Getting permission denied error while deploying function

My package.json build script is tsc and function's commands are npm install && npm run build. Here are the deployment logs:

TypeScript

2025-06-19T15:14:36.849527828Z [15:14:36] [open-runtimes] Environment preparation started. 
2025-06-19T15:14:36.968371251Z [15:14:36] [open-runtimes] Environment preparation finished. 
2025-06-19T15:14:36.969603016Z [15:14:36] [open-runtimes] Build command execution started. 
2025-06-19T15:14:38.835148928Z up to date, audited 6 packages in 2s
2025-06-19T15:14:38.836267869Z found 0 vulnerabilities
2025-06-19T15:14:39.269966767Z > main@1.0.0 build
2025-06-19T15:14:39.269972078Z > tsc
2025-06-19T15:14:39.275731379Z sh: tsc: Permission denied
2025-06-19T15:14:44.000000000Z Build archive was not created.

Should I make the function run sudo npm run build instead?

TL;DR

User is getting a permission denied error while deploying a function. They're advised to delete the node_modules folder before deployment, which resolved the issue. They also ask about having Appwrite ignore the directory, to which they're advised to add a .gitignore file. Another user mentions a similar issue about deleting node_modules fixing it for them.

Weird...is there something weird with the folders you're deploying? Or maybe the path in the function settings isn't right?

Here's the function JSON from appwrite.json:

TypeScript

{
      "$id": "main",
      "name": "Main API",
      "runtime": "node-22",
      "specification": "s-0.5vcpu-512mb",
      "execute": [
        "any"
      ],
      "events": [],
      "scopes": [],
      "schedule": "",
      "timeout": 60,
      "enabled": true,
      "logging": true,
      "entrypoint": "dist/main.js",
      "commands": "npm install && npm run build",
      "path": "functions/main"
    }

And a screenshot of my directories:

I don't think it's an issue with the folders because it seems NPM parses package.json just fine.

If it helps, here's a copy of my source code (not quite ready to commit to git yet)

what if you delete your node_modules folder before deploying?

Yep, no longer getting that error. Is there a way to have Appwrite ignore that directory (similar to a .gitignore)? Having the modules installed locally is neccessary for code completion

Add a .gitignore file

https://github.com/digitalocean/doctl/issues/1632 seems the same issue to me and deleting node_modules also fixed it for me

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