Preflight Docker container with PostgreSQL database: opts.uid is NaN

[karlhorky]

One of the latest Preflight test runs failed with the error The "options.uid" property must be int32. Received type number (NaN):

(node:1) ExperimentalWarning: Type Stripping is an experimental feature and might change at any time
(Use `node --trace-warnings ...` to show where the warning was created)
Cloning https://github.com/LrDevEng/next-ecommerce-store...
Installing dependencies...
Setting up PostgreSQL database...
file:///preflight/node_modules/.pnpm/[email protected]/node_modules/execa/lib/return/final-error.js:6
	return new ErrorClass(message, options);
	       ^

ExecaError: Command failed with ERR_INVALID_ARG_TYPE: bash ./scripts/alpine-postgresql-setup-and-start.sh
The "options.uid" property must be int32. Received type number (NaN)
    at getFinalError (file:///preflight/node_modules/.pnpm/[email protected]/node_modules/execa/lib/return/final-error.js:6:9)
    at makeError (file:///preflight/node_modules/.pnpm/[email protected]/node_modules/execa/lib/return/result.js:108:16)
    at makeEarlyError (file:///preflight/node_modules/.pnpm/[email protected]/node_modules/execa/lib/return/result.js:45:7)
    at handleEarlyError (file:///preflight/node_modules/.pnpm/[email protected]/node_modules/execa/lib/return/early-error.js:21:21)
    at spawnSubprocessAsync (file:///preflight/node_modules/.pnpm/[email protected]/node_modules/execa/lib/methods/main-async.js:80:10)
    at execaCoreAsync (file:///preflight/node_modules/.pnpm/[email protected]/node_modules/execa/lib/methods/main-async.js:26:32)
    ... 2 lines matching cause stack trace ...
    at file:///preflight/clone-and-preflight.ts:74:5 {
  shortMessage: 'Command failed with ERR_INVALID_ARG_TYPE: bash ./scripts/alpine-postgresql-setup-and-start.sh\n' +
    'The "options.uid" property must be int32. Received type number (NaN)',
  originalMessage: 'The "options.uid" property must be int32. Received type number (NaN)',
  command: 'bash ./scripts/alpine-postgresql-setup-and-start.sh',
  escapedCommand: 'bash ./scripts/alpine-postgresql-setup-and-start.sh',
  cwd: '/preflight/project-to-check',
  durationMs: 3.228265,
  failed: true,
  timedOut: false,
  isCanceled: false,
  isGracefullyCanceled: false,
  isTerminated: false,
  isMaxBuffer: false,
  isForcefullyTerminated: false,
  code: 'ERR_INVALID_ARG_TYPE',
  stdio: [ undefined, undefined, undefined ],
  ipcOutput: [],
  pipedFrom: [],
  [cause]: TypeError [ERR_INVALID_ARG_TYPE]: The "options.uid" property must be int32. Received type number (NaN)
      at normalizeSpawnArguments (node:child_process:586:11)
      at spawn (node:child_process:754:13)
      at spawnSubprocessAsync (file:///preflight/node_modules/.pnpm/[email protected]/node_modules/execa/lib/methods/main-async.js:78:16)
      at execaCoreAsync (file:///preflight/node_modules/.pnpm/[email protected]/node_modules/execa/lib/methods/main-async.js:26:32)
      at callBoundExeca (file:///preflight/node_modules/.pnpm/[email protected]/node_modules/execa/lib/methods/create.js:44:5)
      at boundExeca (file:///preflight/node_modules/.pnpm/[email protected]/node_modules/execa/lib/methods/create.js:15:44)
      at file:///preflight/clone-and-preflight.ts:74:5 {
    code: 'ERR_INVALID_ARG_TYPE'
  }
}

Node.js v22.9.0

This appears to be coming from this NaN value for uid being passed here, calculated from Number(await execa`id -u postgres`):

preflight/docker/clone-and-preflight.ts

Lines 56 to 74 in d3fbfd0

	// Run script as postgres user to:
	// - Create data directory
	// - Init database
	// - Start database
	// - Create database
	// - Create database user
	// - Create schema
	// - Grant permissions to database user
	//
	// Example script:
	// https://github.com/upleveled/preflight-test-project-next-js-passing/blob/e65717f6951b5336bb0bd83c15bbc99caa67ebe9/scripts/alpine-postgresql-setup-and-start.sh
	const postgresUid = Number(await execa`id -u postgres`);
	await execa({
	// postgres user, for initdb and pg_ctl
	uid: postgresUid,
	// Show output to simplify debugging
	stdout: 'inherit',
	stderr: 'inherit',
	})`bash ./scripts/alpine-postgresql-setup-and-start.sh`;

We need to investigate why the postgres user does not return an id - maybe the user doesn't exist?

