# Github build fails - suddenly having difficulty with css transforms

**URL:** <https://discourse.gohugo.io/t/github-build-fails-suddenly-having-difficulty-with-css-transforms/38663>\
**Category:** support\
**Created:** [May 17, 2022, 10:24pm UTC](https://discourse.gohugo.io/t/github-build-fails-suddenly-having-difficulty-with-css-transforms/38663 "2022-05-17T22:24:47Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 9\
**Page:** 1

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**Author:** ![tknx](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/discourse.gohugo.io/tknx/32/15661_2.png) [@tknx](https://discourse.gohugo.io/u/tknx)\
**Post date:** [May 17, 2022, 10:24pm UTC](https://discourse.gohugo.io/t/github-build-fails-suddenly-having-difficulty-with-css-transforms/38663/1 "2022-05-17T22:24:47Z")

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Everything was working along swimmingly for my site and then all of a sudden I started getting github action fails. It works fine locally.

```auto
Run hugo --minify
Start building sites …
hugo v0.99.0-1de333e7a3fc863672ec6d6cd53ba66dbcdd2305+extended linux/amd64 BuildDate=2022-05-16T08:10:56Z VendorInfo=gohugoio
Error: Error building site: POSTCSS: failed to transform "css/eureka.css" (text/css): resource "css/css/eureka.css_2708f438472623f2f528f6c292f4e324" not found in file cache
Total in 895 ms
Error: Process completed with exit code 255.

```

Repository is here: [GitHub - tknx/ttk](https://github.com/tknx/ttk)

I am publishing from this repository which is normally private to another repository which is public.

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**Author:** ![tknx](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/discourse.gohugo.io/tknx/32/15661_2.png) [@tknx](https://discourse.gohugo.io/u/tknx)\
**Post date:** [May 17, 2022, 10:30pm UTC](https://discourse.gohugo.io/t/github-build-fails-suddenly-having-difficulty-with-css-transforms/38663/2 "2022-05-17T22:30:51Z")

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I just tried chaging useResourceCacheWhen to fallback per @jmooring 's post [here](https://discourse.gohugo.io/t/error-building-site-postcss/31766/2) and it changes the error, but still broken.

```auto
Run hugo --minify
Start building sites … 
hugo v0.99.0-1de333e7a3fc863672ec6d6cd53ba66dbcdd2305+extended linux/amd64 BuildDate=2022-05-16T08:10:56Z VendorInfo=gohugoio
Error: Error building site: POSTCSS: failed to transform "css/eureka.css" (text/css): Error: Cannot find module 'postcss-import'
Total in 2013 ms
Require stack:
- /home/runner/work/ttk/ttk/_vendor/wangchucheng.com/hugo-eureka/assets/css/postcss.config.js
- /home/runner/work/ttk/ttk/node_modules/lilconfig/dist/index.js
- /home/runner/work/ttk/ttk/node_modules/postcss-load-config/src/index.js
    at Function.Module._resolveFilename (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:933:15)
    at Function.Module._load (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:778:27)
    at Module.require (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1005:19)
    at require (node:internal/modules/cjs/helpers:102:18)
    at Object.<anonymous> (/home/runner/work/ttk/ttk/_vendor/wangchucheng.com/hugo-eureka/assets/css/postcss.config.js:6:9)
    at Module._compile (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1105:14)
    at Object.Module._extensions..js (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1159:10)
    at Module.load (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:981:32)
    at Function.Module._load (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:822:12)
    at Module.require (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1005:19) {
  code: 'MODULE_NOT_FOUND',
  requireStack: [
    '/home/runner/work/ttk/ttk/_vendor/wangchucheng.com/hugo-eureka/assets/css/postcss.config.js',
    '/home/runner/work/ttk/ttk/node_modules/lilconfig/dist/index.js',
    '/home/runner/work/ttk/ttk/node_modules/postcss-load-config/src/index.js'
  ]
}
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npm notice Run `npm install -g npm@8.10.0` to update!
npm notice
Error: Process completed with exit code 255.

```

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**Author:** ![jmooring](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/discourse.gohugo.io/jmooring/32/4214_2.png) [@jmooring](https://discourse.gohugo.io/u/jmooring)\
**Post date:** [May 17, 2022, 10:42pm UTC](https://discourse.gohugo.io/t/github-build-fails-suddenly-having-difficulty-with-css-transforms/38663/3 "2022-05-17T22:42:50Z")

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[https://discourse.gohugo.io/t/correct-css-not-being-generated-when-deploying-to-github-pages/37593/4](https://discourse.gohugo.io/t/correct-css-not-being-generated-when-deploying-to-github-pages/37593/4)

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**Author:** ![tknx](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/discourse.gohugo.io/tknx/32/15661_2.png) [@tknx](https://discourse.gohugo.io/u/tknx)\
**Post date:** [May 17, 2022, 10:48pm UTC](https://discourse.gohugo.io/t/github-build-fails-suddenly-having-difficulty-with-css-transforms/38663/4 "2022-05-17T22:48:29Z")

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Sadly that did not fix it, same error as the first post.

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**Author:** ![jmooring](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/discourse.gohugo.io/jmooring/32/4214_2.png) [@jmooring](https://discourse.gohugo.io/u/jmooring)\
**Post date:** [May 17, 2022, 10:51pm UTC](https://discourse.gohugo.io/t/github-build-fails-suddenly-having-difficulty-with-css-transforms/38663/5 "2022-05-17T22:51:19Z")

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You have:

```auto
useResourceCacheWhen: always

```

No.

