I am using github workflow to install dependencies and bulid a nextjs application. However, when I upload my artifacts the .bin folder from node_modules is missing.
.bin directory exists after installing dependencies on the self-hosted runner.
My workflow file:
name: build-application
on:
push:
branches:
- '*'
pull_request:
branches:
- '*'
jobs:
build:
runs-on: self-hosted
strategy:
matrix:
node-version: [22.x]
steps:
- uses: actions/checkout@v4
- name: Use Node.js ${{ matrix.node-version }}
uses: actions/setup-node@v4
with:
node-version: ${{ matrix.node-version }}
cache: 'npm'
- name: 📥 Install dependecies; 🏗️ Build code
run: |
npm ci
npm run build --if-present
#npm test
echo "🎉 The build was successfully completed!"
- name: List node_modules contents
run: |
ls -al node_modules | grep .bin
pwd
- name: Upload Build Artifacts
uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
with:
name: nextjs-build
path: |
.next
public
package.json
next.config.js
node_modules
Github actions logs:
Run ls -al node_modules | grep .bin
drwxr-xr-x 2 ubuntu ubuntu 4096 Jan 24 20:18 .bin
drwxr-xr-x 2 ubuntu ubuntu 4096 Jan 24 20:17 binary-extensions
drwxr-xr-x 4 ubuntu ubuntu 4096 Jan 24 20:17 call-bind
drwxr-xr-x 3 ubuntu ubuntu 4096 Jan 24 20:17 combined-stream
drwxr-xr-x 4 ubuntu ubuntu 4096 Jan 24 20:17 function-bind
drwxr-xr-x 2 ubuntu ubuntu 4096 Jan 24 20:17 is-binary-path
With the provided path, there will be 17260 files uploaded
Artifact name is valid!
Root directory input is valid!
Beginning upload of artifact content to blob storage
Uploaded bytes 8388608
Uploaded bytes 16777216
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Uploaded bytes 33554432
Uploaded bytes 41943040
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Finished uploading artifact content to blob storage!
When I download the zip file of the artifacts there is no .bin folder.
And when I try to just upload node_modules/.bin folder to artifacts it throws an error as if it could not find a path to it:
Warning: No files were found with the provided path:
node_modules/.bin. No artifacts will be uploaded.
I need that folder to run the server after the CD.
Update. Looks like the .bin folder only contains the links to the actual binaries. Is that the possible reason why I cannot get that directory uploaded to the artifacts?
s -al node_modules/.bin/
total 16
drwxr-xr-x 2 ubuntu ubuntu 4096 Jan 24 20:30 .
drwxr-xr-x 338 ubuntu ubuntu 12288 Jan 24 20:30 ..
lrwxrwxrwx 1 ubuntu ubuntu 18 Jan 24 20:30 acorn -> ../acorn/bin/acorn
lrwxrwxrwx 1 ubuntu ubuntu 32 Jan 24 20:30 autoprefixer -> ../autoprefixer/bin/autoprefixer
lrwxrwxrwx 1 ubuntu ubuntu 22 Jan 24 20:30 browserslist -> ../browserslist/cli.js
lrwxrwxrwx 1 ubuntu ubuntu 20 Jan 24 20:30 cssesc -> ../cssesc/bin/cssesc
lrwxrwxrwx 1 ubuntu ubuntu 23 Jan 24 20:30 eslint -> ../eslint/bin/eslint.js
lrwxrwxrwx 1 ubuntu ubuntu 19 Jan 24 20:30 jiti -> ../jiti/bin/jiti.js
lrwxrwxrwx 1 ubuntu ubuntu 19 Jan 24 20:30 json5 -> ../json5/lib/cli.js
lrwxrwxrwx 1 ubuntu ubuntu 25 Jan 24 20:30 js-yaml -> ../js-yaml/bin/js-yaml.js
lrwxrwxrwx 1 ubuntu ubuntu 22 Jan 24 20:30 loose-envify -> ../loose-envify/cli.js
lrwxrwxrwx 1 ubuntu ubuntu 24 Jan 24 20:30 nanoid -> ../nanoid/bin/nanoid.cjs
lrwxrwxrwx 1 ubuntu ubuntu 21 Jan 24 20:30 next -> ../next/dist/bin/next
lrwxrwxrwx 1 ubuntu ubuntu 23 Jan 24 20:30 node-which -> ../which/bin/node-which
lrwxrwxrwx 1 ubuntu ubuntu 28 Jan 24 20:30 prettier -> ../prettier/bin/prettier.cjs
lrwxrwxrwx 1 ubuntu ubuntu 22 Jan 24 20:30 resolve -> ../resolve/bin/resolve
lrwxrwxrwx 1 ubuntu ubuntu 16 Jan 24 20:30 rimraf -> ../rimraf/bin.js
lrwxrwxrwx 1 ubuntu ubuntu 23 Jan 24 20:30 semver -> ../semver/bin/semver.js
lrwxrwxrwx 1 ubuntu ubuntu 22 Jan 24 20:30 sucrase -> ../sucrase/bin/sucrase
lrwxrwxrwx 1 ubuntu ubuntu 27 Jan 24 20:30 sucrase-node -> ../sucrase/bin/sucrase-node
lrwxrwxrwx 1 ubuntu ubuntu 25 Jan 24 20:30 tailwind -> ../tailwindcss/lib/cli.js
lrwxrwxrwx 1 ubuntu ubuntu 25 Jan 24 20:30 tailwindcss -> ../tailwindcss/lib/cli.js
lrwxrwxrwx 1 ubuntu ubuntu 21 Jan 24 20:30 tsc -> ../typescript/bin/tsc
lrwxrwxrwx 1 ubuntu ubuntu 26 Jan 24 20:30 tsserver -> ../typescript/bin/tsserver
lrwxrwxrwx 1 ubuntu ubuntu 32 Jan 24 20:30 update-browserslist-db -> ../update-browserslist-db/cli.js
Hidden ("dot") files are by default excluded. You have to include them explicitly with an option:
- name: Upload Build Artifacts
uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
with:
name: nextjs-build
include-hidden-files: true # <-- This one!
path: |
.next
public
package.json
next.config.js
node_modules
This was a breaking change in v4.4.0 of the action.