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[Bug]: sqlite fails on docker compose up #2826
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Originally created by @tim-connect on GitHub (Jan 15, 2026).
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What happened?
The provided docker container appears to have a sqlite issue:
Attaching to actual_server-1 actual_server-1 | Checking if there are any migrations to run for direction "up"... actual_server-1 | Migrations: DONE actual_server-1 | /app/node_modules/better-sqlite3/lib/database.js:65 actual_server-1 | throw new TypeError('Cannot open database because the directory does not exist'); actual_server-1 | ^ actual_server-1 | actual_server-1 | TypeError: Cannot open database because the directory does not exist actual_server-1 | at new Database (/app/node_modules/better-sqlite3/lib/database.js:65:9) actual_server-1 | at openDatabase (file:///app/src/db.js:49:32) actual_server-1 | at getAccountDb (file:///app/src/account-db.js:11:22) actual_server-1 | at file:///app/src/app-sync/services/files-service.js:157:39 actual_server-1 | at ModuleJob.run (node:internal/modules/esm/module_job:195:25) actual_server-1 | at async ModuleLoader.import (node:internal/modules/esm/loader:337:24) actual_server-1 | actual_server-1 | Node.js v18.20.1 actual_server-1 exited with code 0actual_server:
image: docker.io/actualbudget/actual-server:latest-alpine
expose:
- '5006'
volumes:
- "/mnt/secure/actual-budget/secrets:/live_secrets:ro"
- "/mnt/secure/actual-budget/data:/data"
restart: unless-stopped
How can we reproduce the issue?
$ docker run --pull=always --restart=unless-stopped -d -p 5006:5006 -v YOUR/PATH/TO/DATA:/data --name my_actual_budget actualbudget/actual-server:latest
Where are you hosting Actual?
Docker
What browsers are you seeing the problem on?
No response
Operating System
Linux
@tim-connect commented on GitHub (Jan 15, 2026):
Found the issue, the process was halted halfway through the first start, clearing the data files and patch.json fixed it.