There was an error loading firebase.json

[shipley-dcc]

[REQUIRED] Environment info

firebase-tools: 9.15.0

Platform: Ubuntu

[REQUIRED] Test case

1. Install version 9.15.0 of firebase-tools
2. Run command firebase deploy --only functions

[REQUIRED] Steps to reproduce

From the command line run firebase deploy --only functions.
Returns immediately with this error:
Error: There was an error loading firebase.json:
ENOENT: no such file or directory, open '/home/.../node_modules/firebase-tools/schema/firebase-config.json'
Downgraded to version 9.14.0 and I could deploy without the error.

[REQUIRED] Expected behavior

Deploy Firebase functions without receiving an error.

[REQUIRED] Actual behavior

Receive error outlined above.

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[shipley-dcc]

Fixed in version 9.15.1

[dgpc]

Same issue occurs with firebase emulators:exec after upgrading to 9.15.0.

Breaking upstream tools like action-hosting-deploy:
FirebaseExtended/action-hosting-deploy#137

[bkendall]

Duplicate of #3561

Thanks for the report though!