# MissingBlobsEnvironmentError / 502 on CLI deploys only - persists after the Sydney Blobs incident fix

**URL:** <https://answers.netlify.com/t/missingblobsenvironmenterror-502-on-cli-deploys-only-persists-after-the-sydney-blobs-incident-fix/164135>\
**Category:** Support\
**Tags:** netlify-cli, deployment, lambda-functions, nextjs\
**Created:** [June 22, 2026, 5:41am UTC](https://answers.netlify.com/t/missingblobsenvironmenterror-502-on-cli-deploys-only-persists-after-the-sydney-blobs-incident-fix/164135 "2026-06-22T05:41:21Z")\
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**Post date:** [June 22, 2026, 5:41am UTC](https://answers.netlify.com/t/missingblobsenvironmenterror-502-on-cli-deploys-only-persists-after-the-sydney-blobs-incident-fix/164135/1 "2026-06-22T05:41:22Z")

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Hi - I have a Next.js site that 502s on every freshly-deployed SSR function, and I’ve narrowed it down precisely but can’t fix it from my side because it appears to be a runtime Blobs-context injection issue specific to CLI deploys. Hoping a Netlify engineer can check the platform side.

**Site:** vouchtribe - site ID 77a2e380-09a2-445d-a9e0-deb10ece51c7

**Symptom:** every fresh deploy returns HTTP 502 error decoding lambda response: unexpected end of JSON input on all routes (/, /login, /api/\*). Production is currently up _only_ because Netlify is still serving an older cached function - so I can’t deploy anything, since a fresh prod deploy would replace the cached function and take the live site down.

**Root cause (confirmed):** @netlify/plugin-nextjs’s NetlifyCacheHandler throws MissingBlobsEnvironmentError on every request - the function runtime isn’t receiving NETLIFY\_BLOBS\_CONTEXT. Stack:  
getDeployStore → getRegionalBlobStore → getMemoizedKeyValueStoreBackedByRegionalBlobStore → new NetlifyCacheHandler (handlers/cache.cjs:55)

**Reproduced in isolation (deploy-free):** I copied the deployed function bundle (.netlify/functions-internal/\_\_\_netlify-server-handler) out and invoked the handler directly. **Without** a Blobs context → throws the MissingBlobsEnvironmentError above → 502. **With** a stub NETLIFY\_BLOBS\_CONTEXT supplied → returns a correct 401. So the app code is fine; the only missing piece is the runtime Blobs-context injection.

**The distinguishing factor:** this site deploys **CLI-only** (netlify deploy --build, no Git-connected builds). I suspect NETLIFY\_BLOBS\_CONTEXT isn’t being provisioned for my CLI/draft function deployments.

**Already tried (all on draft deploys, all still 502):**

1. Netlify CLI 24.11.1 → 26.1.0 and @netlify/plugin-nextjs 5.15.11 → 5.15.12
2. NETLIFY\_NEXT\_SKEW\_PROTECTION=true
3. Fully unpinned the adapter (removed from both package.json and netlify.toml per the docs) - Netlify auto-injected the runtime (Using Next.js Runtime - v5.15.12) but it still 502s
4. Confirmed Netlify Blobs IS enabled for the site (a store lists fine)

**Re: the Sydney-region Blobs incident (May 29–Jun 2):** I’ve read that thread - my issue is **separate**. I re-tested a fresh draft _after_ that incident was marked resolved and it still 502s with the identical error, and it’s specific to CLI deploys.

**Environment:** Next.js 16.2.3 · @netlify/plugin-nextjs 5.15.12 · Netlify CLI 26.1.0 · npm-workspaces monorepo (apps/web) · deploy command netlify deploy --build --filter @vouchtribe/web

Could a Netlify engineer check why NETLIFY\_BLOBS\_CONTEXT / Blobs runtime context isn’t being injected into CLI (and draft) function deployments for this site? I have a support ticket open as well but wanted to surface it here too. Happy to provide anything else. Thanks!