Subject: Refund Request - Paid Service Not Working Despite Successful Deployment
mindhud
FREEOP

4 months ago

Hi Railway Support Team,

I'm requesting a refund for my $5 Hobby plan payment. Here's the situation:

ISSUE SUMMARY:

  • Paid for Railway Hobby plan ($5/month) to deploy a Node.js WebSocket server

  • Deployment shows as "successful" in Railway dashboard

  • Application logs show server starts correctly and responds to internal requests

  • However, the external URL consistently returns "Application failed to respond"

TECHNICAL DETAILS:

  • Repository: mindhud/TESTE1GLOBAL (TesteUpserver folder)

  • Server listens on 0.0.0.0 with process.env.PORT

  • Health endpoint (/health) works internally but not externally

  • Same exact code works perfectly on Render.com

EVIDENCE:

  • Deploy logs show "SERVIDOR WEBSOCKET INICIADO COM SUCESSO"

  • Internal health checks pass: "TESTE LOCAL: Servidor responde OK"

  • External access fails: Railway's own error page appears

  • This appears to be a Railway infrastructure issue (proxy/load balancer)

RESOLUTION ATTEMPTED:

  • Multiple redeployments

  • Code modifications for Railway compatibility

  • Different configurations

  • Issue persists despite "successful" deployments

Since the service doesn't work as expected and this appears to be a platform issue rather than code issue, I'm requesting a full refund of the $5 charge.

Thank you for your assistance.

COMPETITOR COMPARISON:
To verify this wasn't a code issue, I deployed the exact same codebase to Render.com as a test. The application worked perfectly on the first attempt - no modifications needed. This confirms the issue is with Railway's infrastructure, not the application code.

Since a competitor can successfully run the same code without any issues, this demonstrates that Railway's platform has a technical problem that prevents proper service delivery.

6 Replies

samgordon
PRO

4 months ago

What port is the generated domain set to?


mindhud
FREEOP

4 months ago

i try many and all have bug so with 1 build in competitor workin ..


samgordon
PRO

4 months ago

Have you tried actually setting it to the port you have set in your environmental variables?

Let's do this.

  • Can you share a screenshot of the public networking portion of the service settings?

  • Can you share the entirety of your deployment logs?


mindhud
FREEOP

4 months ago

i need just refund because i try to 3-5 hours to solve bug so with other plataform workin with 1 build ;0


noahd
EMPLOYEE

4 months ago

Hey there!
If you are dead set on sorting a refund I won’t waste your time. The Railway docs cover how here https://docs.railway.com/reference/pricing/refunds

If you are interested in trying to get things resolved though, how about you create a new help thread to get the issue resolved and we can have the community help.


noahd
EMPLOYEE

4 months ago

Plenty of people get support for a vast range of issues on the https://station.railway.com


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