This repo highlights very slow builds when building in Docker. On both Intel chips and Apple chips. When building on host OS, it's totally fine.
Link to issues filed with Astro:
Link to a run on GitHub actions with the same failure. https://github.com/danramteke/docker-astro-slow-build/runs/4643816143?check_suite_focus=true
docker build .
$ docker build .
[+] Building 165.5s (13/14)
=> [internal] load build definition from Dockerfile 0.0s
=> => transferring dockerfile: 37B 0.0s
=> [internal] load .dockerignore 0.0s
=> => transferring context: 34B 0.0s
=> [internal] load metadata for docker.io/library/nginx:latest 0.2s
=> [internal] load metadata for docker.io/library/node:17 0.2s
=> CACHED [builder 1/7] FROM docker.io/library/node:17@sha256:36aca218a5eb57cb23bc790a030591382c7664c15a384e2ddc2075761ac7e701 0.0s
=> CACHED [stage-1 1/2] FROM docker.io/library/nginx@sha256:0d17b565c37bcbd895e9d92315a05c1c3c9a29f762b011a10c54a66cd53c9b31 0.0s
=> [internal] load build context 0.0s
=> => transferring context: 173.77kB 0.0s
=> [builder 2/7] COPY package.json ./ 0.1s
=> [builder 3/7] COPY yarn.lock ./ 0.0s
=> [builder 4/7] RUN yarn install 24.9s
=> [builder 5/7] COPY src src 0.0s
=> [builder 6/7] COPY public public 0.0s
=> ERROR [builder 7/7] RUN yarn build 140.1s
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> [builder 7/7] RUN yarn build:
#13 0.433 yarn run v1.22.17
#13 0.461 warning package.json: No license field
#13 0.487 $ astro build --verbose
#13 1.642 05:41 PM [config] Set "buildOptions.site" to generate correct canonical URLs and sitemap
#13 3.179 05:42 PM [build] Vite started 1.6s
#13 11.60 05:42 PM [build] ├── ✔ src/pages/index.astro → /index.html
#13 139.5
#13 139.5 <--- Last few GCs --->
#13 139.5
#13 139.5 [31:0x57891d0] 139012 ms: Scavenge 2024.4 (2083.4) -> 2019.7 (2083.9) MB, 7.2 / 0.0 ms (average mu = 0.491, current mu = 0.331) allocation failure
#13 139.5 [31:0x57891d0] 139066 ms: Scavenge 2025.2 (2083.9) -> 2022.2 (2086.1) MB, 6.6 / 0.0 ms (average mu = 0.491, current mu = 0.331) allocation failure
#13 139.5 [31:0x57891d0] 139116 ms: Scavenge 2027.6 (2086.1) -> 2024.6 (2104.6) MB, 12.1 / 0.0 ms (average mu = 0.491, current mu = 0.331) allocation failure
#13 139.5
#13 139.5
#13 139.5 <--- JS stacktrace --->
#13 139.5
#13 139.5 FATAL ERROR: Reached heap limit Allocation failed - JavaScript heap out of memory
#13 139.6 1: 0xb2c2b0 node::Abort() [/usr/local/bin/node]
#13 139.6 2: 0xa4025c node::FatalError(char const*, char const*) [/usr/local/bin/node]
#13 139.6 3: 0xd1d11e v8::Utils::ReportOOMFailure(v8::internal::Isolate*, char const*, bool) [/usr/local/bin/node]
#13 139.6 4: 0xd1d497 v8::internal::V8::FatalProcessOutOfMemory(v8::internal::Isolate*, char const*, bool) [/usr/local/bin/node]
#13 139.6 5: 0xed68f5 [/usr/local/bin/node]
#13 139.6 6: 0xee7d3d v8::internal::Heap::CollectGarbage(v8::internal::AllocationSpace, v8::internal::GarbageCollectionReason, v8::GCCallbackFlags) [/usr/local/bin/node]
#13 139.6 7: 0xeeaa6e v8::internal::Heap::AllocateRawWithRetryOrFailSlowPath(int, v8::internal::AllocationType, v8::internal::AllocationOrigin, v8::internal::AllocationAlignment) [/usr/local/bin/node]
#13 139.6 8: 0xeac48a v8::internal::Factory::NewFillerObject(int, bool, v8::internal::AllocationType, v8::internal::AllocationOrigin) [/usr/local/bin/node]
#13 139.6 9: 0x122c8e8 v8::internal::Runtime_AllocateInYoungGeneration(int, unsigned long*, v8::internal::Isolate*) [/usr/local/bin/node]
#13 139.6 10: 0x162fb79 [/usr/local/bin/node]
#13 140.0 Aborted
#13 140.0 error Command failed with exit code 134.
#13 140.0 info Visit https://yarnpkg.com/en/docs/cli/run for documentation about this command.
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executor failed running [/bin/sh -c yarn build]: exit code: 134
$ yarn build
yarn run v1.22.17
warning package.json: No license field
$ astro build --verbose
12:41 PM [config] Set "buildOptions.site" to generate correct canonical URLs and sitemap
12:41 PM [build] Vite started 328ms
12:41 PM [build] ├── ✔ src/pages/index.astro → /index.html
12:41 PM [build] ├── ✔ src/pages/post.md → /post/index.html
12:41 PM [build] All pages loaded 497ms
12:41 PM [build] Vite build finished 66ms
12:41 PM [build] Additional assets copied 0ms
12:41 PM [build] Sitemap built 0ms
12:41 PM
12:41 PM [build] 2 pages built in 0.89s (446ms/page)
12:41 PM [build] 🚀 Done
✨ Done in 1.81s.