Error: Only controllers of canister can call ic00 method install_code

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I am trying to upgrade code on a canister already deployed to the ic. I have my canister_ids.json file in the same folder so it knows to upgrade and not redeploy from scratch, and I run:

dfx deploy --network ic

However, when it attempts to install the code, I get the error

Http Error: status 403 Forbidden, content type "application/cbor", content: Only controllers of canister <canister id> can call ic00 method install_code

However, I am the controller of the canister, since my principal id is tied to my device and I deployed the canister from the same device. What is the issue?

EDIT: The answer here Canister's controllers: Error in deployment does not work in my case, since I am deploying via a wallet obtained via the faucet.

EDIT 2: My belief is that this is an upgrade issue. I upgraded dfx recently. I tried to deploy to the network ic from scratch (i.e didnt try to upgrade an existing canister but created new ones). And I got the same error. That is, dfx deploy --network ic is no longer working for a new standalone Dapp, whereas it used to work perfectly before. This is a serious issue now and I do not know how to resolve it. I cant even throw tokens at the problem to get my Dapp running. (I should remark here that I upgraded dfx by running the installation curl command again ā€“ in retrospect, this is possibly the wrong way to do it and I should have instead ran dfx upgrade. Could this have created some kind of ā€œduplicateā€ that is confusing the IC ā€“ i.e is it creating canisters from one id? and trying to upgrade it with a different id? ā€“ however, the wallet id has not changed, so I dont see how this can happen).

Thanks in advance.

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I just ran into this same issue. Did a ā€œdfx deploy --network icā€ to deploy a new project to the IC for the first time, it created the canisters but wonā€™t let me deploy to them as it didnā€™t set my principal id as a controller on it. Iā€™m on dfx version 0.9.2 and havenā€™t done an upgrade since creating the new project. And the wallet is from the faucet.

When I get the info of the canister created, the controller is my wallet id. For canisters of other projects Iā€™ve successfully deployed the canister info show my identity principal as the controller.

Any thoughts on whatā€™s happening and how to resolve?

Thanks

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ok so it looks like doing the below lets me deploy successfully.

dfx deploy --wallet ā€œ$(dfx identity get-wallet)ā€

The previous way seemed easier. Maybe something can be added to the help text of the deploy command, as itā€™s not clear this is required. Also seems like a bug that it was able to create the canisters but not install to the canister within the same initial dfx deploy call. Iā€™d think it would use the same permissions/id for creating the canister and installing on the canister.

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Ignore my previous solution, I realized I didnā€™t deploy to the ic, when I added --network ic I get an error that says:
Canister has no update method ā€˜wallet_callā€™"

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Weā€™ve had some issues with the faucet installing outdated wallet versions. Can you try to upgrade your wallet (dfx wallet --network ic upgrade) and then try again?

Also, to fix the need for --wallet <wallet id> you can run dfx canister --network ic --wallet "$(dfx identity --network ic get-wallet)" update-settings --all --add-controller "$(dfx identity get-principal)". This will add your own principal to the canistersā€™ controllers so you donā€™t have to proxy your calls through the wallet anymore.

A better error message for this instance is planned.

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Thanks @Severin, upgrading the wallet and then adding the principal did the trick.

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Thank you so much Severin ā€“ this fixed the problem! The outdated wallet version was indeed the issue.

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Wow! Struggled with this for quite a while.

Learned a lot about wallets and canisters while troubleshooting this error. Upgrading the wallet version was key.

Canā€™t thank you enough for sharing this insight!