Docker Compose volume path is empty

Error recorded 1 times in PanelAlpha Engine deploys on Docker Compose. The deploy log below is the recorded failure output.

Seen1 times
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Why it happens

The Compose application failed while starting, after the repository and images were prepared. A volume entry resolved to :/data:ro, which means the source path or variable before the first colon is empty. This is commonly caused by a missing environment variable used in docker-compose.yml.

What the log looks like

Deploy log
Detected project type: Docker ComposeUsing strategy: composeStarting application (docker compose up -d)invalid spec: :/data:ro: empty section between colonsDeploy failed: Failed to start app: invalid spec: :/data:ro: empty section between colons

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