App ID already exists in project config. Would you like to link a different app?

Ionic Framework ionic-v3
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I just upgraded to Ionic Pro and am trying to link my legacy apps. When typing ionic link I receive the following message:

App ID already exists in project config. Would you like to link a different app?

If I choose no, it stops. If I choose yes, then I have to create a new app in the pro Dashboard, which then switches the ID of my app. So I did that, then after git push ionic master the build fails and I’m stuck.

I deleted the app from the Pro dashboard and tried again, only to get:

App ID already exists in project config. Would you like to link a different app?

I’m stuck in a loop from hell with no idea how to get out of it and get my apps converted to Pro.

Any suggestions?

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What is the build fail message as shown in the dashboard?

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Error: Failed to transpile program

I received a messages about missing build script, something like Failed at the Admin@ build script which I investigated; people were saying you needed the build script in your package.json, which I already have.

This is scripts section of my my package.json

"scripts": {
    "clean": "ionic-app-scripts clean",
    "build": "ionic-app-scripts build",
    "ionic:build": "ionic-app-scripts build",
    "ionic:serve": "ionic-app-scripts serve"
  },
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OK, so it turns out that I had a bad link in one of my providers that was breaking the build. Fixed the link and build succeeded!

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