"Please install google-cloud-storage library" error message when Python modules are installed

SUMMARY

We are receiving an error message saying "please install google-cloud-storage library" when the Python module is installed.

ISSUE TYPE

• Bug Report

COMPONENT NAME

google.cloud.gcp_storage_object

ANSIBLE VERSION

ansible-core 2.13.7

COLLECTION VERSION

google.cloud 1.1.2

CONFIGURATION

Running on Ansible Automation Platform 2.2 with default config

OS / ENVIRONMENT

RHEL For Edge 9.0

STEPS TO REPRODUCE

- name: transfer file to GCP
  google.cloud.gcp_storage_object:
    action: upload
    src: "{{ file_name }}"
    auth_kind: serviceaccount
    project: "{{ gcp_project }}"
    bucket: "{{ gcp_bucket }}"
    service_account_file: /tmp/service_account.pem
    dest: "~/{{ file_name }}"

EXPECTED RESULTS

The playbook uploads specified files to GCP bucket specified

ACTUAL RESULTS

fatal: [my-host]: FAILED! => {
    "changed": false,
    "invocation": {
        "module_args": {
            "action": "upload",
            "auth_kind": "serviceaccount",
            "bucket": "bucket_name",
            "dest": "~/tmp/test.txt",
            "env_type": null,
            "project": "default-project",
            "scopes": null,
            "service_account_contents": null,
            "service_account_email": null,
            "service_account_file": "/tmp/service_account.pem",
            "src": "/tmp/source.tgz"
        }
    },
    "msg": "Please install the google-cloud-storage Python library"

Start with the google.cloud.gcp_storage_object module entry point and reproduce the provided upload playbook in the stated environment. Trace why the installed google-cloud-storage library is not detected, then verify the upload succeeds without the misleading installation error.