Prisma: Query engine library for current platform does not exist

PrismaClientInitializationError: Query engine library for current platform 'debian-openssl-3.0.x' does not exist at /app/node_modules/.prisma/client/libquery_engine.so.node

Immediate Remediation

prisma

// prisma/schema.prisma - Add binaryTargets for local OS and deployment container:
generator client {
  provider      = "prisma-client-js"
  binaryTargets = ["native", "debian-openssl-3.0.x", "rhel-openssl-3.0.x"]
}

# Regenerate Prisma Client binary artifacts:
pnpm prisma generate

Root Cause Analysis

Prisma generates native binaries specific to the OS that ran prisma generate. When deployed into Docker or Alpine/Debian Linux, the host binary fails to link.

Verification & Guardrails

In Docker multi-stage builds, always run pnpm prisma generate inside the target container environment.
For Alpine containers, add "linux-musl-openssl-3.0.x" to binaryTargets.

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