x/pkgsite: error starting frontend locally

[catzkorn]

What version of Go are you using (go version)?

go1.15.5

Does this issue reproduce with the latest release?

Yes

What operating system and processor architecture are you using (go env)?

go env Output

GO111MODULE=""
GOARCH="amd64"
GOBIN=""
GOCACHE="/Users/charlotte/Library/Caches/go-build"
GOENV="/Users/charlotte/Library/Application Support/go/env"
GOEXE=""
GOFLAGS=""
GOHOSTARCH="amd64"
GOHOSTOS="darwin"
GOINSECURE=""
GOMODCACHE="/Users/charlotte/go/pkg/mod"
GONOPROXY=""
GONOSUMDB=""
GOOS="darwin"
GOPATH="/Users/charlotte/go"
GOPRIVATE=""
GOPROXY="https://proxy.golang.org,direct"
GOROOT="/usr/local/Cellar/go/1.15.5/libexec"
GOSUMDB="sum.golang.org"
GOTMPDIR=""
GOTOOLDIR="/usr/local/Cellar/go/1.15.5/libexec/pkg/tool/darwin_amd64"
GCCGO="gccgo"
AR="ar"
CC="clang"
CXX="clang++"
CGO_ENABLED="1"
GOMOD="/Users/charlotte/src/pkgsite/go.mod"
CGO_CFLAGS="-g -O2"
CGO_CPPFLAGS=""
CGO_CXXFLAGS="-g -O2"
CGO_FFLAGS="-g -O2"
CGO_LDFLAGS="-g -O2"
PKG_CONFIG="pkg-config"
GOGCCFLAGS="-fPIC -m64 -pthread -fno-caret-diagnostics -Qunused-arguments -fmessage-length=0 -fdebug-prefix-map=/var/folders/9g/lm8bfm3170d5zbpfxk68hgl80000gn/T/go-build274431613=/tmp/go-build -gno-record-gcc-switches -fno-common"

What did you do?

$ go run ./cmd/frontend              

What did you expect to see?

I expected the server to start.

What did you see instead?

2020/12/01 11:03:49 Critical: config.Init(ctx): secrets.Get(ctx, "quota-hmac-key"): need GOOGLE_CLOUD_PROJECT environment variable
exit status 1

This was introduced in golang/pkgsite@3f9e3bf and breaks any exisiting local workflows.

This can be resolved by setting env var GO_DISCOVERY_DISABLE_QUOTA to TRUE but is not documented in the documentation.

I intend to fix this issue by submitting a documentation update.

[julieqiu]

Fixed in https://go-review.googlesource.com/c/pkgsite/+/274232.