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Error 500, Missing App Key, Access Denied Forge - random errors

Hi guys.

At least 5~10x per day I get some errors:

  • Laravel Page - Error 500
  • Missing App Key
  • Access Denied forge@localhost

My projects works great, no problem, but sometime return that kind of errors, the 3 same errors again and again.

I try to clean the cache, config, using the php artisan optimize:clear, but nothing works.

Can I do anything for stop that?

That's my composer.json:

{
    "name": "laravel/laravel",
    "type": "project",
    "description": "The Laravel Framework.",
    "keywords": ["framework", "laravel"],
    "license": "MIT",
    "require": {
        "php": "^8.0.2",
        "aws/aws-sdk-php-laravel": "^3.7",
        "calebporzio/sushi": "^2.3",
        "doctrine/dbal": "^3.1",
        "fruitcake/laravel-cors": "^2.0",
        "fx3costa/laravelchartjs": "^2.9",
        "guzzlehttp/guzzle": "^7.2",
        "hallindavid/manny": "^1.01",
        "intervention/image": "^2.7",
        "laravel-frontend-presets/tall": "^4.0",
        "laravel/framework": "^9.11",
        "laravel/sanctum": "^2.14.1",
        "laravel/socialite": "^5.3",
        "laravel/tinker": "^2.7",
        "league/flysystem-aws-s3-v3": "3.0",
        "livewire/livewire": "^2.6",
        "spatie/laravel-ray": "^1.26"
    },
    "require-dev": {
        "barryvdh/laravel-debugbar": "^3.6",
        "fakerphp/faker": "^1.9.1",
        "laravel/envoy": "^2.7",
        "laravel/sail": "^1.0.1",
        "lucascudo/laravel-pt-br-localization": "^1.1",
        "mockery/mockery": "^1.4.4",
        "nunomaduro/collision": "^6.1",
        "phpunit/phpunit": "^9.5.10",
        "spatie/laravel-ignition": "^1.0"
    },
    "autoload": {
        "psr-4": {
            "App\": "app/",
            "Database\Factories\": "database/factories/",
            "Database\Seeders\": "database/seeders/"
        },
        "files": [
            "app/helpers.php"
        ]
    },
    "autoload-dev": {
        "psr-4": {
            "Tests\": "tests/"
        }
    },
    "scripts": {
        "post-autoload-dump": [
            "Illuminate\Foundation\ComposerScripts::postAutoloadDump",
            "@php artisan package:discover --ansi"
        ],
        "post-update-cmd": [
            "@php artisan vendor:publish --tag=laravel-assets --ansi --force"
        ],
        "post-root-package-install": [
            "@php -r \"file_exists('.env') || copy('.env.example', '.env');\""
        ],
        "post-create-project-cmd": [
            "@php artisan key:generate --ansi"
        ]
    },
    "extra": {
        "laravel": {
            "dont-discover": ["laravel/telescope"]
        }
    },
    "config": {
        "optimize-autoloader": true,
        "preferred-install": "dist",
        "sort-packages": true
    },
    "minimum-stability": "dev",
    "prefer-stable": true
}
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bobbybouwmann's avatar

It sounds like your .env file is not readable or is being updated/moved. This could be an issue in your deployment process or in the setup of your hosting environment.

We need more information to help you out here. How are you hosting your application? Do you have lots of deploys during the day?

patrickmaciel's avatar

@bobbybouwmann this errors occurs on the development server but on my local machine too.

Locally my setup was:

  • Windows 11
  • Laragon (Apache + MySQL + PHP 8.1)
  • Polypane (Browser)

I'm not use docker or any container. Just a simple folder on C:\laragon\www\project-name\

bobbybouwmann's avatar

@patrickmaciel Mmh, I don't know what it can be. Do you have more information you can share? Are you using env() directly in your code? It's recommended to only use env() in your config files and then get the config in your application.

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