Invalid Token Error on serverless deploy

Serverless Framework
1

I’m deploying a serverless app which uses JWT and I’m getting this strange error. I am not sure what is causing this:

$ SLS_DEBUG=* sls deploy -v
Serverless: Load command interactiveCli
Serverless: Load command config
Serverless: Load command config:credentials
Serverless: Load command config:tabcompletion
Serverless: Load command config:tabcompletion:install
Serverless: Load command config:tabcompletion:uninstall
Serverless: Load command create
Serverless: Load command install
Serverless: Load command package
Serverless: Load command deploy
Serverless: Load command deploy:function
Serverless: Load command deploy:list
Serverless: Load command deploy:list:functions
Serverless: Load command invoke
Serverless: Load command invoke:local
Serverless: Load command info
Serverless: Load command logs
Serverless: Load command metrics
Serverless: Load command print
Serverless: Load command remove
Serverless: Load command rollback
Serverless: Load command rollback:function
Serverless: Load command slstats
Serverless: Load command plugin
Serverless: Load command plugin
Serverless: Load command plugin:install
Serverless: Load command plugin
Serverless: Load command plugin:uninstall
Serverless: Load command plugin
Serverless: Load command plugin:list
Serverless: Load command plugin
Serverless: Load command plugin:search
Serverless: Load command config
Serverless: Load command config:credentials
Serverless: Load command rollback
Serverless: Load command rollback:function
Serverless: Load command login
Serverless: Load command logout
Serverless: Load command generate-event
Serverless: Load command test
Serverless: Load command dashboard
 
