Hey, I’m trying to deploy a Node.js function (via GitHub and also manually tested) and I keep getting this error during deployment:
Exception::__construct(): Argument #1 ($message) must be of type string, RenokiCo\PhpK8s\Kinds\K8sPod given
What I'm trying to do:
I'm building a metadata ingestion function that loops through image files in an Appwrite storage bucket, extracts EXIF or PNG text metadata (e.g. prompt, model, software), and saves that info to a collection in the database. It works fine locally, but never even boots in Appwrite Cloud.
Details:
- Runtime: Node.js 18 (I also tried 22)
- Entrypoint:
src/main.js - Root directory:
. - Happens both with GitHub CI and manual deploy
- The function never initializes — looks like a platform-level issue with Appwrite Cloud (syd region)
Here’s the error URL:
http://682c1f3a1997601381e6.syd.appwrite.run
Thanks in advance 🙏
TL;DR
Function development for a metadata ingestion task fails to deploy due to a RenokiCo\PhpK8s\Kinds\K8sPod exception. The issue seems to be platform-related as environment variables are correctly set. The function, which works locally, experiences deployment errors in Appwrite Cloud. The error message specifies that an argument must be of type string. Runtime is Node.js, entrypoint is `src/main.js`, and root directory is `.`. The function fails to initialize in Appwrite Cloud (syd region) whether deployed via GitHub or manually.
