(strapi) backend deployment stuck in "deploying" state with volume mounting loop

jorge-andesphere
FREE

3 months ago

Hi Railway team,

I'm experiencing an issue with my backend deployment where it's stuck in the "deploying" state. The deployment has been running for over 7:21 minutes and appears to be in an infinite loop of mounting the same volume repeatedly.


Issue description:
The logs show continuous volume mounting attempts with the same path occurring every minute:
```
Mounting volume on: /var/lib/containers/railwayapp/bind-mounts/e795ad49-8e1d-43c9-b768-87f5ba5681f4/vol_52xq90xd05pkkvlg
```

This appears to be happening in a loop, with timestamps showing repeated mounting at 15:41:38, 15:42:12, 15:42:46, 15:43:22, etc.

Additional context:
- The previous deployment was working fine
- Last successful deployment was approximately 10 days ago
- No code changes were made, only added a few new collections in Strapi
- Nothing in the application configuration has changed

I've tried:
- Waiting for the deployment to complete (over 15 minutes)
- Checking for any changes that might affect storage/volumes

Has there been any change to how Railway handles volumes? Or is there a known issue with the volume mounting process currently?

Any help resolving this would be greatly appreciated!
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jorge-andesphere
FREE

3 months ago

it failed after a while:
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h] sharing credentials for asia-southeast1.registry.rlwy.net 0ms

Apr 16 15:40:47

=== Successfully Built! ===

Apr 16 15:40:47

Run:

Apr 16 15:40:47

docker run -it asia-southeast1.registry.rlwy.net/cdcba971-268d-4c51-96c0-4d86cba926d5:511fd3a9-6bb7-4402-a790-a37af76a12da

Apr 16 15:40:47

Build time: 53.37 seconds

Apr 16 15:52:42

Apr 16 15:52:42

=========================

Apr 16 15:52:42

Container failed to start

Apr 16 15:52:42

=========================

Apr 16 15:52:42

Apr 16 15:52:42

Failed to start deployment.

Apr 16 15:52:42

If this error persists, please reach out to the Railway team at https://station.railway.com.

Apr 16 15:52:42


jorge-andesphere
FREE

3 months ago

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jorge-andesphere
FREE

3 months ago

please help


3 months ago

No, this doesn't appear to be an issue with how Railway is mounting a volume. Did you happen to update your Strapi version?


Status changed to Awaiting User Response railway[bot] 3 months ago


jorge-andesphere
FREE

3 months ago

no, I didn't.

these are the build logs:
2 | "lockfileVersion": 1, ^ error: Unknown lockfile version at bun.lock:2:22 InvalidLockfileVersion: failed to parse lockfile: 'bun.lock' warn: Ignoring lockfile

Apr 16 19:22:26

Resolving dependencies

Apr 16 19:22:30

Resolved, downloaded and extracted [1644] warn: incorrect peer dependency "typescript@5.8.3"

Apr 16 19:22:46

Apr 16 19:22:46

+ @types/node@20.17.30 (v22.14.1 available)

Apr 16 19:22:46

+ @types/react@18.3.20 (v19.1.2 available) + @types/react-dom@18.3.6 (v19.

Apr 16 19:22:46

1.2 available)

Apr 16 19:22:46

+ typescript@5.8.3 + @strapi/plugin-cloud@5.12.1 + @strapi/plugin-users-permissions@5.12.1

Apr 16 19:22:46

+ @strapi/provider-upload-cloudinary@5.12.5 + @strapi/strapi@5.12.1 + better-sqlite3@11.3.0 + react@18.3.1 (v19.1.0 available) + react-dom@18.3.1 (v19.1.0 available) + react-router-dom@6.30.0 (v7.5.0 available)

Apr 16 19:22:46

+ styled-components@6.1.17

Apr 16 19:22:46

1256 packages installed [19.73s] Blocked 3 postinstalls. Run bun pm untrusted for details.

Apr 16 19:22:46

[stage-0 6/10] RUN --mount=type=cache,id=s/cdcba971-268d-4c51-96c0-4d86cba926d5-/root/bun,target=/root/.bun bun i --no-save 20s

Apr 16 19:22:46

[stage-0 7/10] COPY . /app/.

Apr 16 19:22:46

[stage-0 7/10] COPY . /app/. 354ms

Apr 16 19:22:46

[stage-0 8/10] RUN --mount=type=cache,id=s/cdcba971-268d-4c51-96c0-4d86cba926d5-node_modules/cache,target=/app/node_modules/.cache bun run build

Apr 16 19:22:46

$ strapi build

Apr 16 19:22:48

- Compiling TS

Apr 16 19:22:50

Compiling TS (1916ms)

Apr 16 19:22:50

- Building build context

Apr 16 19:22:50

Apr 16 19:22:50

[INFO] Including the following ENV variables as part of the JS bundle: - ADMIN_PATH - STRAPI_ADMIN_BACKEND_URL - STRAPI_TELEMETRY_DISABLED

Apr 16 19:22:50

Building build context (340ms)

Apr 16 19:22:50

- Building admin panel

Apr 16 19:22:50

Apr 16 19:23:12

Building admin panel (21849ms)

Apr 16 19:23:12

[stage-0 8/10] RUN --mount=type=cache,id=s/cdcba971-268d-4c51-96c0-4d86cba926d5-node_modules/cache,target=/app/node_modules/.cache bun run build 25s

Apr 16 19:23:12

[stage-0 9/10] RUN printf '\nPATH=/app/node_modules/.bin:$PATH' >> /root/.profile

Apr 16 19:23:12

[stage-0 9/10] RUN printf '\nPATH=/app/node_modules/.bin:$PATH' >> /root/.profile 92ms

Apr 16 19:23:12

[stage-0 10/10] COPY . /app

Apr 16 19:23:12

[stage-0 10/10] COPY . /app 70ms

Apr 16 19:23:21

[auth] sharing credentials for asia-southeast1.registry.rlwy.net

Apr 16 19:23:21

[auth] sharing credentials for asia-southeast1.registry.rlwy.net 0ms

Apr 16 19:23:25

=== Successfully Built! ===

Apr 16 19:23:25

Run:

Apr 16 19:23:25

docker run -it asia-southeast1.registry.rlwy.net/cdcba971-268d-4c51-96c0-4d86cba926d5:3d0de7c9-1fc9-4748-a7bf-20376115abfb

Apr 16 19:23:25

Build time: 60.09 seconds

Apr 16 20:54:21

Apr 16 20:54:21

=========================

Apr 16 20:54:21

Container failed to start

Apr 16 20:54:21

=========================

Apr 16 20:54:21

Apr 16 20:54:21

The container took too long to start.

Apr 16 20:54:21

If this error persists, please reach out to the Railway team at https://station.railway.com.

I don't see any information in the Deploy logs. Literally I don't have any hint or message to understand why this is happening


Status changed to Awaiting Railway Response railway[bot] 3 months ago


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