**Project:** restaurant-rocket (production)  
**Deployment ID:** 39faf3a0  
**Issue:** Container builds successfully but produces zero deploy logs

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## Problem

After 20+ deployment attempts, Railway deployments consistently show:
- ✅ Build completes successfully
- ❌ **Deploy logs completely empty** (no output)
- ❌ HTTP 502 errors
- ❌ Application not responding

**Critical:** Even a minimal `CMD ["node", "--version"]` produces no deploy logs.

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## Evidence

### Test 1: Minimal Node Version Test
```dockerfile
FROM node:20
WORKDIR /app
COPY package*.json ./
RUN npm ci
COPY . .
RUN npm run build
ENV NODE_ENV=production
CMD ["node", "--version"]
```
**Result:** Build succeeds, deploy logs empty, no output

### Test 2: Railway CLI Shell Test
```bash
railway shell
node dist/index.js
```
**Result:** ✅ App starts successfully, logs appear correctly, all services work

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## Configuration

**Build:** Dockerfile (auto-detected)  
**Region:** Southeast Asia (Singapore)  
**Node:** 20  
**Port:** Using `process.env.PORT || 5000`, binding to `0.0.0.0`

**Environment Variables:** All configured (DATABASE_URL, SESSION_SECRET, etc.)

**Start Command:**
```javascript
server.listen(process.env.PORT || 5000, "0.0.0.0", () => {
  console.log(`Server running on port ${PORT}`);
});
```

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## What We've Tried

1. ✅ Dockerfile deployment
2. ✅ Nixpacks auto-detection
3. ✅ Verified all environment variables
4. ✅ Dynamic port configuration
5. ✅ Bound to 0.0.0.0
6. ✅ Extensive startup logging
7. ✅ Minimal `node --version` test
8. ✅ Verified code works in CLI shell
9. ✅ Removed problematic dependencies
10. ✅ Reviewed Railway documentation

**Result:** Deploy logs remain empty for all tests.

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## Analysis

| Test | CLI Shell | Deployment |
|------|-----------|------------|
| Build | N/A | ✅ Success |
| `node --version` | ✅ Would work | ❌ No logs |
| `node dist/index.js` | ✅ Works | ❌ No logs |
| Environment | ✅ Available | ✅ Available |
| Logging | ✅ Captured | ❌ Not captured |

**Conclusion:** This is not an application code, build, or configuration issue. The Railway deployment runtime is not capturing container stdout/stderr.

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## Known Issue

Found similar reports on Railway Help Station:
- [Deploys Not Working](https://station.railway.com/questions/deploys-not-working-95b6ae92)
- [App Down No Logs](https://station.railway.com/questions/my-app-is-down-no-logs-for-past-15-minu-5b391a10)

Railway has acknowledged this as a known issue affecting multiple users.

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## Request

Please investigate:
1. Why deploy logs are empty even for `node --version`
2. Is the container actually starting in production runtime?
3. Is the log aggregator connected to our project/region?
4. Are there resource limits killing containers before logs flush?

**Urgency:** High - Production application offline for multiple days.

**Full diagnostic:** `docs/RAILWAY-DEPLOYMENT-DIAGNOSTIC.md` in GitHub repo: https://github.com/rjk461/Restaurant-Rocket

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## Contact

**Domain:** restaurantrocket.app (configured)  
**Expected Resolution:** 24-48 hours given production impact

Thank you for your assistance.