# Have Discourse's requirements changed recently?

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/have-discourses-requirements-changed-recently/358732>\
**Category:** Self-hosting\
**Created:** [March 25, 2025, 9:34am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/have-discourses-requirements-changed-recently/358732 "2025-03-25T09:34:10Z")\
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**Post date:** [March 25, 2025, 9:34am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/have-discourses-requirements-changed-recently/358732/1 "2025-03-25T09:34:10Z")

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A lot of users have come across failed rebuilds recently (since September 2024) with the `command was killed with SIGKILL` error, even though the servers have more than 1 GB RAM (even 4 GB RAM).

[https://meta.discourse.org/search?q=%22command%20was%20killed%20with%20SIGKILL%22](https://meta.discourse.org/search?q=%22command%20was%20killed%20with%20SIGKILL%22)

Advice has been given to create (or increase) a swap file, and it fixed the issue:

> [@Failed new install](https://meta.discourse.org/t/failed-new-install/357790/3):
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> Could it be memory? Do you have swap? Can you add 4G of swap?

> [@Moving to New Server woes](https://meta.discourse.org/t/moving-to-new-server-woes/356493/18):
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> That was it. I ended up creating a file based swap and turning it on and that fixed any of my issues! I ended up doing a new install and a backup restore to get it all working, but everything is working now. I appreciate the help.

> [@Rebuild fails with exit 1: ERR\_PNPM\_RECURSIVE\_EXEC\_FIRST\_FAIL](https://meta.discourse.org/t/rebuild-fails-with-exit-1-err-pnpm-recursive-exec-first-fail/351862/12):
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> Well, I changed swap from 2G to 4G, and rebuilding went thru. So mayby it was again matter of amount of RAM. Or it was a fluke. And then we are back in FAQ-topic: how much RAM does Discourse really need — because swapfile is de facto part of total amount RAM, and now it looks like the actual need is 11+ GB for small forum flushed_face

> [@Rebuild failed because there was no swap](https://meta.discourse.org/t/rebuild-failed-because-there-was-no-swap/325870/2):
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> Is there a possibility this SIGKILL came from an out of memory condition - the OOM killer at work? (dmesg might be able to answer)

I myself have encountered this problem on at least two of my 7 forums, on machines having 2 to 4 GB RAM.

Either the requirements have changed, in which case the documentation should be updated, or there’s something wrong.

(I don’t know where to put this topic, I thought about #Contribute > Bug, #installation, #Contribute > Site feedback… Please move it if necessary 😄)

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