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**Author:** ![tknx](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/discourse.gohugo.io/tknx/32/15661_2.png) [@tknx](https://discourse.gohugo.io/u/tknx)\
**Post date:** [May 17, 2022, 10:54pm UTC](https://discourse.gohugo.io/t/github-build-fails-suddenly-having-difficulty-with-css-transforms/38663/6 "2022-05-17T22:54:24Z")

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So do I use fallback? I tried that and it fails locally as follows:

```auto
% hugo server -D
Start building sites … 
hugo v0.89.4+extended darwin/amd64 BuildDate=unknown
Error: Error building site: POSTCSS: failed to transform "css/eureka.css" (text/css): Error: Cannot find module 'postcss-import'
Require stack:
- /Users/tarun/Desktop/ttk/_vendor/wangchucheng.com/hugo-eureka/assets/css/postcss.config.js
- /Users/tarun/Desktop/ttk/node_modules/lilconfig/dist/index.js
- /Users/tarun/Desktop/ttk/node_modules/postcss-load-config/src/index.js
    at Module._resolveFilename (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:939:15)
    at Module._load (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:780:27)
    at Module.require (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1005:19)
    at require (node:internal/modules/cjs/helpers:102:18)
    at Object.<anonymous> (/Users/tarun/Desktop/ttk/_vendor/wangchucheng.com/hugo-eureka/assets/css/postcss.config.js:6:9)
    at Module._compile (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1105:14)
    at Module._extensions..js (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1159:10)
    at Module.load (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:981:32)
    at Module._load (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:827:12)
    at Module.require (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1005:19) {
  code: 'MODULE_NOT_FOUND',
  requireStack: [
    '/Users/tarun/Desktop/ttk/_vendor/wangchucheng.com/hugo-eureka/assets/css/postcss.config.js',
    '/Users/tarun/Desktop/ttk/node_modules/lilconfig/dist/index.js',
    '/Users/tarun/Desktop/ttk/node_modules/postcss-load-config/src/index.js'
  ]
}
Built in 1147 ms

```

and fails on deploy as well:

```auto
Run hugo --minify
Start building sites … 
hugo v0.99.0-1de333e7a3fc863672ec6d6cd53ba66dbcdd2305+extended linux/amd64 BuildDate=2022-05-16T08:10:56Z VendorInfo=gohugoio
Error: Error building site: POSTCSS: failed to transform "css/eureka.css" (text/css): Error: Cannot find module 'postcss-import'
Total in 1237 ms
Require stack:
- /home/runner/work/ttk/ttk/_vendor/wangchucheng.com/hugo-eureka/assets/css/postcss.config.js
- /home/runner/work/ttk/ttk/node_modules/lilconfig/dist/index.js
- /home/runner/work/ttk/ttk/node_modules/postcss-load-config/src/index.js
    at Function.Module._resolveFilename (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:933:15)
    at Function.Module._load (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:778:27)
    at Module.require (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1005:19)
    at require (node:internal/modules/cjs/helpers:102:18)
    at Object.<anonymous> (/home/runner/work/ttk/ttk/_vendor/wangchucheng.com/hugo-eureka/assets/css/postcss.config.js:6:9)
    at Module._compile (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1105:14)
    at Object.Module._extensions..js (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1159:10)
    at Module.load (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:981:32)
    at Function.Module._load (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:822:12)
    at Module.require (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1005:19) {
  code: 'MODULE_NOT_FOUND',
  requireStack: [
    '/home/runner/work/ttk/ttk/_vendor/wangchucheng.com/hugo-eureka/assets/css/postcss.config.js',
    '/home/runner/work/ttk/ttk/node_modules/lilconfig/dist/index.js',
    '/home/runner/work/ttk/ttk/node_modules/postcss-load-config/src/index.js'
  ]
}
Error: Process completed with exit code 255.

```

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**Author:** ![tknx](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/discourse.gohugo.io/tknx/32/15661_2.png) [@tknx](https://discourse.gohugo.io/u/tknx)\
**Post date:** [May 17, 2022, 11:05pm UTC](https://discourse.gohugo.io/t/github-build-fails-suddenly-having-difficulty-with-css-transforms/38663/7 "2022-05-17T23:05:49Z")

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What’s weird is that with Always, it works locally, just not on deploy.

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**Author:** ![tknx](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/discourse.gohugo.io/tknx/32/15661_2.png) [@tknx](https://discourse.gohugo.io/u/tknx)\
**Post date:** [May 18, 2022, 12:36am UTC](https://discourse.gohugo.io/t/github-build-fails-suddenly-having-difficulty-with-css-transforms/38663/8 "2022-05-18T00:36:26Z")

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Solved it - had to npm install postcss-import and tailwindcss manually using npm in the site directory and it worked. Not sure why it worked before and not now.

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**Author:** ![system](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/discourse.gohugo.io/system/32/1_2.png) [@system](https://discourse.gohugo.io/u/system)\
**Post date:** [May 20, 2022, 12:36am UTC](https://discourse.gohugo.io/t/github-build-fails-suddenly-having-difficulty-with-css-transforms/38663/9 "2022-05-20T00:36:28Z")

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