What causes Railway deploys to get stuck?

Stuck on 'Initializing' or container deadlocks — forum data shows it's platform orchestration failing, not your Next.js code.

Does Railway delete databases?

Yes, patterns of wiped volumes, corrupt Postgres from auto-updates, no recovery — even Pro support says 'irreversible.'

No — high outage risk, silent failures, data loss make it unfit for customer-facing work.

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Railway hooked devs with lightning-fast Next.js deploys. Now? Systemic crashes and data loss make it a 2026 no-go for anything real.

DevTools Feed Apr 03, 2026 4 min read 21 views

Railway's first deploys dazzle but hide systemic failures like stuck builds and 502s. 𝕏
Data integrity nightmares: volume wipes, corrupt DBs, no replicas for stateful Next.js. 𝕏
Pro support fails SLAs, account bans lock you out—avoid for production in 2026. 𝕏

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