Error in logs when deploying (path /app,command failed,signal SIGTERM etc)
viktor234213
FREEOP

6 months ago

Im trying to deploy my sveltekit website, i tried everything but i keep getting this in the logs, my website works perfectly fine, but this shows up, what is the reason and should it be like this?

npm error path /app

npm error command failed

npm error signal SIGTERM

npm error command sh -c node build/index.js

npm error A complete log of this run can be found in: /root/.npm/_logs/2025-12-03T23_11_49_776Z-debug-0.log

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domehane
FREE

6 months ago

update your package.json start script to this : "start": "node build"

and replace your entire config with this:

import adapter from '@sveltejs/adapter-node';

import { vitePreprocess } from '@sveltejs/vite-plugin-svelte';

/** @type {import('@sveltejs/kit').Config} */

const config = {

preprocess: vitePreprocess(),

kit: {

adapter: adapter({

out: 'build',

precompress: false,

envPrefix: ''

})

}

};

export default config;

then go to your Railway project settings and add: NODE_ENV = production and ORIGIN = https://your-app-name.up.railway.app (use your actual railway url)

also create a railway.json in your project :

{

"$schema": "https://railway.app/railway.schema.json",

"build": {

"builder": "NIXPACKS",

"buildCommand": "npm install && npm run build"

},

"deploy": {

"startCommand": "node build",

"restartPolicyType": "ON_FAILURE",

"restartPolicyMaxRetries": 10

}

}

push and deploy your deployment should succeed after these changes

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BOT

6 months ago

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domehane
FREE

6 months ago

your start script is using the wrong command. SvelteKit with adapter-node doesn't run with node build/index.js ,that's causing the SIGTERM and command failed errors


domehane
FREE

6 months ago

update your package.json start script to this : "start": "node build"

and replace your entire config with this:

import adapter from '@sveltejs/adapter-node';

import { vitePreprocess } from '@sveltejs/vite-plugin-svelte';

/** @type {import('@sveltejs/kit').Config} */

const config = {

preprocess: vitePreprocess(),

kit: {

adapter: adapter({

out: 'build',

precompress: false,

envPrefix: ''

})

}

};

export default config;

then go to your Railway project settings and add: NODE_ENV = production and ORIGIN = https://your-app-name.up.railway.app (use your actual railway url)

also create a railway.json in your project :

{

"$schema": "https://railway.app/railway.schema.json",

"build": {

"builder": "NIXPACKS",

"buildCommand": "npm install && npm run build"

},

"deploy": {

"startCommand": "node build",

"restartPolicyType": "ON_FAILURE",

"restartPolicyMaxRetries": 10

}

}

push and deploy your deployment should succeed after these changes


domehane

update your `package.json` start script to this : `"start": "node build"` and replace your entire config with this: `import adapter from '@sveltejs/adapter-node';` `import { vitePreprocess } from '@sveltejs/vite-plugin-svelte';` `/** @type {import('@sveltejs/kit').Config} */` `const config = {` ` preprocess: vitePreprocess(),` ` kit: {` ` adapter: adapter({` ` out: 'build',` ` precompress: false,` ` envPrefix: ''` ` })` ` }` `};` `export default config;` then go to your Railway project settings and add: `NODE_ENV` \= `production ` and `ORIGIN` \= `https://your-app-name.up.railway.app` (use your actual railway url) also create a railway.json in your project : `{` ` "$schema": "https://railway.app/railway.schema.json",` ` "build": {` ` "builder": "NIXPACKS",` ` "buildCommand": "npm install && npm run build"` ` },` ` "deploy": {` ` "startCommand": "node build",` ` "restartPolicyType": "ON_FAILURE",` ` "restartPolicyMaxRetries": 10` ` }` `}` push and deploy your deployment should succeed after these changes

viktor234213
FREEOP

6 months ago

thank you, this helped. I was using a scrappy tutorial to set this up, i really appreciate it 🙂


Status changed to Solved brody 6 months ago


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