recursiveDelete fails with "Error: 0 deletes failed. The last delete failed with"

recursiveDelete-fail.ts

import { initializeApp, cert } from 'npm:firebase-admin/app';
import { getFirestore } from 'npm:firebase-admin/firestore';

const serviceAccount = 'service-account-key.json';
initializeApp({ credential: cert(serviceAccount) });
export const db = getFirestore('nonexistent');

await db.recursiveDelete(db.collection('docs'));