dfinity
`dfx deploy --network=ic` failure on a newly created project
I tried the following:
- dfx new --frontend vanilla hello
- dfx deploy --network=ic
I expected it to successfully deploy both backend and frontend canisters.
Instead, this happened:
WARN: The default identity is not stored securely. Do not use it to control a lot of cycles/ICP. Create a new identity with `dfx identity new` and use it in mainnet-facing comm
ands with the `--identity` flag
Deploying all canisters.
Creating canisters...
Creating canister hello_backend...
hello_backend canister created on network ic with canister id: mnqht-aaaaa-aaaal-qjpaq-cai
Creating canister hello_frontend...
hello_frontend canister created on network ic with canister id: metmp-wiaaa-aaaal-qjpba-cai
Building canisters...
Building frontend...
Error: Failed while trying to deploy canisters.
Caused by: Failed to build all canisters.
Caused by: Failed while trying to build all canisters.
Caused by: The post-build step failed for canister 'metmp-wiaaa-aaaal-qjpba-cai' (hello_frontend)
Caused by: Failed to build frontend for network 'ic'.
Caused by: The command 'cd "/Users/paul/hello" && CANISTER_CANDID_PATH="/Users/paul/hello/.dfx/ic/canisters/hello_frontend/assetstorage.did" CANISTER_CANDID_PATH_HELLO_BACKEND=
"/Users/paul/hello/.dfx/ic/canisters/hello_backend/hello_backend.did" CANISTER_ID="metmp-wiaaa-aaaal-qjpba-cai" CANISTER_ID_HELLO_BACKEND="mnqht-aaaaa-aaaal-qjpaq-cai" CANISTER
_ID_HELLO_FRONTEND="metmp-wiaaa-aaaal-qjpba-cai" DFX_NETWORK="ic" DFX_VERSION="0.22.0" NODE_ENV="production" "npm" "run" "build" "--workspace" "hello_frontend"' failed with exi
t status 'exit status: 1'.
Stdout:
> [email protected] prebuild
> dfx generate
Stderr:
Building canisters before generate for Motoko
WARN: .did file for canister 'hello_frontend' does not exist.
Generating type declarations for canister hello_frontend:
Error: Failed while trying to generate type declarations for 'hello_frontend'.
Caused by: Candid file: /Users/paul/hello/.dfx/local/canisters/hello_frontend/assetstorage.did doesn't exist.
npm ERR! Lifecycle script `build` failed with error:
npm ERR! Error: command failed
npm ERR! in workspace: [email protected]
npm ERR! at location: /Users/paul/hello/src/hello_frontend
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dfx --version:
dfx 0.22.0
It looks like dfx was looking for a did file from local build
Candid file: /Users/paul/hello/.dfx/local/canisters/hello_frontend/assetstorage.did doesn't exist.
If I start replica and deploy locally first, then deploy to ic works as expected.
We're running into this when trying to deploy to mainnet too. As part of our deployment step, I'm spinning up and running a local deploy first to generate the files, before doing a --ic deploy
Hello,
but this looks like a workaround...
I have the same problem but with deploying to the playground. It's looking for a did file from the local build, not from the 'playground' (or 'ic' in your case) folder where all files are.
Apparently, the issue is fixed here: https://github.com/dfinity/sdk/pull/3987 The version 0.24.2 works as expected (tested only with playground)
Man, these types of errors should be fixed and tested for. These small confusing bugs make development a lot slower and tedious. Imagine a new guy running into this when finding out about IC. They are not coming back.
Anyway, I have this error when deploying to the local network using 0.24.2 and also 0.20.1
Fixed by downloading the assetstorage.did before running dfx build.
https://github.com/keygate-vault/multisignature/actions/runs/12090187932/workflow
