Suddenly getting 'Deployment Failure Reason: spawn ETXTBSY' on Github Actions

[dvasdekis]

Are you accessing the CLI from the default port :4280 ?

• No, I am using a different port number (--port) and accessing the CLI from that port
• Yes, I am accessing the CLI from port :4280

Make sure you are accessing the URL printed in the console when running swa start!

ℹ️ NOTE: Make sure to enable debug logs when running any swa commands using --verbose=silly

Describe the bug
Intermittently during deployment on Github Actions, we get an error out with the output "Deployment Failure Reason: spawn ETXTBSY"

To Reproduce
Our script is:

npm install -g @azure/static-web-apps-cli
az login
npm ci
npm run build
$swakey = az staticwebapp secrets list --name "$webAppName" --query "properties.apiKey" --output tsv
swa deploy --subscription-id $subscriptionId --resource-group $resourceGroup --app-name "$webAppName" --app-location "./out" --deployment-token $swakey --env production --api-language "node" --api-version "20" --verbose "silly"

Script has been working fine for months.

Expected behavior
Deploys app

Screenshots
Output from swa deploy below:

Welcome to Azure Static Web Apps CLI (2.0.2)
Getting config file options from "swa-cli.config.json"...
Config file does not exist at "swa-cli.config.json"
Resolving outputLocation=. full path...
Deploying front-end files from folder:
  /home/runner/work/platform/platform/platform/staticwebapp/ui/out
Deployment token provided via flag
 - --deployment-token: <hidden>
Deploying to environment: production
Trying to read workflow config with values:
 - appLocation: /home/runner/work/platform/platform/platform/staticwebapp/ui/out
 - outputLocation: /home/runner/work/platform/platform/platform/staticwebapp/ui/out
 - apiLocation: <undefined>
 - dataApiLocation: <undefined>
No workflow config folder found at /home/runner/work/platform/platform/platform/staticwebapp/ui/out/.github/workflows
Validating user workflow config (BEFORE):
 - appLocation: /home/runner/work/platform/platform/platform/staticwebapp/ui/out
 - outputLocation: /home/runner/work/platform/platform/platform/staticwebapp/ui/out
 - apiLocation: <undefined>
 - dataApiLocation: <undefined>
Validating user workflow config (AFTER):
 - appLocation: /home/runner/work/platform/platform/platform/staticwebapp/ui/out
 - apiLocation: <undefined>
 - outputLocation: /home/runner/work/platform/platform/platform/staticwebapp/ui/out
 - dataApiLocation: <undefined>
No staticwebapp.config.json found in current project
Deploying project to Azure Static Web Apps...
Could not find StaticSitesClient local binary
Fetching release metadata for version: stable. Please wait...
GET https://aka.ms/swalocaldeploy
Decode JSON: [
  {
    "version": "latest",
    "buildId": "53b7d0e07fe5c34bf68929fab92f87ce910[288](https://github.com/[REDACTED]/platform/actions/runs/12920432105/job/36035810699?pr=3214#step:9:289)dc",
    "publishDate": "2024-10-24T20:43:23.5850191Z",
    "files": {
      "linux-x64": {
        "url": "https://swalocaldeployv2-bndtgugjgqc3dhdx.b01.azurefd.net/downloads/53b7d0e07fe5c34bf68929fab92f87ce910288dc/linux/StaticSitesClient",
        "sha": "66fca4b42cbc64d451097931ca4ed75649233bd818f97f0c3f6d1d75cff61413"
      },
      "win-x64": {
        "url": "https://swalocaldeployv2-bndtgugjgqc3dhdx.b01.azurefd.net/downloads/53b7d0e07fe5c34bf68929fab92f87ce910288dc/windows/StaticSitesClient.exe",
        "sha": "fc949fb19d29cce1e8b74cf1e2c31706426d46b3e03d830d601524cee63faa0b"
      },
      "osx-x64": {
        "url": "https://swalocaldeployv2-bndtgugjgqc3dhdx.b01.azurefd.net/downloads/53b7d0e07fe5c34bf68929fab92f87ce910288dc/macOS/StaticSitesClient",
        "sha": "89ec4fe61217325e89ed849a564ffe4cc51b61c325abdca82e8e441a4959ec92"
      }
    }
  },
  {
    "version": "stable",
    "buildId": "53b7d0e07fe5c34bf68929fab92f87ce910288dc",
    "publishDate": "2024-10-24T20:43:23.5850191Z",
    "files": {
      "linux-x64": {
        "url": "https://swalocaldeployv2-bndtgugjgqc3dhdx.b01.azurefd.net/downloads/53b7d0e07fe5c34bf68929fab92f87ce910288dc/linux/StaticSitesClient",
        "sha": "66fca4b42cbc64d451097931ca4ed75649233bd818f97f0c3f6d1d75cff61413"
      },
      "win-x64": {
        "url": "https://swalocaldeployv2-bndtgugjgqc3dhdx.b01.azurefd.net/downloads/53b7d0e07fe5c34bf68929fab92f87ce910288dc/windows/StaticSitesClient.exe",
