ConvexAuth Env Variable related Error in Production

Hey, I am getting this error in my convex production deployment:

 Jun 30, 19:08:38.406
failure

15ms
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auth:store
Uncaught TypeError: "pkcs8" must be PKCS#8 formatted string
    at importPKCS8 (../../node_modules/jose/dist/browser/key/import.js:20:4)
    at generateToken (../../node_modules/@convex-dev/auth/src/server/implementation/tokens.ts:16:25)
    at generateTokensForSession (../../node_modules/@convex-dev/auth/src/server/implementation/sessions.ts:77:18)
    at async maybeGenerateTokensForSession (../../node_modules/@convex-dev/auth/src/server/implementation/sessions.ts:32:10)
    at async signInImpl (../../node_modules/@convex-dev/auth/src/server/implementation/mutations/signIn.ts:34:0)

 Jun 30, 19:08:38.406
failure

15ms
M

auth:store
Uncaught TypeError: "pkcs8" must be PKCS#8 formatted string
    at importPKCS8 (../../node_modules/jose/dist/browser/key/import.js:20:4)
    at generateToken (../../node_modules/@convex-dev/auth/src/server/implementation/tokens.ts:16:25)
    at generateTokensForSession (../../node_modules/@convex-dev/auth/src/server/implementation/sessions.ts:77:18)
    at async maybeGenerateTokensForSession (../../node_modules/@convex-dev/auth/src/server/implementation/sessions.ts:32:10)
    at async signInImpl (../../node_modules/@convex-dev/auth/src/server/implementation/mutations/signIn.ts:34:0)

I am using ConvexAuth and I think this error is related to JWT_PRIVATE_KEY env variable, but I have set it up correctly, in my Vercel Env variables as well and Convex Production deployment's env variables as well, then why am i getting this error? And Someone please tell me, What Env variables are necessary to setup the Convex Production deployment, especially with ConvexAuth on Vercel. Like Which Env Variables needed to set on Convex's Dashboard and which for Vercel Dashboard's Env variables, when we are deploying our project to production. I have generate the "CONVEX_DEPLOY_KEY" from my project's production side, and added it in Vercel Env and changed Build command as described in the Hosting guide of convex.

3 Replies

Convex Bot•2mo ago

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Chandrabhan SinghOP•2mo ago

I am getting this error, when I am submitting the signup form. and I am not getting this error during my local development.

erquhart•2mo ago

The issue is your JWT_PRIVATE_KEY as you said, but Vercel is not involved as this variable is only needed in your Convex deployment. Your production env var has some kind of issue. I'd recommend printing (not sharing here, obviously) your dev and prod values for this variable to see if there's a difference in formatting or something.

npx convex env get JWT_PRIVATE_KEY
npx convex env get JWT_PRIVATE_KEY --prod

npx convex env get JWT_PRIVATE_KEY
npx convex env get JWT_PRIVATE_KEY --prod

That will print both so you can check the values

ConvexAuth Env Variable related Error in Production

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