All builds fail instantly at "Build image" — no build logs, only "scheduling build on Metal builder"
amrbruno-art
HOBBYOP

21 days ago

Every deployment in my project fails ~2-6 seconds after upload, at the "Build > Build image" step, with the message "Failed to build an image. Please check the build logs for more details." The build logs contain only:

scheduling build on Metal builder "builder-jdquku"

scheduling build on Metal builder "builder-jdquku"

No further output — the build never actually starts. This happens consistently (5+ attempts):

with both Railpack auto-detection AND an explicit Dockerfile (plain node:22-alpine)

for two different services (Node.js API and a Vite static frontend)

via CLI railway up (v5.30.1)

before and after upgrading my workspace from Trial to Hobby

Region: US West. Railway status page shows no incidents.

Project ID: 497c41d1-fc30-461d-b951-f41f56b255e7

Service api: e248c065-bc71-4323-9763-a589c8e329e2

Service web: f034e128-16f5-435e-8f1c-11792aeb3299

Example failed deployments: 2fc4fea7-1df3-41db-8a5f-f6166851cf81, d3d3475b-a2c6-4bab-9b0a-9988b9e16b22, b430b4fa-6032-406e-aaf3-602a20cc5e92

Could you check what is killing these builds on your side?

It looks like the workspace/builds are being rejected before execution.

Thank you!

=)

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Status changed to Awaiting Railway Response Railway 21 days ago


21 days ago

Hey! this was likely because it appears you were using the express preview.

Express uses neither dockerfile or railpack to build and is still experimental in nature. I can see you have had healthy deploys since then so you should be all good to go. Let me know if you're still having trouble anywhere


Status changed to Awaiting User Response Railway 21 days ago


Railway
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14 days ago

This thread has been marked as solved automatically due to a lack of recent activity. Please re-open this thread or create a new one if you require further assistance. Thank you!

Status changed to Solved Railway 14 days ago


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