Build with custom publish directory suddenly failing with no changes

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Just had my builds start failing due to “Deploy did not succeed: Deploy directory ‘dist’ does not exist”. This started happening ~10 mins ago on 2 different projects, so unless I really messed something up I think this might be on Netlify’s end. They both have a custom base & publish directory, since they use the same monorepo.

Relevant build logs from one of them:

1:48:54 PM: ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
1:48:54 PM:   1. Build command from Netlify app                             
1:48:54 PM: ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
1:48:54 PM: ​
1:48:54 PM: $ yarn build
1:48:54 PM: yarn run v1.22.4
1:48:54 PM: $ cross-env NODE_ENV=production webpack
1:48:55 PM: Building commit d2728ee79bae40c47a9bff6838c6a3eecf3296f5
1:48:55 PM: Building commit d2728ee79bae40c47a9bff6838c6a3eecf3296f5
1:49:16 PM: (node:1753) [DEP0148] DeprecationWarning: Use of deprecated folder mapping "./" in the "exports" field module resolution of the package at /opt/build/repo/widget/node_modules/css-loader/node_modules/postcss/package.json.
1:49:16 PM: Update this package.json to use a subpath pattern like "./*".
1:49:16 PM: (Use `node --trace-deprecation ...` to show where the warning was created)
1:49:44 PM: Webpack Bundle Analyzer saved report to /opt/build/repo/widget/dist/bundle-analysis.html
1:49:47 PM: Webpack Bundle Analyzer saved report to /opt/build/repo/widget/dist/bundle-analysis.debug.html
1:49:47 PM: Hash: ec7b78c2404dcae2bdcd80f6de0c9b14ddde0d05
1:49:47 PM: Version: webpack 4.44.1
1:49:47 PM: Child
1:49:47 PM:     Hash: ec7b78c2404dcae2bdcd
1:49:47 PM:     Time: 46004ms
1:49:47 PM:     Built at: 07/15/2021 6:49:43 PM
1:49:47 PM:                                           Asset      Size  Chunks                                Chunk Names
1:49:47 PM:                 assets/DMSans-Bold.da49214b.ttf  70.1 KiB          [emitted] [immutable]
1:49:47 PM:               assets/DMSans-Medium.f4583469.ttf    70 KiB          [emitted] [immutable]
1:49:47 PM:              assets/DMSans-Regular.067ebd7e.ttf  70.2 KiB          [emitted] [immutable]
1:49:47 PM:     assets/info-panel-widget-large.364a18b7.png  22.3 KiB          [emitted] [immutable]
1:49:47 PM:     assets/info-panel-widget-small.08b0876c.png  15.4 KiB          [emitted] [immutable]
1:49:47 PM:                                         main.js   586 KiB       0  [emitted]              [big]  main
1:49:47 PM:     Entrypoint main [big] = main.js
1:49:47 PM:       [0] ./node_modules/@babel/runtime/regenerator/index.js 49 bytes {0} [built]
1:49:47 PM:       [3] ./node_modules/@babel/runtime/helpers/slicedToArray.js 522 bytes {0} [built]
1:49:47 PM:       [4] ./node_modules/detectrtc/DetectRTC.js 40.5 KiB {0} [built]
1:49:47 PM:      [14] ./node_modules/@babel/runtime/helpers/typeof.js 723 bytes {0} [built]
1:49:47 PM:      [18] ./node_modules/@babel/runtime/helpers/toConsumableArray.js 521 bytes {0} [built]
1:49:47 PM:      [19] ./node_modules/@babel/runtime/helpers/defineProperty.js 367 bytes {0} [built]
1:49:47 PM:      [29] ./node_modules/recaptcha-v3/dist/ReCaptcha.js 348 bytes {0} [built]
1:49:47 PM:      [67] ./node_modules/@babel/runtime/helpers/unsupportedIterableToArray.js 609 bytes {0} [built]
1:49:47 PM:     [109] ./node_modules/@babel/runtime/helpers/arrayWithoutHoles.js 266 bytes {0} [built]
1:49:47 PM:     [110] ./node_modules/@babel/runtime/helpers/iterableToArray.js 246 bytes {0} [built]
1:49:47 PM:     [111] ./node_modules/@babel/runtime/helpers/nonIterableSpread.js 308 bytes {0} [built]
1:49:47 PM:     [112] ./node_modules/@babel/runtime/helpers/arrayWithHoles.js 184 bytes {0} [built]
1:49:47 PM:     [113] ./node_modules/@babel/runtime/helpers/iterableToArrayLimit.js 683 bytes {0} [built]
1:49:47 PM:     [114] ./node_modules/@babel/runtime/helpers/nonIterableRest.js 309 bytes {0} [built]
1:49:47 PM:     [173] ./src/embed.ts + 210 modules 947 KiB {0} [built]
1:49:47 PM:           | ./src/embed.ts 864 bytes [built]
1:49:47 PM:           | ./src/index.ts 14.1 KiB [built]
1:49:47 PM:           | ./node_modules/@reduxjs/toolkit/dist/redux-toolkit.esm.js 49.6 KiB [built]
1:49:47 PM:           | ./src/app/types/index.ts 744 bytes [built]
1:49:47 PM:           | ./src/app/utils/index.ts 9.52 KiB [built]
1:49:47 PM:           | ./src/app/log.ts 3.95 KiB [built]
1:49:47 PM:           | ./src/app/user-agent.ts 3.82 KiB [built]
1:49:47 PM:           | ./src/utils/options.ts 8.47 KiB [built]
1:49:47 PM:           | ./src/app/rrweb.ts 3.54 KiB [built]
1:49:47 PM:           | ./src/app/utils/call-query.ts 4.48 KiB [built]
1:49:47 PM:           | ./src/app/realtime.ts 46 KiB [built]
1:49:47 PM:           | ./src/app/slices.ts 29.8 KiB [built]
1:49:47 PM:           | ./src/app/store.ts 808 bytes [built]
