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Unsupported external_account_authorized_user when using workforce on other universe domains #1686

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@ipierre1

Hello, the ODBC driver seems to do not support workforce identity federation with ADC, an error : [BigQuery] Permanend error, with a last message of Unsupported credential type [external_account_authorized_user] when reading Application Default Crendentials file from ... appear.

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  • Programming language: N/A
  • OS: Windows 11
  • Language runtime version: N/A
  • Package version: Last downloaded on GCP website (the page missing the version and a changelog)

Steps to reproduce

  1. Create a Workforce Identity Pool
  2. Connect with GCloud CLI to create application default credentials
  3. Open windows ODBC application, create a new ODBC, in BigQuery ODBC window choose authentication type to ADC
  4. Click on Test

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  1. added
    type: bugError or flaw in code with unintended results or allowing sub-optimal usage patterns.
    priority: p2Moderately-important priority. Fix may not be included in next release.
    on Oct 14, 2026
  2. sachinpro commented on Oct 26, 2026

    @sachinpro
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    Hi @ipierre1 ,

    This was due to limitations in C++ SDK which should be resolved now that googleapis/google-cloud-cpp#16581 is merged. I will make a release this week pinning the latest commit from the SDK.

    Thanks for creating the issue!

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