spawn/northflank
A 4d67d08487
ux: improve service deployment error messages for Koyeb and Northflank (#1093)
Enhanced error messages when service deployment fails or times out on Koyeb
and Northflank providers to give users more actionable debugging information.

Changes:
- Koyeb: Added specific debugging steps including CLI command and region/instance type suggestions
- Koyeb: Clarified "status" in error message to show exact failure status
- Koyeb: Added "Application error in startup command" as a common cause
- Northflank: Added last known status to timeout error message
- Northflank: Restructured error to show "Possible causes" and "Debugging steps" sections
- Northflank: Clarified that service might still be starting to prevent premature retries

These improvements help users quickly identify and resolve deployment issues
without needing to escalate to support.

Agent: ux-engineer

Co-authored-by: Spawn Refactor Service <refactor@spawn.service>
Co-authored-by: Claude Sonnet 4.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
2026-02-14 05:10:07 -05:00
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lib ux: improve service deployment error messages for Koyeb and Northflank (#1093) 2026-02-14 05:10:07 -05:00
aider.sh fix: validate MODEL_ID from environment to prevent command injection (#548) 2026-02-11 15:41:10 -08:00
amazonq.sh fix: use log_step (cyan) for progress messages instead of log_warn (yellow) (#534) 2026-02-11 14:37:43 -08:00
claude.sh fix: add actionable guidance to agent installation failures across 126 scripts (#966) 2026-02-13 10:14:03 -08:00
cline.sh fix: use log_step (cyan) for progress messages instead of log_warn (yellow) (#534) 2026-02-11 14:37:43 -08:00
codex.sh fix: use log_step (cyan) for progress messages instead of log_warn (yellow) (#534) 2026-02-11 14:37:43 -08:00
continue.sh fix: use log_step (cyan) for progress messages instead of log_warn (yellow) (#534) 2026-02-11 14:37:43 -08:00
gemini.sh fix: use log_step (cyan) for progress messages instead of log_warn (yellow) (#534) 2026-02-11 14:37:43 -08:00
goose.sh fix: add actionable guidance to agent installation failures across 126 scripts (#966) 2026-02-13 10:14:03 -08:00
gptme.sh fix: add actionable guidance to agent installation failures across 126 scripts (#966) 2026-02-13 10:14:03 -08:00
interpreter.sh fix: use log_step (cyan) for progress messages instead of log_warn (yellow) (#534) 2026-02-11 14:37:43 -08:00
kilocode.sh fix: add actionable guidance to agent installation failures across 126 scripts (#966) 2026-02-13 10:14:03 -08:00
nanoclaw.sh fix(security): prevent API key injection in koyeb/nanoclaw.sh and harden remote temp file permissions (#1049) 2026-02-13 23:37:25 -05:00
openclaw.sh fix: use log_step (cyan) for progress messages instead of log_warn (yellow) (#534) 2026-02-11 14:37:43 -08:00
opencode.sh fix: add actionable guidance to agent installation failures across 126 scripts (#966) 2026-02-13 10:14:03 -08:00
plandex.sh fix: add actionable guidance to agent installation failures across 126 scripts (#966) 2026-02-13 10:14:03 -08:00
README.md refactor: replace Python with jq in Hetzner lib, fix /lab → /labs URLs (#827) 2026-02-12 23:14:11 -08:00

Northflank

Northflank container platform via CLI with exec access. Northflank

Uses Northflank CLI for container exec. Free tier: 2 services. Pay-per-second pricing.

Agents

Claude Code

bash <(curl -fsSL https://openrouter.ai/labs/spawn/northflank/claude.sh)

OpenClaw

bash <(curl -fsSL https://openrouter.ai/labs/spawn/northflank/openclaw.sh)

Aider

bash <(curl -fsSL https://openrouter.ai/labs/spawn/northflank/aider.sh)

NanoClaw

bash <(curl -fsSL https://openrouter.ai/labs/spawn/northflank/nanoclaw.sh)

Goose

bash <(curl -fsSL https://openrouter.ai/labs/spawn/northflank/goose.sh)

Codex CLI

bash <(curl -fsSL https://openrouter.ai/labs/spawn/northflank/codex.sh)

Open Interpreter

bash <(curl -fsSL https://openrouter.ai/labs/spawn/northflank/interpreter.sh)

Gemini CLI

bash <(curl -fsSL https://openrouter.ai/labs/spawn/northflank/gemini.sh)

Amazon Q CLI

bash <(curl -fsSL https://openrouter.ai/labs/spawn/northflank/amazonq.sh)

Cline

bash <(curl -fsSL https://openrouter.ai/labs/spawn/northflank/cline.sh)

gptme

bash <(curl -fsSL https://openrouter.ai/labs/spawn/northflank/gptme.sh)

Setup

  1. Create a Northflank account at https://northflank.com
  2. Generate an API token at https://northflank.com/account/settings/api/tokens
  3. Install the Northflank CLI:
npm install -g @northflank/cli

Non-Interactive Mode

NORTHFLANK_SERVICE_NAME=spawn-dev \
NORTHFLANK_PROJECT_NAME=spawn-project \
NORTHFLANK_TOKEN=your-token \
OPENROUTER_API_KEY=sk-or-v1-xxxxx \
  bash <(curl -fsSL https://openrouter.ai/labs/spawn/northflank/claude.sh)

Environment Variables

Variable Description Default
NORTHFLANK_TOKEN Northflank API token (prompted)
NORTHFLANK_SERVICE_NAME Service name (prompted)
NORTHFLANK_PROJECT_NAME Project name spawn-project
OPENROUTER_API_KEY OpenRouter API key (OAuth or prompted)

Free Tier

Northflank offers a Developer Sandbox with:

  • 2 free services
  • 2 free cron jobs
  • 1 free database/add-on

Perfect for testing and hobby projects. Production apps should use pay-as-you-go pricing.

Pricing

Pay-per-second usage-based pricing after free tier:

  • Compute: $0.01667 per vCPU/hour, $0.00833 per GB memory/hour
  • Disk: $0.30/GB per month
  • Network egress: $0.15/GB