Build is failing on push but works on "Clean cache and build"

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Hello,

I’ve been having an issue with the build failing on Netlify whenever I push a new update to the repository. It started suddenly yesterday and just keeps on re-appearing.

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The build fails saying that dependencies are missing, everything builds fine locally, and if I do a clear cache and deploy site in Netlify, then Netlify builds it just fine as well. The issue only occurs when it builds from a GitHub commit notification.

I’ve started using the NPM module np and publishing to npmjs, the code itself is also a npm package that the build process is depending on. Coding this way is new to me, and it is possible I am doing something wrong in one of the configs due to the nature of how I use the dependencies.

Folder structure
docs/ <— This is the folder being built
– docs/index.js
– docs/package.json
index.js ← This module is included in the build process for docs/
package.json ← Dependencies in this package.json isn’t “found” by Netlify, and the build fails.

I’m not sure if the folder structure and np is related at all, it’s the first time I see this issue and the only real change I have done is making a NPM module that’s also being used in the build.

Edit It seems that if I bump the version number in docs/package.json, then it builds fine when pushed. But I wonder if that is the same as clicking the “Clear cache and build” button? Could there be something wrong on Netlify’s end with caching?

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hi there, did you see this guide already?

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Thank you for the reponse, the problem seems to have been that I required dependencies in the site Netlify was building in the devDependencies of the module itself, they should have been in dependencies.

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