I’m getting a weird error when trying to deploy my NFT smart contract to Solana devnet. The deployment keeps failing with this message:
Error: Deploying program failed: Error processing Instruction 1: custom program error: 0x1
There was a problem deploying: Output { status: ExitStatus(unix_wait_status(256)), stdout: "", stderr: "" }
I already made sure my CLI is pointing to devnet and got some SOL from the faucet. My wallet has enough balance for the deployment costs. Has anyone seen this custom program error 0x1 before? I’m not sure what’s causing this issue or how to troubleshoot it. Any help would be appreciated.
This 0x1 error usually indicates insufficient balance, but it’s essential to consider that the shortfall may not be in your primary wallet. During deployment, Solana generates temporary accounts that require rent exemption, and if these accounts are underfunded, the error may occur. I experienced this issue last month and resolved it by increasing the buffer account size allocation before deployment. Use the command solana program deploy --buffer-authority <your-keypair> to create the buffer first, then proceed with deployment. Additionally, verify your program binary size, as this error could arise if the compiled program exceeds expected size limitations. Ensure you utilize the release flag in your compilation process to maintain a smaller binary.
oh interesting, i’ve been wrestling with solana deployment issues too lately! quick question - are you using anchor framework or vanilla solana program development? also what’s the actual size of your compiled .so file?
i’m curious because that 0x1 error can be pretty sneaky sometimes. have you tried deploying a simple “hello world” program first to see if the issue is with your specific nft contract or just deployment in general?
one thing that got me before was having multiple versions of solana tools installed - are you running the latest cli version? you can check with solana --version. also, when you say you have “enough balance” how much sol are we talking about? sometimes the rent calculations can be higher than expected especially for larger programs.
btw, are you getting any more detailed logs if you run with -v flag? might give us more clues about whats actually failing under the hood
same issue here last week! my program was too big to deploy. first, run solana program show --programs to check for stuck deployments. then rebuild with cargo build-bpf --release for optimizations. that 0x1 error also pops up with dependency conflicts.