# STORE_ACCOUNT_REQUIRED

**What it means.** Uploading to the App Store or Google Play for the person is not available.

**What to do.** Ask for the build to be handed back instead (the build_app tool, or mode handback): the person gets the files and uploads them to the store themselves, with their own developer account. Do not promise a store upload or a date.

- HTTP status: 403
- Retryable after applying the fix: no

Every failure from the CLI or an MCP tool has this shape:

```json
{
  "ok": false,
  "code": "STORE_ACCOUNT_REQUIRED",
  "message": "Uploading to the App Store or Google Play for the person is not available.",
  "fix": "Ask for the build to be handed back instead (the build_app tool, or mode handback): the person gets the files and uploads them to the store themselves, with their own developer account. Do not promise a store upload or a date.",
  "file": "<where to edit, when known>",
  "retryable": false,
  "docs": "https://docs.uarpie.app/errors/STORE_ACCOUNT_REQUIRED"
}
```

Apply `fix` (edit `file` when it is given), then run the same command again.