[karlhorky]

Maybe this was related to the recent change to add coreutils (includes id) and node:22-alpine?

• Migrate from TSDX to publishing untranspiled .ts source files #587
• https://github.com/upleveled/preflight/pull/587/files#diff-dd2c0eb6ea5cfc6c4bd4eac30934e2d5746747af48fef6da689e85b752f39557

I can't think of any other (recent) changes that would have affected this.

[ProchaLu]

Error happened again today with a Drone test run on an Ecommerce Store project in the Winter 2025 PERN Extensive Immersive cohort

(node:1) ExperimentalWarning: Type Stripping is an experimental feature and might change at any time
(Use `node --trace-warnings ...` to show where the warning was created)
Cloning https://github.com/alexneumayr/next-js-ecommerce-store...
Installing dependencies...
Setting up PostgreSQL database...
file:///preflight/node_modules/.pnpm/[email protected]/node_modules/execa/lib/return/final-error.js:6
	return new ErrorClass(message, options);
	       ^

ExecaError: Command failed with ERR_INVALID_ARG_TYPE: bash ./scripts/alpine-postgresql-setup-and-start.sh
The "options.uid" property must be int32. Received type number (NaN)
    at getFinalError (file:///preflight/node_modules/.pnpm/[email protected]/node_modules/execa/lib/return/final-error.js:6:9)
    at makeError (file:///preflight/node_modules/.pnpm/[email protected]/node_modules/execa/lib/return/result.js:108:16)
    at makeEarlyError (file:///preflight/node_modules/.pnpm/[email protected]/node_modules/execa/lib/return/result.js:45:7)
    at handleEarlyError (file:///preflight/node_modules/.pnpm/[email protected]/node_modules/execa/lib/return/early-error.js:21:21)
    at spawnSubprocessAsync (file:///preflight/node_modules/.pnpm/[email protected]/node_modules/execa/lib/methods/main-async.js:80:10)
    at execaCoreAsync (file:///preflight/node_modules/.pnpm/[email protected]/node_modules/execa/lib/methods/main-async.js:26:32)
    ... 2 lines matching cause stack trace ...
    at file:///preflight/clone-and-preflight.ts:74:5 {
  shortMessage: 'Command failed with ERR_INVALID_ARG_TYPE: bash ./scripts/alpine-postgresql-setup-and-start.sh\n' +
    'The "options.uid" property must be int32. Received type number (NaN)',
  originalMessage: 'The "options.uid" property must be int32. Received type number (NaN)',
  command: 'bash ./scripts/alpine-postgresql-setup-and-start.sh',
  escapedCommand: 'bash ./scripts/alpine-postgresql-setup-and-start.sh',
  cwd: '/preflight/project-to-check',
  durationMs: 1.776588,
  failed: true,
  timedOut: false,
  isCanceled: false,
  isGracefullyCanceled: false,
  isTerminated: false,
  isMaxBuffer: false,
  isForcefullyTerminated: false,
  code: 'ERR_INVALID_ARG_TYPE',
  stdio: [ undefined, undefined, undefined ],
  ipcOutput: [],
  pipedFrom: [],
  [cause]: TypeError [ERR_INVALID_ARG_TYPE]: The "options.uid" property must be int32. Received type number (NaN)
      at normalizeSpawnArguments (node:child_process:584:11)
      at spawn (node:child_process:752:13)
      at spawnSubprocessAsync (file:///preflight/node_modules/.pnpm/[email protected]/node_modules/execa/lib/methods/main-async.js:78:16)
      at execaCoreAsync (file:///preflight/node_modules/.pnpm/[email protected]/node_modules/execa/lib/methods/main-async.js:26:32)
      at callBoundExeca (file:///preflight/node_modules/.pnpm/[email protected]/node_modules/execa/lib/methods/create.js:44:5)
      at boundExeca (file:///preflight/node_modules/.pnpm/[email protected]/node_modules/execa/lib/methods/create.js:15:44)
      at file:///preflight/clone-and-preflight.ts:74:5 {
    code: 'ERR_INVALID_ARG_TYPE'
  }
}

Node.js v22.10.0