Docker build fails on missing remark-math and rehype-katex dependency + pnpm build-script warning

[Manveer-Pbx1]

Environment

• Deployment: Docker Compose, self-hosted on a VPS (added as an extra service alongside an existing nousresearch/hermes-agent container, not using the bundled docker-compose.yml)
• Backend: existing hermes-agent gateway, OpenRouter provider, no Anthropic key configured
• Build: via the provided Dockerfile

Problem 1: pnpm ignores native build scripts, breaks the build

Building the image with the Dockerfile's default pnpm install --no-frozen-lockfile fails with:

​ [ERR_PNPM_IGNORED_BUILDS] Ignored build scripts: better-sqlite3@12.8.0, esbuild@0.27.4, unrs-resolver@1.11.1 Run "pnpm approve-builds" to pick which dependencies should be allowed to run scripts. ​

followed by a hard failure (exit code 1) on the install step. This is pnpm 10+'s new default of refusing to auto-run postinstall/build scripts for packages like better-sqlite3 (a native module) unless explicitly approved. Since better-sqlite3 needs its native binary built to actually work, this isn't just a cosmetic warning — the app would likely be broken at runtime even if the build somehow succeeded.

Suggested fix: pin an older pnpm version, or add an explicit approval step before install:
​dockerfile RUN npm install -g pnpm && pnpm approve-builds better-sqlite3 esbuild unrs-resolver && pnpm install --no-frozen-lockfile ​

Workaround used: switched the Dockerfile from pnpm install to npm install, which sidesteps this failure entirely.

Problem 2: Missing dependencies remark-math and rehype-katex

After working around Problem 1, the build still failed because remark-math and rehype-katex are used somewhere in the codebase (presumably for markdown math rendering) but aren't declared in package.json / the lockfile. Had to manually patch the Dockerfile to install them:

​dockerfile RUN npm install remark-math rehype-katex ​

Suggested fix: add both packages to package.json dependencies and regenerate pnpm-lock.yaml.

Steps to reproduce

1. git clone the repo on a fresh Linux VPS
2. docker build using the provided Dockerfile (or docker compose build if added as a service)
3. Build fails at the install step per Problem 1; after working around it, fails again per Problem 2

Suggested combined fix

• Regenerate the lockfile with remark-math and rehype-katex included as explicit dependencies
• Either downgrade the pinned pnpm version in the Dockerfile, or add pnpm approve-builds for the native-module packages before pnpm install, so a clean git clone → docker build works without manual Dockerfile edits