From 91fe5109b5b83b3fbd8bc91cdbf4ca7cdae32a16 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: shortstacked <declan@n8n.io>
Date: Thu, 3 Jul 2025 10:37:30 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] fix: Add cleaner logging to build script (no-changelog)
 (#16952)

---
 .github/workflows/docker-build-push.yml |  3 +++
 scripts/build-n8n.mjs                   | 18 +++++++++++++++---
 2 files changed, 18 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/docker-build-push.yml b/.github/workflows/docker-build-push.yml
index 8e150d1873..5c3594f4fe 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/docker-build-push.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/docker-build-push.yml
@@ -5,6 +5,9 @@
 
 name: 'Docker: Build and Push'
 
+env:
+  NODE_OPTIONS: '--max-old-space-size=8192'
+
 on:
   schedule:
     - cron: '0 0 * * *'
diff --git a/scripts/build-n8n.mjs b/scripts/build-n8n.mjs
index e5710c01d5..689cf4e4dc 100755
--- a/scripts/build-n8n.mjs
+++ b/scripts/build-n8n.mjs
@@ -84,9 +84,21 @@ echo(chalk.yellow('INFO: Starting local application pre-build...'));
 startTimer('package_build');
 
 echo(chalk.yellow('INFO: Running pnpm install and build...'));
-await $`cd ${config.rootDir} && pnpm install --frozen-lockfile`;
-await $`cd ${config.rootDir} && pnpm build`;
-echo(chalk.green('✅ pnpm install and build completed'));
+try {
+	const installProcess = $`cd ${config.rootDir} && pnpm install --frozen-lockfile`;
+	installProcess.pipe(process.stdout);
+	await installProcess;
+
+	const buildProcess = $`cd ${config.rootDir} && pnpm build`;
+	buildProcess.pipe(process.stdout);
+	await buildProcess;
+
+	echo(chalk.green('✅ pnpm install and build completed'));
+} catch (error) {
+	console.error(chalk.red('\n🛑 BUILD PROCESS FAILED!'));
+	console.error(chalk.red('An error occurred during the build process:'));
+	process.exit(1);
+}
 
 const packageBuildTime = getElapsedTime('package_build');
 echo(chalk.green(`✅ Package build completed in ${formatDuration(packageBuildTime)}`));