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We use @netlify/plugin-nextjs version 5.3.2 for a nextjs monorepo

We had this working until we created a new PR this morning and the build started failing with this error
“netlify: command not found”

Here is the content of the workflow

name: Deploy Preview

on:
  pull_request:
    branches:
      - development
    types: [opened, synchronize, reopened, ready_for_review]

jobs:
  deploy-preview:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    if: "!github.event.pull_request.draft"
    strategy:
      matrix:
        app: [client, admin] # Names of the applications within the monorepo
    steps:
      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
        with:
          ref: ${{ github.event.pull_request.head.sha }}

      - name: Setup Node.js
        uses: actions/setup-node@v4

      - name: Setup pnpm
        uses: pnpm/action-setup@v4
        with:
          version: 9.1.3

      - name: Get pnpm cache directory path
        id: pnpm-cache-dir-path
        run: echo "dir=$(pnpm store path)" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT

      - uses: actions/cache@v4
        id: pnpm-cache
        with:
          path: ${{ steps.pnpm-cache-dir-path.outputs.dir }}
          key: ${{ runner.os }}-pnpm-${{ github.event.number }}
          restore-keys: |
            ${{ runner.os }}-pnpm-
      - uses: actions/cache@v4
        id: next-cache
        with:
          path: apps/${{ matrix.app }}/.next
          key: ${{ runner.os }}-next-${{ github.event.number }}-${{ matrix.app }}

      - name: Install dependencies
        run: pnpm install -w

      - name: Set netlify build variables
        id: netlify-config
        run: |
          if [ "${{ matrix.app }}" == "client" ]; then
            echo "NETLIFY_SITE_ID=${{ secrets.NETLIFY_TRACE_CLIENT_SITE_ID }}" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
            echo "NETLIFY_PREVIEW_URL=https://deploy-preview-${{ github.event.number }}--trace-client-v2.netlify.app" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
          elif [ "${{ matrix.app }}" == "admin" ]; then
            echo "NETLIFY_SITE_ID=${{ secrets.NETLIFY_TRACE_ADMIN_SITE_ID }}" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
            echo "NETLIFY_PREVIEW_URL=https://deploy-preview-${{ github.event.number }}--trace-admin-v2.netlify.app" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
          fi

      - name: Build and Deploy the app
        id: deploy
        env:
          NETLIFY_AUTH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.NETLIFY_AUTH_TOKEN }}
          PR_NUMBER: ${{ github.event.number }}
          NETLIFY_SITE_ID: ${{ steps.netlify-config.outputs.NETLIFY_SITE_ID }}
          MESSAGE: "Deploy Preview #${{ github.event.number }}: ${{ github.event.pull_request.title }}"
        run: |
          netlify deploy --build --filter ${{ matrix.app }}  --context dev --dir apps/${{ matrix.app }}/.next --auth $NETLIFY_AUTH_TOKEN --site $NETLIFY_SITE_ID --alias deploy-preview-$PR_NUMBER --message "$MESSAGE"

      - name: Update PR with preview URL
        uses: thollander/actions-comment-pull-request@main
        with:
          message: |
            Trace ${{ matrix.app }} app deploy preview URL: ${{ steps.netlify-config.outputs.NETLIFY_PREVIEW_URL }}
          comment_tag: execution-${{ matrix.app }}
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Hi, @Favour_Afolayan. That just means that the Netlify CLI tool stopped being available in your third-party CI/CD system. You are trying to run the command netlify in that system and the OS cannot find any such program. We do not have access to that third-party system so we cannot tell you why that happened but that is what the error means. You will need to debug the CI/CD system to find out why that program is missing and get it re-installed there.

If there are other questions or concerns, please let us know.