1:49:47 PM:           | ./src/app/index.tsx 8.2 KiB [built]
1:49:47 PM:           | ./src/utils/intercom.ts 2.45 KiB [built]
1:49:47 PM:           |     + 196 hidden modules
1:49:47 PM:         + 172 hidden modules
1:49:47 PM: Child
1:49:47 PM:     Hash: 80f6de0c9b14ddde0d05
1:49:47 PM:     Time: 49842ms
1:49:47 PM:     Built at: 07/15/2021 6:49:47 PM
1:49:47 PM:                                           Asset      Size  Chunks                                Chunk Names
1:49:47 PM:                 assets/DMSans-Bold.da49214b.ttf  70.1 KiB          [emitted] [immutable]
1:49:47 PM:               assets/DMSans-Medium.f4583469.ttf    70 KiB          [emitted] [immutable]
1:49:47 PM:              assets/DMSans-Regular.067ebd7e.ttf  70.2 KiB          [emitted] [immutable]
1:49:47 PM:     assets/info-panel-widget-large.364a18b7.png  22.3 KiB          [emitted] [immutable]
1:49:47 PM:     assets/info-panel-widget-small.08b0876c.png  15.4 KiB          [emitted] [immutable]
1:49:47 PM:                                   main.debug.js   679 KiB       0  [emitted]              [big]  main
1:49:47 PM:                               main.debug.js.map  2.16 MiB       0  [emitted] [dev]               main
1:49:47 PM:     Entrypoint main [big] = main.debug.js main.debug.js.map
1:49:47 PM:       [0] ./node_modules/@babel/runtime/regenerator/index.js 49 bytes {0} [built]
1:49:47 PM:       [4] ./node_modules/@babel/runtime/helpers/slicedToArray.js 522 bytes {0} [built]
1:49:47 PM:       [5] ./node_modules/detectrtc/DetectRTC.js 40.5 KiB {0} [built]
1:49:47 PM:      [15] ./node_modules/@babel/runtime/helpers/typeof.js 723 bytes {0} [built]
1:49:47 PM:      [19] ./node_modules/@babel/runtime/helpers/toConsumableArray.js 521 bytes {0} [built]
1:49:47 PM:      [20] ./node_modules/@babel/runtime/helpers/defineProperty.js 367 bytes {0} [built]
1:49:47 PM:      [30] ./node_modules/recaptcha-v3/dist/ReCaptcha.js 348 bytes {0} [built]
1:49:47 PM:      [68] ./node_modules/@babel/runtime/helpers/unsupportedIterableToArray.js 609 bytes {0} [built]
1:49:47 PM:     [110] ./node_modules/@babel/runtime/helpers/arrayWithoutHoles.js 266 bytes {0} [built]
1:49:47 PM:     [111] ./node_modules/@babel/runtime/helpers/iterableToArray.js 246 bytes {0} [built]
1:49:47 PM:     [112] ./node_modules/@babel/runtime/helpers/nonIterableSpread.js 308 bytes {0} [built]
1:49:47 PM:     [113] ./node_modules/@babel/runtime/helpers/arrayWithHoles.js 184 bytes {0} [built]
1:49:47 PM:     [114] ./node_modules/@babel/runtime/helpers/iterableToArrayLimit.js 683 bytes {0} [built]
1:49:47 PM:     [115] ./node_modules/@babel/runtime/helpers/nonIterableRest.js 309 bytes {0} [built]
1:49:47 PM:     [174] ./src/embed.ts + 210 modules 947 KiB {0} [built]
1:49:47 PM:           | ./src/embed.ts 864 bytes [built]
1:49:47 PM:           | ./src/index.ts 14.1 KiB [built]
1:49:47 PM:           | ./node_modules/@reduxjs/toolkit/dist/redux-toolkit.esm.js 49.6 KiB [built]
1:49:47 PM:           | ./src/app/types/index.ts 744 bytes [built]
1:49:47 PM:           | ./src/app/utils/index.ts 9.52 KiB [built]
1:49:47 PM:           | ./src/app/log.ts 3.95 KiB [built]
1:49:47 PM:           | ./src/app/user-agent.ts 3.82 KiB [built]
1:49:47 PM:           | ./src/utils/options.ts 8.47 KiB [built]
1:49:47 PM:           | ./src/app/rrweb.ts 3.54 KiB [built]
1:49:47 PM:           | ./src/app/utils/call-query.ts 4.48 KiB [built]
1:49:47 PM:           | ./src/app/realtime.ts 46 KiB [built]
1:49:47 PM:           | ./src/app/slices.ts 29.8 KiB [built]
1:49:47 PM:           | ./src/app/store.ts 808 bytes [built]
1:49:47 PM:           | ./src/app/index.tsx 8.2 KiB [built]
1:49:47 PM:           | ./src/utils/intercom.ts 2.45 KiB [built]
1:49:47 PM:           |     + 196 hidden modules
1:49:47 PM:         + 173 hidden modules
1:49:47 PM: Done in 53.33s.
1:49:47 PM: ​
1:49:47 PM: (build.command completed in 53.5s)
1:49:47 PM: 
1:49:47 PM: ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
1:49:47 PM:   2. Deploy site                                                
1:49:47 PM: ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
1:49:47 PM: ​
1:49:47 PM: ​
1:49:47 PM: ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
1:49:47 PM:   Configuration error                                           
1:49:47 PM: ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
1:49:47 PM: ​
1:49:47 PM:   Error message
1:49:47 PM:   Deploy did not succeed: Deploy directory 'dist' does not exist
1:49:47 PM: ​
1:49:47 PM:   Resolved config
1:49:47 PM:   build:
1:49:47 PM:     base: /opt/build/repo/widget
1:49:47 PM:     command: yarn build
1:49:47 PM:     commandOrigin: ui
1:49:47 PM:     publish: /opt/build/repo/widget/dist
1:49:47 PM:     publishOrigin: ui
1:49:47 PM:   headers:
1:49:48 PM:     - for: /*
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Here’s a deploy log from the one that succeeded just before this:

