Error: libvips-cpp.so.42: cannot open shared object file

[pronebird]

Suddenly stopped working today. Any idea why?

2018-03-02T00:48:01.785967+00:00 app[web.1]: - $ node server.build/server.js
2018-03-02T00:48:02.639045+00:00 app[web.1]: - module.js:672
2018-03-02T00:48:02.639078+00:00 app[web.1]: -   return process.dlopen(module, path._makeLong(filename));
2018-03-02T00:48:02.639083+00:00 app[web.1]: - 
2018-03-02T00:48:02.639081+00:00 app[web.1]: -                  ^
2018-03-02T00:48:02.639085+00:00 app[web.1]: - Error: libvips-cpp.so.42: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
2018-03-02T00:48:02.639087+00:00 app[web.1]: -     at Object.Module._extensions..node (module.js:672:18)
2018-03-02T00:48:02.639090+00:00 app[web.1]: -     at tryModuleLoad (module.js:499:12)
2018-03-02T00:48:02.639092+00:00 app[web.1]: -     at Function.Module._load (module.js:491:3)
2018-03-02T00:48:02.639094+00:00 app[web.1]: -     at Module.require (module.js:587:17)
2018-03-02T00:48:02.639089+00:00 app[web.1]: -     at Module.load (module.js:556:32)
2018-03-02T00:48:02.639097+00:00 app[web.1]: -     at Object.<anonymous> (/app/node_modules/sharp/lib/constructor.js:10:15)
2018-03-02T00:48:02.639099+00:00 app[web.1]: -     at Module._compile (module.js:643:30)
2018-03-02T00:48:02.639095+00:00 app[web.1]: -     at require (internal/module.js:11:18)
2018-03-02T00:48:02.639100+00:00 app[web.1]: -     at Object.Module._extensions..js (module.js:654:10)
2018-03-02T00:48:02.639103+00:00 app[web.1]: -     at tryModuleLoad (module.js:499:12)
2018-03-02T00:48:02.639105+00:00 app[web.1]: -     at Function.Module._load (module.js:491:3)
2018-03-02T00:48:02.639102+00:00 app[web.1]: -     at Module.load (module.js:556:32)
2018-03-02T00:48:02.639109+00:00 app[web.1]: -     at Object.<anonymous> (/app/node_modules/sharp/lib/index.js:3:15)
2018-03-02T00:48:02.639108+00:00 app[web.1]: -     at require (internal/module.js:11:18)
2018-03-02T00:48:02.639111+00:00 app[web.1]: -     at Module._compile (module.js:643:30)
2018-03-02T00:48:02.639106+00:00 app[web.1]: -     at Module.require (module.js:587:17)

[apavlyut]

[rmckeel]

This might be related to https://github.com/lovell/sharp/issues/186. If so, it seems that v0.20.0+ will have a 'prebuild' that could resolve your issue.

Also, I have noted that this is an intermittent issue. Which to me means that a new commit or an empty commit like below may clear up the issue. I prefer upgrading and see if that solves it ;)

git commit --allow-empty -m "force Heroku rebuild"
git push heroku master

UPDATE: updating package.json to use [email protected] (the latest as of today) did not resolve the intermittent issue with my Heroku instance. Note I am not using heroku-buildpack-vips, I just thought this discussion might be relevant/helpful to this thread. Sorry I don't have better news.