Automatic deployments are disabled for this application

Error message

Automatic deployments are disabled for this application

What it means

Same deploy webhook handler: the application was found by refresh token, but its autoDeploy flag is false, so the endpoint refuses with 400 'Automatic deployments are disabled for this application'.

Source

Thrown at apps/dokploy/pages/api/deploy/[refreshToken].ts:62

		}
		const application = await db.query.applications.findFirst({
			where: eq(applications.refreshToken, refreshToken as string),
			with: {
				environment: {
					with: {
						project: true,
					},
				},
				bitbucket: true,
			},
		});

		if (!application) {
			res.status(404).json({ message: "Application Not Found" });
			return;
		}
		if (!application?.autoDeploy) {
			res.status(400).json({
				message: "Automatic deployments are disabled for this application",
			});
			return;
		}

		const deploymentTitle = extractCommitMessage(req.headers, req.body);

		const deploymentHash = extractHash(req.headers, req.body);
		const sourceType = application.sourceType;

		if (sourceType === "docker") {
			const applicationImageName = extractImageName(application.dockerImage);
			const applicationDockerTag = extractImageTag(application.dockerImage);

			const webhookImageName = extractImageNameFromRequest(
				req.headers,
				req.body,
			);

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Solutions

Enable 'Automatic Deploy' in the application's deployment settings
Or remove/disable the external webhook if manual deploys are intended
Re-verify with a test payload after enabling

Defensive patterns

Strategy: validation

Validate before calling

const app = await db.query.application.findFirst({ where: eq(application.refreshToken, token) });
if (!app?.autoDeploy) throw new Error('Enable auto-deploy first');

Try / catch

if (res.status === 400 && body.message.includes('disabled')) { await enableAutoDeploy(appId); retry(); }

Prevention

Check the autoDeploy toggle before wiring external CI
Include the flag in deployment checklists

When it happens

Trigger: Calling the deploy webhook while the application's 'Automatic Deploy' toggle is off in Dokploy settings.

Common situations: Someone disabled auto-deploy temporarily and forgot to re-enable; the app was recreated with autoDeploy defaulting to false; external CI still firing on every push.

Related errors

AI-assisted analysis of Dokploy/dokploy@546686ea35 (2026-08-27). Data as JSON: /api/errors/5acbc117ee668808. Report an issue: GitHub.