12:19:13 PM: ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
12:19:13 PM:   2. Deploy site                                                
12:19:13 PM: ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
12:19:13 PM: ​
12:19:13 PM: Starting to deploy site from 'widget/dist'
12:19:13 PM: Creating deploy tree 
12:19:13 PM: 5 new files to upload
12:19:13 PM: 0 new functions to upload
12:19:13 PM: Site deploy was successfully initiated

Given that it calls it widget/dist here, but the error above says dist, it looks like it’s not respecting the config suddenly.

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Same here. It was working a couple of minutes ago.

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This seems like an issue on Netlify’s end. Let me escalate this and a support engineer will be on the case asap

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Happening to me as well. I retried old, previously successful builds as well with no luck.

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Hang in there. We’ll get this sorted for you soon :slightly_smiling_face:

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Yep happening here too, terrible timing.

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Same for me. I just submitted a support request, should have come here first… Wasted one hour reviewing my configuration and running local builds.

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We are also experiencing this same critical issue on all of our sites. In our case, we have a custom nested directory xxxx/build, but the error shows Deploy did not succeed: Deploy directory 'build' does not exist. The nested path appears to not be respected.

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As an extra detail, I’ve noticed this has been happening for a while but never really paid it any attention as everything still seemed to work, but I get this at the top of my build:

8:46:03 PM: Different publish path detected, going to use the one specified in the Netlify configuration file: 'web/www' versus 'www' in the Netlify UI
8:46:03 PM: Different functions path detected, going to use the one specified in the Netlify configuration file: 'web/functions' versus '' in the Netlify UI

However I don’t have any configuration in my netlify.toml relating to the build path or the functions path - so I don’t know where this warning is coming from.

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Hi folks! Thanks so much for reaching out about this. I have looped in our Support Engineers and we are looking into what could be happening here. Stay tuned to this thread for updates.

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seeing the same thing with our nested directory publish directory “moped-editor/build”

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Comparing build logs to the last one that worked, buildbot version has changed (but not the build image)
Working:

3:03:58 PM: Build ready to start
3:04:07 PM: build-image version: 2cee85eb7f808bf3b6e87378c5307f9411f0a332
3:04:07 PM: build-image tag: v3.8.0
3:04:07 PM: buildbot version: 15847c6d0a519ae9a2d43f2dc7c8e71dcd3aeff8

Recent failed:

9:40:25 PM: Build ready to start
9:40:27 PM: build-image version: 2cee85eb7f808bf3b6e87378c5307f9411f0a332
9:40:27 PM: build-image tag: v3.8.0
9:40:27 PM: buildbot version: fd2d744d8bfa914ebde93203088eebb12b66468e
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Thanks for that detail, @joewoodhouse! Could you please share your site name or URL?

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happy-yalow-363c08

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Yep happening here too, at the end of the day aswell

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We can relate to this

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Thanks for reaching out folks.

Would you mind trying the build again? We had enabled a feature flag related to the publish directory on our end but have now turned it off. I am hopeful your builds will work now - please let us know! I will keep my eyes on this thread for responses.

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Failed again I’m afraid (deploy ID 60f09d39675b521b09bcb969 on my site)

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Unfortunately failed again for us. Deploy ID: 60f09fb640044900e3c57b69 on assured-staging-god-view.