Dockerfile can't start using Dockerfile, api process keep restarting

[ming-yop]

What happened?

I expect the Dockerfile should have this line:

RUN npm run build:packages # or whatever the command is to build all packages

but since you've the Dockerfile.multi why keep Dockerfile? anyway,

I have this error in the api process

reChat         | > [email protected] backend
LibreChat         | > cross-env NODE_ENV=production node api/server/index.js
LibreChat         |
LibreChat         | node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:643
LibreChat         |       throw e;
LibreChat         |       ^
LibreChat         |
LibreChat         | Error: Cannot find module '/app/node_modules/@librechat/api/dist/index.js'
LibreChat         |     at createEsmNotFoundErr (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1249:15)
LibreChat         |     at finalizeEsmResolution (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1237:15)
LibreChat         |     at resolveExports (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:636:14)
LibreChat         |     at Module._findPath (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:716:31)
LibreChat         |     at Module._resolveFilename (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1198:27)
LibreChat         |     at Module._resolveFilename (/app/node_modules/module-alias/index.js:49:29)
LibreChat         |     at Module._load (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1043:27)
LibreChat         |     at Module.require (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1298:19)
LibreChat         |     at require (node:internal/modules/helpers:182:18)
LibreChat         |     at Object.<anonymous> (/app/api/server/index.js:11:23) {
LibreChat         |   code: 'MODULE_NOT_FOUND',
LibreChat         |   path: '/app/node_modules/@librechat/api/package.json'
LibreChat         | }
LibreChat         |
LibreChat         | Node.js v20.19.4

when I run

docker build . -t my-own-librechat --no-cache
docker compose up -d

Version Information

my-own-librechat latest cb705109f281 23 hours ago 1.23GB

Steps to Reproduce

docker compose down
docker build . -t my-own-librechat --no-cache
docker compose up -d

What browsers are you seeing the problem on?

No response Can't start the app

Code of Conduct

• I agree to follow this project's Code of Conduct

[shadowoflegion]

Encountered this issue yesterday. Decided to revert upstream pulls to keep the app running.

[danny-avila]

I expect the Dockerfile should have this line:
RUN npm run build:packages # or whatever the command is to build all packages

This line builds all packages:

LibreChat/Dockerfile

Line 43 in 9dbf153

NODE_OPTIONS="--max-old-space-size=2048" npm run frontend; \

but since you've the Dockerfile.multi why keep Dockerfile? anyway,

Both are used. Dockerfile is the main build file for docker-compose.yml.

You should update as the latest release is v0.8.0-rc2, not v0.7.9:
https://www.librechat.ai/docs/local/docker#update-librechat

The Dockerfile currently works for builds in the github ci/cd workflows as well as locally.

[ming-yop]

@danny-avila I've used v0.8.0-rc2, still having the same error in the api process in docker:

vectordb                | 2025-08-14 19:01:17.842 | 
vectordb                | 2025-08-14 19:01:17.842 | PostgreSQL Database directory appears to contain a database; Skipping initialization
vectordb                | 2025-08-14 19:01:17.842 | 
meilisearch             | 2025-08-14 19:01:17.980 | 
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meilisearch             | 2025-08-14 19:01:17.980 | 888 Y888P 888 d8P  Y8b 888 888 888 88K      d8P  Y8b     "88b 888P"  d88P"    888 "88b
meilisearch             | 2025-08-14 19:01:17.980 | 888  Y8P  888 88888888 888 888 888 "Y8888b. 88888888 .d888888 888    888      888  888
meilisearch             | 2025-08-14 19:01:17.980 | 888   "   888 Y8b.     888 888 888      X88 Y8b.     888  888 888    Y88b.    888  888
meilisearch             | 2025-08-14 19:01:17.980 | 888       888  "Y8888  888 888 888  88888P'  "Y8888  "Y888888 888     "Y8888P 888  888
meilisearch             | 2025-08-14 19:01:17.980 | 
meilisearch             | 2025-08-14 19:01:17.980 | Config file path:	"none"
meilisearch             | 2025-08-14 19:01:17.980 | Database path:		"./data.ms"
meilisearch             | 2025-08-14 19:01:17.980 | Server listening on:	"http://0.0.0.0:7700"
meilisearch             | 2025-08-14 19:01:17.980 | Environment:		"development"
meilisearch             | 2025-08-14 19:01:17.980 | Commit SHA:		"aee74f47aa2b80751a473656fcb04182236b7807"
meilisearch             | 2025-08-14 19:01:17.980 | Commit date:		"2025-01-13T14:20:24+01:00"
meilisearch             | 2025-08-14 19:01:17.980 | Package version:	"1.12.3"
meilisearch             | 2025-08-14 19:01:17.980 | Anonymous telemetry:	"Disabled"
meilisearch             | 2025-08-14 19:01:17.980 | 
meilisearch             | 2025-08-14 19:01:17.980 | A master key has been set. Requests to Meilisearch won't be authorized unless you provide an authentication key.
meilisearch             | 2025-08-14 19:01:17.980 | 
meilisearch             | 2025-08-14 19:01:17.980 | Check out Meilisearch Cloud!	https://www.meilisearch.com/cloud?utm_campaign=oss&utm_source=engine&utm_medium=cli
meilisearch             | 2025-08-14 19:01:17.980 | Documentation:			https://www.meilisearch.com/docs
meilisearch             | 2025-08-14 19:01:17.980 | Source code:			https://github.com/meilisearch/meilisearch
meilisearch             | 2025-08-14 19:01:17.980 | Discord:			https://discord.meilisearch.com
meilisearch             | 2025-08-14 19:01:17.980 | 
meilisearch             | 2025-08-14 19:01:17.986 | 2025-08-14T11:01:17.983632Z  INFO actix_server::builder: starting 8 workers
meilisearch             | 2025-08-14 19:01:17.987 | 2025-08-14T11:01:17.986365Z  INFO actix_server::server: Actix runtime found; starting in Actix runtime
vectordb                | 2025-08-14 19:01:18.364 | 2025-08-14 11:01:18.364 UTC [1] LOG:  starting PostgreSQL 15.4 (Debian 15.4-2.pgdg120+1) on aarch64-unknown-linux-gnu, compiled by gcc (Debian 12.2.0-14) 12.2.0, 64-bit
vectordb                | 2025-08-14 19:01:18.365 | 2025-08-14 11:01:18.365 UTC [1] LOG:  listening on IPv4 address "0.0.0.0", port 5432
vectordb                | 2025-08-14 19:01:18.365 | 2025-08-14 11:01:18.365 UTC [1] LOG:  listening on IPv6 address "::", port 5432
vectordb                | 2025-08-14 19:01:18.367 | 2025-08-14 11:01:18.367 UTC [1] LOG:  listening on Unix socket "/var/run/postgresql/.s.PGSQL.5432"