        "sha": "fc949fb19d29cce1e8b74cf1e2c31706426d46b3e03d830d601524cee63faa0b"
      },
      "osx-x64": {
        "url": "https://swalocaldeployv2-bndtgugjgqc3dhdx.b01.azurefd.net/downloads/53b7d0e07fe5c34bf68929fab92f87ce910288dc/macOS/StaticSitesClient",
        "sha": "89ec4fe61217325e89ed849a564ffe4cc51b61c325abdca82e8e441a4959ec92"
      }
    }
  },
  {
    "version": "backup",
    "buildId": "c25b033e400580829b0fea1fc7fb566139ab61c0",
    "publishDate": "2024-10-16T22:53:44.2035066Z",
    "files": {
      "linux-x64": {
        "url": "https://swalocaldeployv2-bndtgugjgqc3dhdx.b01.azurefd.net/downloads/c25b033e400580829b0fea1fc7fb566139ab61c0/linux/StaticSitesClient",
        "sha": "25a33db34c0647e1225755fb65a441c3ccfe523523f54a38f85c3ff6531aa475"
      },
      "win-x64": {
        "url": "https://swalocaldeployv2-bndtgugjgqc3dhdx.b01.azurefd.net/downloads/c25b033e400580829b0fea1fc7fb566139ab61c0/windows/StaticSitesClient.exe",
        "sha": "40e9339b57c2df7fafdddb73cee5f5ed10ad03841bd25796b3ea81b793b4bf66"
      },
      "osx-x64": {
        "url": "https://swalocaldeployv2-bndtgugjgqc3dhdx.b01.azurefd.net/downloads/c25b033e400580829b0fea1fc7fb566139ab61c0/macOS/StaticSitesClient",
        "sha": "aac8b80f43a40714f1d38a0c8c23752aaec5fc4cb32e05cd2c38ff9ef0a60f32"
      }
    }
  }
]
Release Metadata for stable: {
  "version": "stable",
  "buildId": "53b7d0e07fe5c34bf68929fab92f87ce910288dc",
  "publishDate": "2024-10-24T20:43:23.5850191Z",
  "files": {
    "linux-x64": {
      "url": "https://swalocaldeployv2-bndtgugjgqc3dhdx.b01.azurefd.net/downloads/53b7d0e07fe5c34bf68929fab92f87ce910288dc/linux/StaticSitesClient",
      "sha": "66fca4b42cbc64d451097931ca4ed75649233bd818f97f0c3f6d1d75cff61413"
    },
    "win-x64": {
      "url": "https://swalocaldeployv2-bndtgugjgqc3dhdx.b01.azurefd.net/downloads/53b7d0e07fe5c34bf68929fab92f87ce910288dc/windows/StaticSitesClient.exe",
      "sha": "fc949fb19d29cce1e8b74cf1e2c[317](https://github.com/[REDACTED]/platform/actions/runs/12920432105/job/36035810699?pr=3214#step:9:318)06426d46b3e03d830d601524cee63faa0b"
    },
    "osx-x64": {
      "url": "https://swalocaldeployv2-bndtgugjgqc3dhdx.b01.azurefd.net/downloads/53b7d0e07fe5c34bf68929fab92f87ce910288dc/macOS/StaticSitesClient",
      "sha": "89ec4fe61217[325](https://github.com/[REDACTED]/platform/actions/runs/12920432105/job/36035810699?pr=3214#step:9:326)e89ed849a564ffe4cc51b61c325abdca82e8e441a4959ec92"
    }
  }
}
- Downloading https://swalocaldeployv2-bndtgugjgqc3dhdx.b01.azurefd.net/downloads/53b7d0e07fe5c34bf68929fab92f87ce910288dc/linux/StaticSitesClient@53b7d0e07fe5c34bf68929fab92f87ce910288dc
[swa] ✔ Downloading https://swalocaldeployv2-bndtgugjgqc3dhdx.b01.azurefd.net/downloads/53b7d0e07fe5c34bf68929fab92f87ce910288dc/linux/StaticSitesClient@53b7d0e07fe5c34bf68929fab92f87ce910288dc
Checksum match: 66fca4b42cbc64d451097931ca4ed75649233bd818f97f0c3f6d1d75cff61413
Saved binary to /home/runner/.swa/deploy/53b7d0e07fe5c34bf68929fab92f87ce910288dc/StaticSitesClient
Saved metadata to /home/runner/.swa/deploy/StaticSitesClient.json
Deploying using /home/runner/.swa/deploy/53b7d0e07fe5c34bf68929fab92f87ce910288dc/StaticSitesClient@53b7d0e07fe5c34bf68929fab92f87ce910288dc
Deploying using the following options:
- env:
  - SWA_CLI_DEBUG: silly
  - SWA_RUNTIME_WORKFLOW_LOCATION: <undefined>
  - SWA_RUNTIME_CONFIG_LOCATION: <undefined>
  - SWA_RUNTIME_CONFIG: <undefined>
  - SWA_CLI_VERSION: 2.0.2
  - SWA_CLI_DEPLOY_DRY_RUN: false
  - SWA_CLI_DEPLOY_BINARY: /home/runner/.swa/deploy/53b7d0e07fe5c34bf68929fab92f87ce910288dc/StaticSitesClient@53b7d0e07fe5c34bf68929fab92f87ce910288dc
  - DEPLOYMENT_ACTION: upload
  - DEPLOYMENT_PROVIDER: SwaCli
  - REPOSITORY_BASE: /home/runner/work/platform/platform/platform/staticwebapp/ui/out
  - SKIP_APP_BUILD: true
  - SKIP_API_BUILD: true
  - DEPLOYMENT_TOKEN: <hidden>
  - APP_LOCATION: /home/runner/work/platform/platform/platform/staticwebapp/ui/out
  - API_LOCATION: <undefined>
  - DATA_API_LOCATION: <undefined>
  - CONFIG_FILE_LOCATION: <undefined>
  - VERBOSE: true
  - FUNCTION_LANGUAGE: node
  - FUNCTION_LANGUAGE_VERSION: 20
- Preparing deployment. Please wait...
✖ 
✖ Deployment Failed :(
✖ Deployment Failure Reason: spawn ETXTBSY
✖ For further information, please visit the Azure Static Web Apps documentation at https://docs.microsoft.com/azure/static-web-apps/

