef.set({
    first: 'Ada',
    last: 'Lovelace',
    born: 1815
});

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