vectordb                | 2025-08-14 19:01:18.386 | 2025-08-14 11:01:18.384 UTC [29] LOG:  database system was shut down at 2025-08-14 10:56:42 UTC
vectordb                | 2025-08-14 19:01:18.417 | 2025-08-14 11:01:18.417 UTC [1] LOG:  database system is ready to accept connections
api                     | 2025-08-14 19:01:18.558 | 
api                     | 2025-08-14 19:01:18.558 | > [email protected] backend
api                     | 2025-08-14 19:01:18.558 | > cross-env NODE_ENV=production node api/server/index.js
api                     | 2025-08-14 19:01:18.558 | 
mongodb                 | 2025-08-14 19:01:19.520 | {"t":{"$date":"2025-08-14T11:01:19.507+00:00"},"s":"I",  "c":"CONTROL",  "id":23285,   "ctx":"main","msg":"Automatically disabling TLS 1.0, to force-enable TLS 1.0 specify --sslDisabledProtocols 'none'"}
mongodb                 | 2025-08-14 19:01:19.520 | {"t":{"$date":"2025-08-14T11:01:19.519+00:00"},"s":"I",  "c":"CONTROL",  "id":5945603, "ctx":"main","msg":"Multi threading initialized"}
mongodb                 | 2025-08-14 19:01:19.549 | {"t":{"$date":"2025-08-14T11:01:19.549+00:00"},"s":"I",  "c":"NETWORK",  "id":4648601, "ctx":"main","msg":"Implicit TCP FastOpen unavailable. If TCP FastOpen is required, set at least one of the related parameters","attr":{"relatedParameters":["tcpFastOpenServer","tcpFastOpenClient","tcpFastOpenQueueSize"]}}
mongodb                 | 2025-08-14 19:01:19.582 | {"t":{"$date":"2025-08-14T11:01:19.582+00:00"},"s":"I",  "c":"NETWORK",  "id":4915701, "ctx":"main","msg":"Initialized wire specification","attr":{"spec":{"incomingExternalClient":{"minWireVersion":0,"maxWireVersion":25},"incomingInternalClient":{"minWireVersion":0,"maxWireVersion":25},"outgoing":{"minWireVersion":6,"maxWireVersion":25},"isInternalClient":true}}}
mongodb                 | 2025-08-14 19:01:19.617 | {"t":{"$date":"2025-08-14T11:01:19.616+00:00"},"s":"I",  "c":"TENANT_M", "id":7091600, "ctx":"main","msg":"Starting TenantMigrationAccessBlockerRegistry"}
mongodb                 | 2025-08-14 19:01:19.618 | {"t":{"$date":"2025-08-14T11:01:19.616+00:00"},"s":"I",  "c":"CONTROL",  "id":4615611, "ctx":"initandlisten","msg":"MongoDB starting","attr":{"pid":1,"port":27017,"dbPath":"/data/db","architecture":"64-bit","host":"06aaa047384c"}}
mongodb                 | 2025-08-14 19:01:19.618 | {"t":{"$date":"2025-08-14T11:01:19.616+00:00"},"s":"I",  "c":"CONTROL",  "id":23403,   "ctx":"initandlisten","msg":"Build Info","attr":{"buildInfo":{"version":"8.0.12","gitVersion":"b60fc6875b5fb4b63cc0dbbd8dda0d6d6277921a","openSSLVersion":"OpenSSL 3.0.13 30 Jan 2024","modules":[],"allocator":"tcmalloc-google","environment":{"distmod":"ubuntu2404","distarch":"aarch64","target_arch":"aarch64"}}}}
mongodb                 | 2025-08-14 19:01:19.618 | {"t":{"$date":"2025-08-14T11:01:19.617+00:00"},"s":"I",  "c":"CONTROL",  "id":51765,   "ctx":"initandlisten","msg":"Operating System","attr":{"os":{"name":"Ubuntu","version":"24.04"}}}
mongodb                 | 2025-08-14 19:01:19.618 | {"t":{"$date":"2025-08-14T11:01:19.617+00:00"},"s":"I",  "c":"CONTROL",  "id":21951,   "ctx":"initandlisten","msg":"Options set by command line","attr":{"options":{"net":{"bindIp":"*"},"security":{"authorization":"enabled"}}}}
mongodb                 | 2025-08-14 19:01:19.657 | {"t":{"$date":"2025-08-14T11:01:19.657+00:00"},"s":"I",  "c":"STORAGE",  "id":22270,   "ctx":"initandlisten","msg":"Storage engine to use detected by data files","attr":{"dbpath":"/data/db","storageEngine":"wiredTiger"}}
