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Nextjs build error - ENOENT: no such file or directory BUILD_ID

Hey guys, I need your help here. I keep getting this error on every build, I tried bumping up the memory from 2GB to 8GB, still the same. Kindly help with this as its a production environment.

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Error: ENOENT: no such file or directory, open '/app/.next/BUILD_ID'

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at async open (node:internal/fs/promises: 639:25)

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at async Object.readFile (node: internal/fs/promises: 1246:14)

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at async setupFsCheck (/app/node_modules/next/dist/server/Lib/router-utils/filesy

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at async initialize (/app/node_modules/next/dist/server/lib/router-server.js:56:2

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at async Server. <anonymous> (/app/node_modules/next/dist/server/lib/start-server.

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errno: -2,

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code: 'ENOENT',

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syscall: 'open',

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Bobby Iliev
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February 16, 2025

Hi there,

Have you set the Output Directory in App Platform to .next? If not, it might be looking in a non-existing location.

Also, do you have a custom build command? If so, what is it?

If everything looks correct and it’s still failing, try redeploying from scratch. If the issue persists, reach out to DigitalOcean support for further debugging: https://do.co/support.

- Bobby

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