Compose deployment selected, but no compose file was found

Error recorded 18 times in PanelAlpha Engine deploys. The deploy log below is the recorded failure output.

Seen18 times

Why it happens

The deploy was pinned to the Compose strategy, but Engine could not find a usable Compose file in the checked-out project. The repository metadata lists docker-compose.yml, so the file may be missing from the deployed commit, located in a subdirectory, or not recognized at the expected path.

What the log looks like

Deploy log
Starting stage: runningDeploy request pinned the recipe: composeCompose strategy selected but compose file is missing.Deploy failed: Compose strategy selected but compose file is missing.

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