PHP deploy selected for a Node monorepo; Composer is missing

Error recorded 2 times in PanelAlpha Engine deploys on Php. The deploy log below is the recorded failure output.

Seen2 times
WherePhp

Why it happens

The repository was deployed with the PHP (no Composer) strategy, but it is identified as a Node monorepo using package.json and pnpm-lock.yaml. Dependency installation then ran PHP package post-install scripts that require Composer, which is not available in the selected runtime.

What the log looks like

Deploy log
.../node_modules/fs-ext-extra-prebuilt install: Prebuilt binary works, skipping compilation..../node_modules/fs-ext-extra-prebuilt install: Done.../php/<account>-subscriptions-engine postinstall$ composer installpackages/php/blueprint postinstall$ XDEBUG_MODE=off composer install --quiet.../php/<account>-subscriptions-engine postinstall: sh: 1: composer: not foundpackages/php/blueprint postinstall: sh: 1: composer: not found

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