Build Failed: ERR! could not determine executable to run for npx ampx pipeline-deploy

[vidyutjavelin]

Hi, I seem to be having the same issue, the deployments randomly started failing after making a small tweak to a file, (despite rolling back that commit, the issue persists). I have attached the logs from Job 16, the last successful deployment and 17, the first one that failed.

App ID: d2r7eujzxd5ds2

BUILD_16.txt

BUILD_17.txt

Here is my amplify.yml

version: 1
backend:
  phases:
    build:
      commands:
        # - npm ci --cache .npm --prefer-offline
        - npm ci
        - npx ampx pipeline-deploy --branch $AWS_BRANCH --app-id $AWS_APP_ID --debug
frontend:
  phases:
   build:
      commands:
        - npm run build
  artifacts:
    baseDirectory: .next
    files:
      - '**/*'
  cache:
    paths:
      - .next/cache/**/*
      - .npm/**/*
      - node_modules/**/*

This issue is happening on both the /dev and /main branch.

Originally posted by @vidyutjavelin in #1816

[Jay2113]

Hi @vidyutjavelin 👋 , thanks for reaching out. From the build logs, I observed that the [email protected] package requires Node.js version ^18.19.0 or >=20.5.0, while the build container defaults to v18.18.2. I recommend using live package overrides to install a specific Node.js version. Additionally, the error ERR! could not determine executable to run for npx ampx pipeline-deploy can occur if these packages @aws-amplify/backend and @aws-amplify/backend-cli are not installed in your Gen 2 project.