# Discourse Randomly Does Not run or Rebuild

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-randomly-does-not-run-or-rebuild/358231>\
**Category:** Self-hosting\
**Tags:** postgres\
**Created:** [March 20, 2025, 9:28pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-randomly-does-not-run-or-rebuild/358231 "2025-03-20T21:28:11Z")\
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**Author:** ![joshhabka](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/joshhabka/32/452328_2.png) [@joshhabka](https://meta.discourse.org/u/joshhabka)\
**Post date:** [March 22, 2025, 12:35am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-randomly-does-not-run-or-rebuild/358231/12 "2025-03-22T00:35:32Z")

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2025-03-22 00:30:44.110 UTC [4922] FATAL: lock file “postmaster.pid” is empty  
2025-03-22 00:30:44.110 UTC [4922] HINT: Either another server is starting, or the lock file is the remnant of a previous server startup crash.  
2025-03-22 00:30:45.127 UTC [4964] FATAL: lock file “postmaster.pid” is empty  
2025-03-22 00:30:45.127 UTC [4964] HINT: Either another server is starting, or the lock file is the remnant of a previous server startup crash.  
2025-03-22 00:30:46.151 UTC [4966] FATAL: lock file “postmaster.pid” is empty  
2025-03-22 00:30:46.151 UTC [4966] HINT: Either another server is starting, or the lock file is the remnant of a previous server startup crash.  
2025-03-22 00:30:47.168 UTC [4970] FATAL: lock file “postmaster.pid” is empty  
2025-03-22 00:30:47.168 UTC [4970] HINT: Either another server is starting, or the lock file is the remnant of a previous server startup crash.  
2025-03-22 00:30:48.192 UTC [4977] FATAL: lock file “postmaster.pid” is empty  
2025-03-22 00:30:48.192 UTC [4977] HINT: Either another server is starting, or the lock file is the remnant of a previous server startup crash.

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