Astro on Coolify: Ignoring not compatible lockfile at pnpm-lock.yaml
You have to set the correct pnpm version
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If you are encountering this warning:
WARN Ignoring not compatible lockfile at pnpm-lock.yaml
Your build will probably fail.
Why
This happens because Nixpacks installs a wrong version of pnpm.
Even if it’s just a warning the installation of dependencies will fall apart.
There must have been breaking changes in the pnpm-lock.yaml structure that aren’t valid for new versions of pnpm.
This will produce the “real” error:
ERR_PNPM_NO_LOCKFILE Cannot install with "frozen-lockfile" because pnpm-lock.yaml is absent
The solution
The solution is simple but tricky if you don’t know how Nixpacks works.
Put this line:
"packageManager": "pnpm@9.1.4",
In your package.json file.
Then change the version of pnpm to the version you are using.
Once you push the code to your repository, Coolify should retry to build your website.
If it doesn’t, go into the project settings on Coolify and do a Redeploy.