5 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
5 months ago
What port is the generated domain set to?
5 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?
i need just refund because i try to 3-5 hours to solve bug so with other plataform workin with 1 build ;0
5 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.
5 months ago
Plenty of people get support for a vast range of issues on the https://station.railway.com