Could not find executable from BuildKite: ${releasePath}

Error message

Could not find executable from BuildKite: ${releasePath}

What it means

Error "Could not find executable from BuildKite: ${releasePath}" thrown in oven-sh/bun.

Source

Thrown at scripts/runner.node.mjs:2785

    await new Promise(resolve => setTimeout(resolve, i * 1000));
  }

  if (!zipPath) {
    throw new Error(`Could not find ${target}.zip from Buildkite: ${releasePath}`);
  }

  await unzip(zipPath, releasePath);

  const releaseFiles = readdirSync(releasePath, { recursive: true, encoding: "utf-8" });
  for (const entry of releaseFiles) {
    const execPath = join(releasePath, entry);
    if (/bun(?:-[a-z]+)?(?:\.exe)?$/i.test(entry) && statSync(execPath).isFile()) {
      return execPath;
    }
  }

  console.warn(`Found ${releaseFiles.length} files in ${releasePath}:`, releaseFiles);
  throw new Error(`Could not find executable from BuildKite: ${releasePath}`);
}

/**
 * @param {string} execPath
 * @returns {string}
 */
function getRevision(execPath) {
  try {
    const { error, stdout } = spawnSync(execPath, ["--revision"], {
      encoding: "utf-8",
      timeout: spawnTimeout,
      env: {
        PATH: process.env.PATH,
        BUN_DEBUG_QUIET_LOGS: 1,
      },
    });
    if (error) {
      throw error;

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When it happens

Trigger: Thrown at scripts/runner.node.mjs:2785 when the library encounters an invalid state.

Common situations: See trigger scenarios.

AI-assisted analysis of oven-sh/bun@8c5296ac45 (2026-08-16). Data as JSON: /api/errors/ac86994ddfdab5f3. Report an issue: GitHub.