PHP deploy fails because the memcached extension is missing

Error recorded 4 times in PanelAlpha Engine deploys on Php. The deploy log below is the recorded failure output.

Seen4 times · 3 variants
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Why it happens

Composer could not install the locked dependencies because the project requires the PHP ext-memcached extension. The selected PHP 8.3 runtime does not have that extension enabled. The failure occurred during dependency installation, before the application started, so no health check was performed.

What the log looks like

Deploy log
Resolving PHP dependencies on hostInstalling dependencies from lock fileVerifying lock file contents can be installed on current platform.Problem 1- Root composer.json requires PHP extension ext-memcached * but it is missing from your system.Deploy failed: build: dependencies

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