mongodb                 | 2025-08-14 19:01:19.661 | {"t":{"$date":"2025-08-14T11:01:19.661+00:00"},"s":"I",  "c":"STORAGE",  "id":22315,   "ctx":"initandlisten","msg":"Opening WiredTiger","attr":{"config":"create,cache_size=5462M,session_max=33000,eviction=(threads_min=4,threads_max=4),config_base=false,statistics=(fast),log=(enabled=true,remove=true,path=journal,compressor=snappy),builtin_extension_config=(zstd=(compression_level=6)),file_manager=(close_idle_time=600,close_scan_interval=10,close_handle_minimum=2000),statistics_log=(wait=0),json_output=(error,message),verbose=[recovery_progress:1,checkpoint_progress:1,compact_progress:1,backup:0,checkpoint:0,compact:0,evict:0,history_store:0,recovery:0,rts:0,salvage:0,tiered:0,timestamp:0,transaction:0,verify:0,log:0],prefetch=(available=true,default=false),"}}
api                     | 2025-08-14 19:01:19.749 | node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:643
api                     | 2025-08-14 19:01:19.749 |       throw e;
api                     | 2025-08-14 19:01:19.749 |       ^
api                     | 2025-08-14 19:01:19.749 | 
api                     | 2025-08-14 19:01:19.749 | Error: Cannot find module '/app/node_modules/@librechat/api/dist/index.js'
api                     | 2025-08-14 19:01:19.749 |     at createEsmNotFoundErr (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1249:15)
api                     | 2025-08-14 19:01:19.749 |     at finalizeEsmResolution (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1237:15)
api                     | 2025-08-14 19:01:19.749 |     at resolveExports (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:636:14)
api                     | 2025-08-14 19:01:19.749 |     at Module._findPath (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:716:31)
api                     | 2025-08-14 19:01:19.749 |     at Module._resolveFilename (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1198:27)
api                     | 2025-08-14 19:01:19.749 |     at Module._resolveFilename (/app/node_modules/module-alias/index.js:49:29)
api                     | 2025-08-14 19:01:19.749 |     at Module._load (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1043:27)
api                     | 2025-08-14 19:01:19.749 |     at Module.require (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1298:19)
api                     | 2025-08-14 19:01:19.749 |     at require (node:internal/modules/helpers:182:18)
api                     | 2025-08-14 19:01:19.749 |     at Object.<anonymous> (/app/api/server/index.js:13:40) {
api                     | 2025-08-14 19:01:19.749 |   code: 'MODULE_NOT_FOUND',
api                     | 2025-08-14 19:01:19.749 |   path: '/app/node_modules/@librechat/api/package.json'
api                     | 2025-08-14 19:01:19.749 | }
api                     | 2025-08-14 19:01:19.749 | 
api                     | 2025-08-14 19:01:19.749 | Node.js v20.19.4
mongodb                 | 2025-08-14 19:01:19.908 | {"t":{"$date":"2025-08-14T11:01:19.908+00:00"},"s":"I",  "c":"WTRECOV",  "id":22430,   "ctx":"initandlisten","msg":"WiredTiger message","attr":{"message":{"ts_sec":1755169279,"ts_usec":908595,"thread":"1:0xffffb7513040","session_name":"txn-recover","category":"WT_VERB_RECOVERY_PROGRESS","category_id":34,"verbose_level":"DEBUG_1","verbose_level_id":1,"msg":"Recovering log 21 through 22"}}}

