Cannot re-create app due to error “This Firebase URL is not available”

Question

I decided to try out Firebase hosting and wanted to start fresh so I deleted my one and only app, but when I tried to create a new app with the same name I was unable to due to the error:

"This Firebase URL is not available"

I can only guess this is because of caching of app names/URLs? Hopefully it will become available (unless someone else beats me to it) after some timeout? Any info from others who have experience with this issue or otherwise know the answer is appreciated!

Not sure whether this is the right place to ask although Firebase suggest coming to SO because they apparently monitor Firebase-related questions closely according to their website.

Thanks!

Answer 1

Once you delete a Firebase URL, it is permanently unavailable. During confirmation, you should see a message like this, which explains in detail:

There's no way to recover the name once this is done.