Node build stopped because the build environment ran out of memory

Error recorded 4 times in PanelAlpha Engine deploys on Dockerfile, Node.js. The deploy log below is the recorded failure output.

Seen4 times · 4 variants
WhereDockerfile, Node.js

Why it happens

The Node build failed during pnpm run build while compiling the n8n monorepo. Docker could not allocate enough memory for the build process. The build appears to run multiple workspace packages in parallel, increasing peak memory use.

What the log looks like

Deploy log
[+] Building image project-app...RUN pnpm run build...failed to solve: ResourceExhausted: process "/bin/sh -c pnpm run build" did not complete successfully: cannot allocate memoryFailed to start app

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