10 months ago
I have a NestJS server running in a node-22:alpine container. Everything was working fine before, but suddenly my NestJS server started crashing with the error:
ELIFECYCLE Command failed
The app restarts automatically, but it keeps crashing again after around 10 retries.
I tested the same container locally and connected to PostgreSQL on Railway without changing anything — it works fine locally. But when running on Railway, the app does not start unless I set sslmode=disable in the connection string.
Here are the PostgreSQL logs I see on Railway:
2025-09-01 19:46:16.594 UTC [509] LOG: could not receive data from client: Connection reset by peer
2025-09-01 19:46:16.594 UTC [508] LOG: could not receive data from client: Connection reset by peer
2025-09-01 19:46:16.594 UTC [510] LOG: could not receive data from client: Connection reset by peer
2025-09-01 19:46:16.594 UTC [505] LOG: could not receive data from client: Connection reset by peer
2025-09-01 19:46:54.701 UTC [539] LOG: could not accept SSL connection: EOF detected
2025-09-01 19:46:54.701 UTC [542] LOG: could not accept SSL connection: EOF detected
2025-09-01 19:46:54.701 UTC [541] LOG: could not accept SSL connection: EOF detected
2025-09-01 19:46:54.701 UTC [540] LOG: could not accept SSL connection: EOF detected
2025-09-01 19:46:54.701 UTC [543] LOG: could not accept SSL connection: EOF detected
2025-09-01 19:46:54.701 UTC [536] LOG: could not receive data from client: Connection reset by peer
2025-09-01 19:46:54.701 UTC [537] LOG: could not receive data from client: Connection reset by peer
2025-09-01 19:46:54.701 UTC [538] LOG: could not receive data from client: Connection reset by peer
2025-09-01 19:46:54.701 UTC [532] LOG: could not receive data from client: Connection reset by peer
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10 months ago
Hey! Can you try switching to slim from alpine i have a theory that there might be something missing from alpine. Slim is still small but has a few extra things.
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10 months ago
Hey there! We've found the following might help you get unblocked faster:
- 🧵 Connection Reset by peer
- 🧵 Urgent: PostgreSQL Connectivity Issue - "Connection reset by peer"
- 🧵 Is SSHD not supposed to work?
If you find the answer from one of these, please let us know by solving the thread!
10 months ago
Hey! Can you try switching to slim from alpine i have a theory that there might be something missing from alpine. Slim is still small but has a few extra things.
10 months ago
mmm I wonder if it is because is a self signed, I've tried to connect via ssl in my app and I get:
Error: self-signed certificate in certificate chain
yet give in theory you would connect to the db using the internal network maybe the ssl is not really needed?
edit: using something like:
ssl: { rejectUnauthorized: false },works, so I suppose the reason is because there is not a ca certificate but only a self signed one
noahd
Hey! Can you try switching to `slim` from `alpine` i have a theory that there might be something missing from alpine. Slim is still small but has a few extra things.
10 months ago
It is working now. Thank you
Status changed to Solved noahd • 10 months ago