[eldyvoon]

i'm having the same issue!

[ming-yop]

in my docker log i have this

[internal] load build definition from Dockerfile
	transferring 1884/0 0.007
[internal] load metadata for docker.io/library/node:20-alpine
[internal] load metadata for ghcr.io/astral-sh/uv:0.6.13
[internal] load .dockerignore
[internal] load build context
	transferring 26950515/0 0.308
[node  1/17] FROM docker.io/library/node:20-alpine@sha256:df02558528d3d3d0d621f112e232611aecfee7cbc654f6b375765f72bb262799
FROM ghcr.io/astral-sh/uv:0.6.13@sha256:0b6dc79013b689f3bc0cbf12807cb1c901beaafe80f2ee10a1d76aa3842afb92
[node  2/17] RUN apk add --no-cache jemalloc
	fetch https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/v3.22/main/aarch64/APKINDEX.tar.gz
	fetch https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/v3.22/community/aarch64/APKINDEX.tar.gz
	(1/1) Installing jemalloc (5.3.0-r6)
	Executing busybox-1.37.0-r18.trigger
	OK: 11 MiB in 19 packages
[node  3/17] RUN apk add --no-cache python3 py3-pip uv
	fetch https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/v3.22/main/aarch64/APKINDEX.tar.gz
	fetch https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/v3.22/community/aarch64/APKINDEX.tar.gz
	(1/24) Installing libbz2 (1.0.8-r6)
	(2/24) Installing libexpat (2.7.1-r0)
	(3/24) Installing libffi (3.4.8-r0)
	(4/24) Installing gdbm (1.24-r0)
	(5/24) Installing xz-libs (5.8.1-r0)
	(6/24) Installing mpdecimal (4.0.1-r0)
	(7/24) Installing ncurses-terminfo-base (6.5_p20250503-r0)
	(8/24) Installing libncursesw (6.5_p20250503-r0)
	(9/24) Installing libpanelw (6.5_p20250503-r0)
	(10/24) Installing readline (8.2.13-r1)
	(11/24) Installing sqlite-libs (3.49.2-r1)
	(12/24) Installing python3 (3.12.11-r0)
	(13/24) Installing python3-pycache-pyc0 (3.12.11-r0)
	(14/24) Installing pyc (3.12.11-r0)
	(15/24) Installing py3-setuptools-pyc (80.9.0-r0)
	(16/24) Installing py3-pip-pyc (25.1.1-r0)
	(17/24) Installing py3-parsing (3.2.3-r0)
	(18/24) Installing py3-parsing-pyc (3.2.3-r0)
	(19/24) Installing py3-packaging-pyc (25.0-r0)
	(20/24) Installing python3-pyc (3.12.11-r0)
	(21/24) Installing py3-packaging (25.0-r0)
	(22/24) Installing py3-setuptools (80.9.0-r0)
	(23/24) Installing py3-pip (25.1.1-r0)
	(24/24) Installing uv (0.7.22-r0)
	Executing busybox-1.37.0-r18.trigger
	OK: 86 MiB in 43 packages
[node  4/17] COPY --from=ghcr.io/astral-sh/uv:0.6.13 /uv /uvx /bin/
[node  5/17] RUN uv --version
	uv 0.7.22
[node  6/17] RUN mkdir -p /app && chown node:node /app
[node  7/17] WORKDIR /app
[node  8/17] COPY --chown=node:node package.json package-lock.json ./
[node  9/17] COPY --chown=node:node api/package.json ./api/package.json
[node 10/17] COPY --chown=node:node client/package.json ./client/package.json
[node 11/17] COPY --chown=node:node packages/data-provider/package.json ./packages/data-provider/package.json
[node 12/17] COPY --chown=node:node packages/data-schemas/package.json ./packages/data-schemas/package.json
[node 13/17] COPY --chown=node:node packages/api/package.json ./packages/api/package.json
[node 14/17] RUN     touch .env ;     mkdir -p /app/client/public/images /app/api/logs ;     npm config set fetch-retry-maxtimeout 600000 ;     npm config set fetch-retries 5 ;     npm config set fetch-retry-mintimeout 15000 ;     npm install --no-audit
	npm warn deprecated [email protected]: Modern JS already guarantees Array#sort() is a stable sort, so this library is deprecated. See the compatibility table on MDN: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/Array/sort#browser_compatibility
	npm warn deprecated [email protected]: Please use @jridgewell/sourcemap-codec instead
	npm warn deprecated [email protected]: Use your platform's native DOMException instead
	npm warn deprecated [email protected]: This package has been decomissioned. See https://github.com/ldapjs/node-ldapjs/blob/8ffd0bc9c149088a10ec4c1ec6a18450f76ad05d/README.md
	npm warn deprecated [email protected]: This module is not supported, and leaks memory. Do not use it. Check out lru-cache if you want a good and tested way to coalesce async requests by a key value, which is much more comprehensive and powerful.
	npm warn deprecated [email protected]: Glob versions prior to v9 are no longer supported
	npm warn deprecated [email protected]: Use your platform's native DOMException instead
	npm warn deprecated [email protected]: Use your platform's native atob() and btoa() methods instead
	npm warn deprecated @types/[email protected]: This is a stub types definition. winston provides its own type definitions, so you do not need this installed.
	npm warn deprecated @humanwhocodes/[email protected]: Use @eslint/object-schema instead
	npm warn deprecated @humanwhocodes/[email protected]: Use @eslint/config-array instead
	npm warn deprecated [email protected]: The work that was done in this beta branch won't be included in future versions
	npm warn deprecated [email protected]: Rimraf versions prior to v4 are no longer supported
	npm warn deprecated [email protected]: This version is no longer supported. Please see https://eslint.org/version-support for other options.
	npm warn deprecated [email protected]: Glob versions prior to v9 are no longer supported
	npm warn deprecated [email protected]: Rimraf versions prior to v4 are no longer supported
	npm warn deprecated [email protected]: This version is no longer supported. Please see https://eslint.org/version-support for other options.
	