Desktop (please complete the following information):

• OS: ubuntu-24.04 on Github actions,

Additional context
Not sure what else to add! Let me know if there's anything I can help with.

[mohamedfarees]

We are facing same issue from Today

[Timothyw0]

This seemed to be a transient issue in the Github runner linux image. Even our e2e tests were failing using node 20 in our Github action runner but it seems to be passing now.

Could you both please try re-running and seeing if the issue still exists?

[dvasdekis]

It was transient for us too, but switching to npm install --no-bin-links -g @azure/static-web-apps-cli seemed to fix the issue.
Let's close it for now, but apparently adding the above line is recommended for CI pipelines.

Edit: No it did not fix it for us, ignore this. Instead we got:

npm warn deprecated inflight@1.0.6: This module is not supported, and leaks memory. Do not use it. Check out lru-cache if you want a good and tested way to coalesce async requests by a key value, which is much more comprehensive and powerful.
npm warn deprecated glob@7.2.3: Glob versions prior to v9 are no longer supported
npm warn deprecated rimraf@2.7.1: Rimraf versions prior to v4 are no longer supported
npm warn deprecated sudo-prompt@8.2.5: Package no longer supported. Contact Support at https://www.npmjs.com/support for more info.
npm error code 1
npm error path /usr/local/lib/node_modules/@azure/static-web-apps-cli/node_modules/keytar
npm error command failed
npm error command sh -c prebuild-install || npm run build
npm error > keytar@7.9.0 build
npm error > node-gyp rebuild
npm error sh: 1: prebuild-install: not found
npm error gyp info it worked if it ends with ok
npm error gyp info using node-gyp@10.1.0
npm error gyp info using node@20.18.1 | linux | x64
npm error gyp info find Python using Python version 3.12.3 found at "/usr/bin/python3"
npm error gyp http GET https://nodejs.org/download/release/v20.18.1/node-v20.18.1-headers.tar.gz
npm error gyp http 200 https://nodejs.org/download/release/v20.18.1/node-v20.18.1-headers.tar.gz
npm error gyp http GET https://nodejs.org/download/release/v20.18.1/SHASUMS256.txt
npm error gyp http 200 https://nodejs.org/download/release/v20.18.1/SHASUMS256.txt
npm error gyp info spawn /usr/bin/python3
npm error gyp info spawn args [
npm error gyp info spawn args '/usr/local/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/node-gyp/gyp/gyp_main.py',
npm error gyp info spawn args 'binding.gyp',
npm error gyp info spawn args '-f',
npm error gyp info spawn args 'make',
npm error gyp info spawn args '-I',
npm error gyp info spawn args '/usr/local/lib/node_modules/@azure/static-web-apps-cli/node_modules/keytar/build/config.gypi',
npm error gyp info spawn args '-I',
npm error gyp info spawn args '/usr/local/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/node-gyp/addon.gypi',
npm error gyp info spawn args '-I',
npm error gyp info spawn args '/home/runner/.cache/node-gyp/20.18.1/include/node/common.gypi',
npm error gyp info spawn args '-Dlibrary=shared_library',
npm error gyp info spawn args '-Dvisibility=default',
npm error gyp info spawn args '-Dnode_root_dir=/home/runner/.cache/node-gyp/20.18.1',
npm error gyp info spawn args '-Dnode_gyp_dir=/usr/local/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/node-gyp',
npm error gyp info spawn args '-Dnode_lib_file=/home/runner/.cache/node-gyp/20.18.1/<(target_arch)/node.lib',
npm error gyp info spawn args '-Dmodule_root_dir=/usr/local/lib/node_modules/@azure/static-web-apps-cli/node_modules/keytar',
