what is your start script?

I do not have one. Isn't Railway supposed to auto detect and take care of it?

in your package.json, do you not have a start script?

Just the usual

"scripts": {
"dev": "astro dev",
"start": "astro dev",
"build": "astro build",
"preview": "astro preview",
"astro": "astro"
},

then you are trying to run a dev server on railway, you dont need me to tell you thats not a good idea

send me your astro.config.mjs please

Sure.

import { defineConfig } from "astro/config";
import tailwind from "@astrojs/tailwind";

import node from "@astrojs/node";

// https://astro.build/config
export default defineConfig({
  output: "server",
  integrations: [tailwind()],
  adapter: node({
    mode: "standalone"
  })
});

Start should be node ./dist/server/entry.mjs

what vin said, plus you will need -

server: {
  host: '0.0.0.0'
},

in defineConfig

Gotcha. Is this because I am using the Node adapter or either way?

this type of config applies to any web service you deploy to railway, they need to be listening on either 0.0.0.0 or :: and the PORT environment variable, this is just the config required to have the node adapter listen on the correct host and port

First of all appreciate the answer. I was able to make it work. What I meant was if I wasn't using the Node adapter in Astro, would I still need to use node ./dist/server/entry.mjs and server: { host: '0.0.0.0' }

Nextjs for example just runs of the bat without any edits on the package.json and stuff

Or would the start command change in Astro without the Node adapter

if you weren't using the node adapter you would be running a development server, yes you could configure the development server to work correctly, but its still a development server.

next apps do come with a default start script as next start and that alone is sufficient to run a production server for the most part.

Makes sense. I guess without the Node adapter there would be no server running in Astro, just a bunch of static files?

correct

there would be a server running, but without the node ./dist/server/entry.mjs as your start script you would be running a dev server instead as the original start script is astro dev

Gotcha gotcha. Appreciate the help guys.

no problem!