# Cannot rebuild app

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/cannot-rebuild-app/359582>\
**Category:** Support\
**Created:** [March 31, 2025, 5:57am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/cannot-rebuild-app/359582 "2025-03-31T05:57:46Z")\
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**Author:** ![truman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/truman/32/491648_2.png) [@truman](https://meta.discourse.org/u/truman)\
**Post date:** [March 31, 2025, 5:57am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/cannot-rebuild-app/359582/1 "2025-03-31T05:57:46Z")

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log here:

```plaintext
[2025-03-31T05:52:21.927771 #1] INFO -- : > cd /var/www/discourse && if [-f yarn.lock]; then
  if [-d node_modules/.pnpm]; then
    echo "This version of Discourse uses yarn, but pnpm node_modules are preset. Cleaning up..."
    find ./node_modules ./app/assets/javascripts/*/node_modules -mindepth 1 -maxdepth 1 -exec rm -rf {} +
  fi
  su discourse -c 'yarn install --frozen-lockfile && yarn cache clean'
else
  su discourse -c 'CI=1 pnpm install --frozen-lockfile && pnpm prune'
fi
bash: line 1: 302 Killed CI=1 pnpm install --frozen-lockfile
I, [2025-03-31T05:52:29.299652 #1] INFO -- : Scope: all 17 workspace projects
Lockfile is up to date, resolution step is skipped
Progress: resolved 1, reused 0, downloaded 0, added 0
Packages: +455 -114
+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-----------------
Progress: resolved 455, reused 170, downloaded 50, added 119
Progress: resolved 455, reused 170, downloaded 187, added 257
Progress: resolved 455, reused 170, downloaded 281, added 349
Progress: resolved 455, reused 170, downloaded 285, added 357, done
.../core-js@3.33.0/node_modules/core-js postinstall$ node -e "try{require('./postinstall')}catch(e){}"
.../node_modules/@swc/core postinstall$ node postinstall.js
.../esbuild@0.24.2/node_modules/esbuild postinstall$ node install.js
.../core-js@3.33.0/node_modules/core-js postinstall: Done
.../node_modules/@swc/core postinstall: Failed

FAILED
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Pups::ExecError: cd /var/www/discourse && if [-f yarn.lock]; then
  if [-d node_modules/.pnpm]; then
    echo "This version of Discourse uses yarn, but pnpm node_modules are preset. Cleaning up..."
    find ./node_modules ./app/assets/javascripts/*/node_modules -mindepth 1 -maxdepth 1 -exec rm -rf {} +
  fi
  su discourse -c 'yarn install --frozen-lockfile && yarn cache clean'
else
  su discourse -c 'CI=1 pnpm install --frozen-lockfile && pnpm prune'
fi failed with return #<Process::Status: pid 299 exit 137>
Location of failure: /usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/3.3.0/gems/pups-1.2.1/lib/pups/exec_command.rb:132:in `spawn'
exec failed with the params {"cd"=>"$home", "hook"=>"yarn", "cmd"=>["if [-f yarn.lock]; then\n if [-d node_modules/.pnpm]; then\n echo \"This version of Discourse uses yarn, but pnpm node_modules are preset. Cleaning up...\"\n find ./node_modules ./app/assets/javascripts/*/node_modules -mindepth 1 -maxdepth 1 -exec rm -rf {} +\n fi\n su discourse -c 'yarn install --frozen-lockfile && yarn cache clean'\nelse\n su discourse -c 'CI=1 pnpm install --frozen-lockfile && pnpm prune'\nfi"]}
bootstrap failed with exit code 137
**FAILED TO BOOTSTRAP** please scroll up and look for earlier error messages, there may be more than one.

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