npm error gyp info spawn args '-Dnode_engine=v8',
npm error gyp info spawn args '--depth=.',
npm error gyp info spawn args '--no-parallel',
npm error gyp info spawn args '--generator-output',
npm error gyp info spawn args 'build',
npm error gyp info spawn args '-Goutput_dir=.'
npm error gyp info spawn args ]
npm error Package libsecret-1 was not found in the pkg-config search path.
npm error Perhaps you should add the directory containing `libsecret-1.pc'
npm error to the PKG_CONFIG_PATH environment variable
npm error Package 'libsecret-1', required by 'virtual:world', not found
npm error gyp: Call to 'pkg-config --cflags libsecret-1' returned exit status 1 while in binding.gyp. while trying to load binding.gyp
npm error gyp ERR! configure error 
npm error gyp ERR! stack Error: `gyp` failed with exit code: 1
npm error gyp ERR! stack at ChildProcess.<anonymous> (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/node-gyp/lib/configure.js:297:18)
npm error gyp ERR! stack at ChildProcess.emit (node:events:518:28)
npm error gyp ERR! stack at ChildProcess._handle.onexit (node:internal/child_process:293:12)
npm error gyp ERR! System Linux 6.8.0-1020-azure
npm error gyp ERR! command "/usr/local/bin/node" "/usr/local/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/node-gyp/bin/node-gyp.js" "rebuild"
npm error gyp ERR! cwd /usr/local/lib/node_modules/@azure/static-web-apps-cli/node_modules/keytar
npm error gyp ERR! node -v v20.18.1
npm error gyp ERR! node-gyp -v v10.1.0
npm error gyp ERR! not ok
npm error A complete log of this run can be found in: /home/runner/.npm/_logs/2025-01-27T23_23_01_6[91](https://github.com/our-repo/actions/runs/13000230471/job/36257291488?pr=3219#step:9:92)Z-debug-0.log

[Timothyw0]

@dvasdekis It looks like the Ubuntu 24.04 image does not contain the libsecret package pre-installed. Can you please try either using an earlier image of Ubuntu or adding a line in the script to apt-get libsecret-1-dev?

https://github.com/actions/runner-images/blob/main/images/ubuntu/Ubuntu2204-Readme.md

[Timothyw0]

Hi @dvasdekis did you get a chance to test if my previous message resolves the npm error you were seeing?

[virzak]

I'm getting the same: does anyone know if how I can modify yarn dlx @azure/static-web-apps-cli deploy packages?

[dvasdekis]

Hi @dvasdekis did you get a chance to test if my previous message resolves the npm error you were seeing?

Hi @Timothyw0 because the error is intermittent it has been hard to confirm, but in our latest run I can confirm that running sudo apt-get install -qq -y libsecret-1-dev before running npm install -g @azure/static-web-apps-cli and swa deploy... does not fix the issue.

[DavidVollmers]

Having the same issue every couple CD runs. Simply rerunning the job solves the issue. Obviously still annoying...

[mohamedfarees]

If someone worked on it will be helpful, very frustrating

[shibayan]

In my environment, caching the ~/.swa directory has almost eliminated ETXTBSY errors.

  - name: Cache SWA CLI
    uses: actions/cache@v4
    with:
      key: ${{ runner.arch }}-${{ runner.os }}
      path: ~/.swa

[DavidVollmers]

In my environment, caching the ~/.swa directory has almost eliminated ETXTBSY errors.

• name: Cache SWA CLI
  uses: actions/cache@v4
  with:
  key: ${{ runner.arch }}-${{ runner.os }}
  path: ~/.swa

almost oO

[shibayan]

@DavidVollmers I'm still lacking enough trial runs. But so far, not a single error has occurred 😅

[estruyf]

Similar issues with the swa deploy -d ${{ secrets.AZURE_STATIC_WEB_APPS_API_TOKEN}} --env production command.