Bug Report: Community Solid Server Setup Fails On Startup

[tdiprima]

Environment

• Server version: 7.1.3
• Node.js version: v20.17.0
• npm version: 10.8.2
• typescript version: 5.1.x

Description

I followed the instructions in the README by running npx @solid/community-server and then navigating to http://localhost:3000/. The page displays "500: Internal Error", and the following errors were observed in the Developer Console:

1. Error loading backend config:

   {
    "name": "NotFoundHttpError",
    "message": "",
    "statusCode": 404,
    "errorCode": "H404",
    "details": {}
   }

2. Module Loading Error:

   TypeError: error loading dynamically imported module: http://localhost:3000/_app/immutable/nodes/28.C0V9_rRv.js

These errors were consistent on both Firefox and Chrome.

Expected Behavior

The server should start successfully and display the default interface at http://localhost:3000/

[tdiprima]

Update: After some troubleshooting, I discovered that running the server on a different port (e.g., 3003 instead of 3000) allowed it to start without errors. It's unclear why this workaround resolved the issue since nothing else was running on port 3000.

[joachimvh]

I have never seen anyone have this error so I can't immediately help here. I'm wondering if perhaps something else is running on port 3000 that is conflicting?

[tdiprima]

Thanks for commenting! And that would totally make sense! But as I said - nothing else was running on port 3000. I checked.

Just now, I tested what would happen if you do run something on the same port. The output log clearly says that the address is in use:

{
  code: 'EADDRINUSE',
  errno: -48,
  syscall: 'listen',
  address: '::',
  port: 3000
}

It terminates immediately, so you don't even get a running web page. So we're back to the original error.