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diff --git a/‎CHANGELOG.md‎
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diff --git a/‎src/frameworks/angular/utils.ts‎
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@@ -2,3 +2,4 @@
 - Improved detection of 'dataconnect.yaml' when not in project root.
 - GitHub Action fixes for web frameworks (#6883)
 - Fixes issue where PubSub message `publishTime` is set to 1970-01-01T00:00:00 (#7441)
+- Display meaningful error message when cannot determine target. (#6594)
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+import type { JsonObject } from "@angular-devkit/core";
 import type { Target } from "@angular-devkit/architect";
 import type { ProjectDefinition } from "@angular-devkit/core/src/workspace";
 import type { WorkspaceNodeModulesArchitectHost } from "@angular-devkit/architect/node";
@@ -177,10 +178,9 @@ export async function getContext(dir: string, targetOrConfiguration?: string) {
     if (apps.length === 1) project = apps[0];
   }
 
-  if (!project)
-    throw new FirebaseError(
-      "Unable to determine the application to deploy, specify a target via the FIREBASE_FRAMEWORKS_BUILD_TARGET environment variable",
-    );
+  if (!project) {
+    throwCannotDetermineTarget();
+  }
 
   const workspaceProject = workspace.projects.get(project);
   if (!workspaceProject) throw new FirebaseError(`No project ${project} found.`);
@@ -378,7 +378,8 @@ export async function getContext(dir: string, targetOrConfiguration?: string) {
   if (!buildOrBrowserTarget) {
     throw new FirebaseError(`No build target on ${project}`);
   }
-  const browserTargetOptions = await architectHost.getOptionsForTarget(buildOrBrowserTarget);
+
+  const browserTargetOptions = await tryToGetOptionsForTarget(architectHost, buildOrBrowserTarget);
   if (!browserTargetOptions) {
     const targetString = targetStringFromTarget(buildOrBrowserTarget);
     throw new FirebaseError(`Couldn't find options for ${targetString}.`);
@@ -387,7 +388,8 @@ export async function getContext(dir: string, targetOrConfiguration?: string) {
   const baseHref = browserTargetOptions.baseHref || "/";
   assertIsString(baseHref);
 
-  const buildTargetOptions = buildTarget && (await architectHost.getOptionsForTarget(buildTarget));
+  const buildTargetOptions =
+    buildTarget && (await tryToGetOptionsForTarget(architectHost, buildTarget));
   const ssr = buildTarget ? !!buildTargetOptions?.ssr : !!serverTarget;
 
   return {
@@ -561,3 +563,20 @@ export function getAngularVersion(cwd: string): string | undefined {
 
   return angularVersionSemver.toString();
 }
+
+/**
+ * Try to get options for target, throw an error when expected target doesn't exist in the configuration.
+ */
+export async function tryToGetOptionsForTarget(
+  architectHost: WorkspaceNodeModulesArchitectHost,
+  target: Target,
+): Promise<JsonObject | null> {
+  return await architectHost.getOptionsForTarget(target).catch(throwCannotDetermineTarget);
+}
+
+function throwCannotDetermineTarget(error?: Error): never {
+  throw new FirebaseError(
+    `Unable to determine the application to deploy, specify a target via the FIREBASE_FRAMEWORKS_BUILD_TARGET environment variable.`,
+    { original: error },
+  );
+}