	added 2398 packages in 33s
	
	530 packages are looking for funding
	run `npm fund` for details
[node 15/17] COPY --chown=node:node . .
[node 16/17] RUN     NODE_OPTIONS="--max-old-space-size=2048" npm run frontend;     npm prune --production;     npm cache clean --force
	
	> [email protected] frontend
	> npm run build:data-provider && npm run build:data-schemas && npm run build:api && npm run build:client-package && cd client && npm run build
	
	> [email protected] build:data-provider
	> cd packages/data-provider && npm run build
	
	> [email protected] build
	> npm run clean && rollup -c --silent --bundleConfigAsCjs
	
	> [email protected] clean
	> rimraf dist
	
	> [email protected] build:data-schemas
	> cd packages/data-schemas && npm run build
	
	> @librechat/[email protected] build
	> npm run clean && rollup -c --silent --bundleConfigAsCjs
	
	> @librechat/[email protected] clean
	> rimraf dist
	
	> [email protected] build:api
	> cd packages/api && npm run build
	
	> @librechat/[email protected] build
	> npm run clean && rollup -c --bundleConfigAsCjs
	
	> @librechat/[email protected] clean
	> rimraf dist
	�[36m
	�[1msrc/index.ts�[22m → �[1mdist�[22m...�[39m
	
	<--- Last few GCs --->
	
	[154:0xffff926a0000]    50000 ms: Scavenge (reduce) 2043.0 (2082.7) -> 2042.1 (2082.9) MB, 3.02 / 0.00 ms  (average mu = 0.279, current mu = 0.006) allocation failure;
	[154:0xffff926a0000]    50512 ms: Mark-Compact (reduce) 2043.0 (2082.9) -> 2041.4 (2082.9) MB, 510.71 / 0.00 ms  (average mu = 0.257, current mu = 0.232) allocation failure; scavenge might not succeed
	
	
	<--- JS stacktrace --->
	
	FATAL ERROR: Ineffective mark-compacts near heap limit Allocation failed - JavaScript heap out of memory
	----- Native stack trace -----
	Aborted
	npm warn config production Use `--omit=dev` instead.
	
	changed 29 packages, and audited 1437 packages in 10s
	
	317 packages are looking for funding
	run `npm fund` for details
	
	found 0 vulnerabilities
	npm warn using --force Recommended protections disabled.
[node 17/17] RUN mkdir -p /app/client/public/images /app/api/logs
exporting to image
	exporting layers 0/0 6.711
	writing image sha256:9eac6bc4f923b7bbf41642b05ba477d33b436cd457647ddda09da7dfc630bca5 0/0 0.002
	naming to docker.io/library/yopeso-librechat 0/0 0.009

@danny-avila did you spot anything unusual?

[andreimindru]

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