Managed PostgreSQL in crash loop after incident — catatonit: failed to exec pid1
estebanithu
FREEOP

23 days ago

My managed PostgreSQL service has been in a crash loop since ~05:01 UTC on May 20, 2026 —

coinciding with your infrastructure incident. The service mounts the persistent volume

successfully but fails immediately after with:

ERROR (catatonit:2): failed to exec pid1: No such file or directory

The database files on the volume appear intact (volume mounts without errors). The issue

seems to be with the container image, not the data.

Redeploying from the dashboard did not resolve the issue.

Service details

  • Project ID: a523aec3-e9cc-4ad3-ba54-a9067b593716
  • Environment: 6c2edae7-733f-4825-8e21-8f99201cafcd
  • Service ID: e7b74fa9-97d0-4aae-96a6-741439de1da8
  • Deployment ID: d4482052-b3a4-46d5-b59f-5c729c920762
  • Replica ID: 9a24084b-cf2f-4243-83fd-f5b5592a89a1

Crash loop pattern (repeating since 2026-05-20T05:01 UTC)

Mounting volume on: /var/lib/containers/railwayapp/bind-mounts/

  9a24084b-cf2f-4243-83fd-f5b5592a89a1/vol_42ucwmpoobbd3xxa   [INFO]

ERROR (catatonit:2): failed to exec pid1: No such file or directory [ERROR]

The cycle repeats every ~10–15 seconds.

What I've tried

  • Forced redeploy from the Deployments tab → same result

Request

  1. Restore the managed PostgreSQL service to a working state without data loss
  2. If not possible, provide access to the latest backup so I can restore to a new instance

Thank you.

Solved

2 Replies

estebanithu
FREEOP

23 days ago

update: it's working now after a new redeploy


Status changed to Awaiting Railway Response Railway 23 days ago


23 days ago

Glad to hear the redeploy resolved it. That error is caused by a stale container image, and re-pulling fixes it. If it ever recurs, open the command palette (cmd+k) and select "Redeploy source image" to force a fresh image pull.


Status changed to Awaiting User Response Railway 23 days ago


Status changed to Solved brody 23 days ago


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