Install script needs lerna.json, which the engine has not copied yet

A build step failed (exit code 1). The full output is in the deploy log.

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WhereNode.js

Why it happens

The project's postinstall script runs lerna, which needs lerna.json from the repository. The engine installs dependencies before it copies the rest of the repository into the image, so lerna cannot find it.

What the log looks like

Deploy log
#12 15.78 npm error code 1#12 15.78 npm error path /app#12 15.78 npm error command failed#12 15.78 npm error command sh -c lerna exec -- npm ci --legacy-peer-deps#12 15.79 npm error A complete log of this run can be found in: /root/.npm/_logs/2026-10-01T21_24_42_211Z-debug-0.log#12 ERROR: process "/bin/sh -c HUSKY=0 LEFTHOOK=0 CI=1 npm ci --no-audit --no-fund" did not complete successfully: exit code: 1WARNING: current commit information was not captured by the build: failed to read current commit information with git rev-parse --is-inside-work-treepanelalpha.Dockerfile:8--------------…

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