[Bug] "The migration directory is corrupt, the following files are missing:" when re-building the container

[ViNoS-ab]

Checklist

• Have you pulled and found the error with jc21/nginx-proxy-manager:latest docker image?
  • Yes
• Are you sure you're not using someone else's docker image?
  • Yes
• Have you searched for similar issues (both open and closed)?
  • Yes
  • https://github.com/NginxProxyManager/nginx-proxy-manager/issues/1907
  • however it is closed and the solution didn't work for me

Describe the bug I rebuilt the npm image, then i couldn't login checked the logs and :

[11/15/2025] [5:47:05 AM] [Migrate  ] › ℹ  info      Current database version: none
[11/15/2025] [5:47:05 AM] [Global   ] › ✖  error     The migration directory is corrupt, the following files are missing: 20251111090000_redirect_auto_scheme.js Error: The migration directory is corrupt, the following files are missing: 20251111090000_redirect_auto_scheme.js
    at validateMigrationList (/app/node_modules/knex/lib/migrations/migrate/Migrator.js:566:11)
    at Migrator.latest (/app/node_modules/knex/lib/migrations/migrate/Migrator.js:69:7)

ls -lna data/npm
total 204
drwxr-xr-x 7    0    0   4096 Nov 14 00:35 .
drwxr-xr-x 6 1001 1002   4096 Jul 30 11:58 ..
-rw-r--r-- 1    0    0     13 Jul 28 18:02 .gitignore
drwxr-xr-x 2    0    0   4096 Jul 28 22:37 access
-rw-r--r-- 1 1001 1002    259 Oct 22 09:09 cleanup.log //ignore this
drwxr-xr-x 3    0    0   4096 Oct 28 21:51 custom_ssl
-rwxrwxrwx 1    0    0 147456 Nov 14 00:35 database.sqlite
-rw-r--r-- 1    0    0   2186 Jul 28 22:38 keys.json
drwxr-xr-x 3    0    0   4096 Jul 29 14:35 letsencrypt-acme-challenge
drwxr-xr-x 2    0    0  20480 Nov 13 21:22 logs
drwxr-xr-x 9    0    0   4096 Jul 28 22:37 nginx

Nginx Proxy Manager Version v2.12.6

To Reproduce I had a running npm container, then I rebuilt the container from :latest image and i had this error, I am using sqlite

Operating System Ubuntu server

Additional context docker-compose

  nginx-proxy-manager:
    image: jc21/nginx-proxy-manager:latest
    container_name: dns-npm
    environment:
      DB_SQLITE_FILE: "/data/database.sqlite"
    volumes:
      - ./data/npm:/data
      - ./data/letsencrypt:/etc/letsencrypt
      - ./data/letsencrypt/logs:/tmp/letsencrypt-log
      - ./data/letsencrypt-acme-challenge:/data/letsencrypt-acme-challenge
    ports:
      - "${HTTP_PORT:-80}:80"
      - "${HTTPS_PORT:-443}:443"
      - "${NPM_PORT:-81}:81"

[ViNoS-ab]

for now i am using jc21/nginx-proxy-manager:2.13.2 and it is working but using latest will cause the error this is because in the error, the missing migration file is 20251111090000_redirect_auto_scheme.js which was added 4 days ago

[jc21]

Yes, this is expected behaviour for anyone who upgrades to newer releases and then downgrades for whatever reason.

This migration was added in v2.13.3 and has been applied to your database. You mentioned initially using v2.12.6 which is not going to work with a 2.13.3 database.

[poprhythm]

I was also getting this error after doing an update to latest yesterday. I also tried to revert to a 2.12 version, but it didn't work as you'd mentioned. I'm back at latest (2.13.5) right now. The nginx configuration is working great, but I can no longer log into the web ui. Here is the error:

[11/18/2025] [1:04:31 PM] [Express  ] › ⚠  warning   Cannot read properties of null (reading 'id')
[11/18/2025] [1:04:32 PM] [Access   ] › ✖  error     reports:hosts 1 Permission Denied
[11/18/2025] [1:04:50 PM] [Express  ] › ⚠  warning   error is not defined