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FATAL ERROR: Reached heap limit Allocation failed - JavaScript heap out of memory

Tech Issues May 9, 2024

Github Action gives my this error for the last "run: npm run build"

FATAL ERROR: Reached heap limit Allocation failed - JavaScript heap out of memory
Error: Process completed with exit code 1.

Solution is to update the workflow with these additional details

run

jobs:
  make-love:
    steps:
      - name: "Just do it"
        run: |
        export NODE_OPTIONS="--max_old_space_size=4096"
        npm start

env

jobs:
  make-love:
    steps:
      - name: "Nothing is impossible"
        env:
          NODE_OPTIONS: "--max_old_space_size=4096"
        run: npm start

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