Uploaded archive contains a special file

Error recorded 3 times in PanelAlpha Engine deploys on Php. The deploy log below is the recorded failure output.

Seen3 times · 2 variants
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Why it happens

The archive has a device, FIFO or socket entry. Those cannot be hosted, so the engine refuses the whole archive.

What the log looks like

Deploy log
Deploy started (source: archive)Starting stage: cloningDeploy failed: Archive contains a special file, which cannot be hosted.

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