Error on restart: tail: can't open '/.devspace/screenlog.0': No such file or directory

[CCOLLOT]

What happened?

When running devspace dev for the first time, the logs are properly attached to the pod and I can see the application's output. When using the onUpload parameter to automatically restart the container, I see the following error after the all consequent restarts: tail: can't open '/.devspace/screenlog.0': No such file or directory

 successfully shut down api      // <-- actual logs from the app                                                                                                                                                                      
 bye.                                           // <-- actual logs from the app                                                                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      
 ############### Restart container ###############                                                                                                                                                          
                                                                                                                                                                                                      
 tail: can't open '/.devspace/screenlog.0': No such file or directory                                                                                                                                       
 tail: no files                                                                 

What did you expect to happen instead?

I expect the logs to be displayed in the pod log stream even after a restart

My devspace.yaml:

version: v2beta1
name: api

# This is a list of `pipelines` that DevSpace can execute (you can define your own)
pipelines:
  # This is the pipeline for the main command: `devspace dev` (or `devspace run-pipeline dev`)
  dev:
    run: |-
      run_dependencies --all       # 1. Deploy any projects this project needs (see "dependencies")
      ensure_pull_secrets --all    # 2. Ensure pull secrets
      create_deployments --all     # 3. Deploy Helm charts and manifests specfied as "deployments"
      start_dev app                # 4. Start dev mode "app" (see "dev" section)
  # You can run this pipeline via `devspace deploy` (or `devspace run-pipeline deploy`)
  deploy:
    run: |-
      run_dependencies --all                            # 1. Deploy any projects this project needs (see "dependencies")
      ensure_pull_secrets --all                         # 2. Ensure pull secrets
      build_images --all -t $(git describe --always)    # 3. Build, tag (git commit hash) and push all images (see "images")
      create_deployments --all                          # 4. Deploy Helm charts and manifests specfied as "deployments"

# This is a list of `images` that DevSpace can build for this project
# We recommend to skip image building during development (devspace dev) as much as possible
images:
  app:
    image: my-image-name:tag
    dockerfile: ./Dockerfile

# This is a list of `dev` containers that are based on the containers created by your deployments
dev:
  app:
    # Search for the container that runs this image
    labelSelector:
      app: API    
# Replace the container image with this dev-optimized image (allows to skip image building during development)
    restartHelper:
      inject: true
    devImage: ghcr.io/loft-sh/devspace-containers/go:1.23-alpine
    patches:
      - op: remove
        path: spec.securityContext
    # Sync files between the local filesystem and the development container
    sync:
      - path: ./:/app
        excludePaths:
          - .git/
          - /config/
        onUpload:
          restartContainer: true
    # Run the following command inside the development container:
    command:
      - go
      - run
      - main.go
      - start
    # Open a terminal and use the following command to start it
    terminal:
      command: ./devspace_start.sh
    # Inject a lightweight SSH server into the container (so your IDE can connect to the remote dev env)
    ssh:
      enabled: true
    # Make the following commands from my local machine available inside the dev container
    proxyCommands:
      - command: devspace
      - command: kubectl
      - command: helm
      - gitCredentials: true
    # Forward the following ports to be able access your application via localhost
    ports:
      - port: "2345"
      - port: "3000"
    # Open the following URLs once they return an HTTP status code other than 502 or 503
    open:
      - url: http://localhost:3000/healthz

# Define dependencies to other projects with a devspace.yaml
# dependencies:
#   api:
#     git: https://...  # Git-based dependencies
#     tag: v1.0.0
#   ui:
#     path: ./ui        # Path-based dependencies (for monorepos)

Local Environment:

• DevSpace Version: 6.3.14
• Operating System: mac
• ARCH of the OS: ARM64

Kubernetes Cluster:

• Cloud Provider: azure
• Kubernetes Version: v1.30.6

[CCOLLOT]

Loading the legacy restart helper instead of the default one seems to solve the issue.

REF: https://github.com/devspace-sh/devspace/blob/4b2d98d73e63626b66b0adf7e8834c7e31d3c19a/pkg/devspace/build/builder/restart/restart.go#L136

[zerbitx]

You can also configure the legacy restart. For reference see here

[deniseschannon]

The Devspace project currently lacks enough contributors to adequately respond to all issues. After 90d of inactivity,  the issue is closed. You can re-open this issue if you still want help.