  Invalid Token Error ------------------------------------
 
  InvalidTokenError: Invalid token specified
      at Object.<anonymous> (/home/serverless_project/node_modules/jwt-decode/lib/index.js:9:31)
      at Module._compile (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:959:30)
      at Object.Module._extensions..js (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:995:10)
      at Module.load (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:815:32)
      at Function.Module._load (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:727:14)
      at Module.require (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:852:19)
      at require (internal/modules/cjs/helpers.js:74:18)
      at Object.<anonymous> (/home/serverless_project/node_modules/@serverless/platform-sdk/src/login/refreshToken.js:4:1)
      at Module._compile (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:959:30)
      at Object.Module._extensions..js (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:995:10)
      at Module.load (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:815:32)
      at Function.Module._load (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:727:14)
      at Module.require (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:852:19)
      at require (internal/modules/cjs/helpers.js:74:18)
      at Object.<anonymous> (/home/serverless_project/node_modules/@serverless/platform-sdk/src/accessKeys/accessKeys.js:4:1)
      at Module._compile (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:959:30)
      at Object.Module._extensions..js (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:995:10)
      at Module.load (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:815:32)
      at Function.Module._load (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:727:14)
      at Module.require (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:852:19)
      at require (internal/modules/cjs/helpers.js:74:18)
      at Object.<anonymous> (/home/serverless_project/node_modules/@serverless/platform-sdk/dist/accessKeys/index.js:7:19)
      at Module._compile (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:959:30)
      at Object.Module._extensions..js (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:995:10)
      at Module.load (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:815:32)
      at Function.Module._load (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:727:14)
      at Module.require (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:852:19)
      at require (internal/modules/cjs/helpers.js:74:18)
      at Object.<anonymous> (/home/serverless_project/node_modules/@serverless/platform-sdk/src/deployments/index.js:8:1)
      at Module._compile (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:959:30)
      at Object.Module._extensions..js (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:995:10)
      at Module.load (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:815:32)
      at Function.Module._load (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:727:14)
      at Module.require (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:852:19)
      at require (internal/modules/cjs/helpers.js:74:18)
      at Object.<anonymous> (/home/serverless_project/node_modules/@serverless/platform-sdk/src/index.js:3:20)
      at Module._compile (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:959:30)
      at Object.Module._extensions..js (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:995:10)
      at Module.load (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:815:32)
      at Function.Module._load (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:727:14)
      at Module.require (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:852:19)
      at require (internal/modules/cjs/helpers.js:74:18)
      at Object.<anonymous> (/home/serverless_project/node_modules/@serverless/lib/plugin.js:10:5)
      at Module._compile (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:959:30)
      at Object.Module._extensions..js (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:995:10)
      at Module.load (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:815:32)
      at Function.Module._load (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:727:14)
      at Module.require (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:852:19)
      at require (internal/modules/cjs/helpers.js:74:18)
      at Object.<anonymous> (/home/serverless_project/node_modules/@serverless/index.js:6:18)
      at Module._compile (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:959:30)
      at Object.Module._extensions..js (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:995:10)
      at Module.load (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:815:32)
      at Function.Module._load (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:727:14)
      at Module.require (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:852:19)
      at require (internal/modules/cjs/helpers.js:74:18)
      at Object.<anonymous> (/home/serverless_project/node_modules/serverless/lib/classes/CLI.js:5:24)
      at Module._compile (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:959:30)
      at Object.Module._extensions..js (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:995:10)
      at Module.load (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:815:32)
      at Function.Module._load (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:727:14)
      at Module.require (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:852:19)
      at require (internal/modules/cjs/helpers.js:74:18)
      at Object.<anonymous> (/home/serverless_project/node_modules/serverless/lib/Serverless.js:9:13)
      at Module._compile (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:959:30)
      at Object.Module._extensions..js (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:995:10)
      at Module.load (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:815:32)
      at Function.Module._load (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:727:14)
      at Module.require (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:852:19)
      at require (internal/modules/cjs/helpers.js:74:18)
      at Object.<anonymous> (/home/serverless_project/node_modules/serverless/lib/utils/autocomplete.js:3:20)
      at Module._compile (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:959:30)
      at Object.Module._extensions..js (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:995:10)
      at Module.load (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:815:32)
      at Function.Module._load (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:727:14)
      at Module.require (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:852:19)
      at require (internal/modules/cjs/helpers.js:74:18)
      at Object.<anonymous> (/home/serverless_project/node_modules/serverless/bin/serverless.js:25:22)
      at Module._compile (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:959:30)
      at Object.Module._extensions..js (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:995:10)
      at Module.load (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:815:32)
      at Function.Module._load (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:727:14)
      at Module.require (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:852:19)
      at require (internal/modules/cjs/helpers.js:74:18)
      at Object.<anonymous> (/home/serverless_project/node_modules/serverless/bin/serverless:9:1)
      at Module._compile (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:959:30)
      at Object.Module._extensions..js (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:995:10)
      at Module.load (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:815:32)
      at Function.Module._load (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:727:14)
      at Function.Module.runMain (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:1047:10)
      at internal/main/run_main_module.js:17:11
  From previous event:
      at PluginManager.asyncPluginInit (/home/serverless_project/node_modules/serverless/lib/classes/PluginManager.js:633:22)
      at PluginManager.loadAllPlugins (/home/serverless_project/node_modules/serverless/lib/classes/PluginManager.js:115:17)
      at /home/serverless_project/node_modules/serverless/lib/Serverless.js:78:35
  From previous event:
      at Serverless.init (/home/serverless_project/node_modules/serverless/lib/Serverless.js:76:8)
      at /home/serverless_project/node_modules/serverless/bin/serverless.js:71:8
      at processImmediate (internal/timers.js:439:21)
      at process.topLevelDomainCallback (domain.js:130:23)
  From previous event:
      at Object.<anonymous> (/home/serverless_project/node_modules/serverless/bin/serverless.js:61:4)
      at Module._compile (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:959:30)
      at Object.Module._extensions..js (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:995:10)
      at Module.load (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:815:32)
      at Function.Module._load (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:727:14)
      at Module.require (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:852:19)
      at require (internal/modules/cjs/helpers.js:74:18)
      at Object.<anonymous> (/home/serverless_project/node_modules/serverless/bin/serverless:9:1)
      at Module._compile (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:959:30)
      at Object.Module._extensions..js (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:995:10)
      at Module.load (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:815:32)
      at Function.Module._load (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:727:14)
      at Function.Module.runMain (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:1047:10)
      at internal/main/run_main_module.js:17:11
 
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  Your Environment Information ---------------------------
     Operating System:          linux
     Node Version:              12.13.1
     Framework Version:         1.59.3
     Plugin Version:            3.2.6
     SDK Version:               2.2.1
     Components Core Version:   1.1.2
     Components CLI Version:    1.4.0

I assume this is different from this older issue from the error wording and also because the resolution of that issue is to set-up AWS credentials properly. In my machine, I have AWS credentials configured that have successfully deployed serverless before but this error keeps cropping up with or without this credential specified (via --aws-credentials option).

I have so far figured out that some token, expected to be a JSON string, is null but I could not trace why or who is passing a null parameter.

2

I have created a SSCCE that illustrates the problem.

  1. Download the zip.
  2. Install serverless, if you haven’t already.
  3. Do SLS_DEBUG=* sls deploy -v.
3

Figured it out. My serverless.yml has the following attributes defined:

app: sscce
org: skytreader

which triggers Serverless to setup Dashboard. The user account I have has never had anything to do with Dashboard before which is why the token needed is null.