"Database URL cannot be empty" error on CLI

Today I started getting error "Database URL cannot be empty" when running:

railway run rails c

my project ID is 1e715dda-f769-4167-bae5-3c58d685441c

my instance is running ok for the webserver but i can't run console on it

what os?

and have you ran both railway link and railway service inside of that project folder?

macOS

railway run was working a few days ago.

i did run railway service

'railway run --service web rails c' didnt work either

did any of railway login, railway link, or railway service give you any errors?

mmm, not really. i can try to logout and re-login

no errors on login

not really? I think it was a yes or no question lol

aand after logout and re-login CLI still same error when running 'railway run rails c'

sorry. english not my native language.
NO, no errors on logout and login

okay what about the other commands I listed, any errors with them?

they all work ok

but dont resolve the issue

right okay

can you run railway shell and then run env

lmao no

sorry, wout run

retrying

railway shell
hit enter
env

does the database url variable show up?

when running railway shell it thinks for a while and nothing happens

is railwayapp 3.0.1
the latest?

no

i'll try updating

yeah but also try listening to what I'm saying

railway shell?? i did it and it didnt work.

i told you here

close that terminal now

open a new terminal in the project

run railway shell

hit enter

run env

check if the printed environment variables contain the database url

still getting this problem on the new terminal

screenshot please

there is a screenshot in the mentioned message. but i'll take a new one

that screenshot you already sent shows that you didn't do what I'm asking

please carefully read over this message

^

aah, no prompt will come after railway shell

got it

what do you mean no prompt? there's a white rectangle, that's the prompt

sure, sorry

when running 'env'
among all variables this appears:

DATABASE_URL=

there we go

have you setup the references?

not sure. as i said, it's been working until now.

you're a beta tester

you mean the new variables references for plugin that where announced on the last changelog?

yes

did you watch the video where Greg explained it all

i didnt configure it manually no.

no

please watch the video

ah, yes

that video yes

but on the UI it seems to be ok

normally I would refrain from asking you to go through all the above steps and just test it myself, but my power is out and I'm on mobile

so once I'm able to get back on the computer, I will check if I can replicate this issue and if I can I will bring it up to the team

running "railway variables" returns this

trying

railway run env

now

DATABASE_URL is blank in "railway run env"

yep

railway --version

railwayapp 3.0.1

aaah, maybe its related to the brew install rlwy

how do I run rlwy ?

oh, ok

best install source?

i'll try that

ok, running
railway --version
railwayapp 3.0.13
now

aaand worked!

thanks

appreaciated

i'm good now. getting back to work! 😄

thanks for the help