Process "18736" from pidfile not found, deleting pidfile

vijay kumavat

Hi

I am getting error Process "18736" from pidfile not found, deleting pidfile on ./nodebb start on my http://localhost:4567

yesterday it was work fine. suddenly today i will get this error in the morning.

How to rectify this issue and fix it?

<baris>

Usually deleting the pidfile in the nodebb folder and restarting nodebb fixes this.

julian

You can probably ignore this error/warning. It just means that NodeBB found a pidfile but the pid contained inside didn't correspond to a running process. So it deletes the reference because it essentially useless.

NodeBB should still start up fine unless it is already running and taking up the port.

Teemberland

@vijay-kumavat I had this issue yesterday. If you're on v3, make sure that you are using node v16 and up. Then delete pidfile and start the server again.

vijay kumavat

Thank you @Teemberland

vijay kumavat

I did this, but did not getting any luck. I removed pidfile form nodebb folder too.
Versions are : node 16.