# Error: smoke checks for ... failed: the app appears to be crashing

**URL:** <https://community.fly.io/t/error-smoke-checks-for-failed-the-app-appears-to-be-crashing/13608>\
**Category:** Questions / Help\
**Tags:** rails, login-only\
**Created:** [June 18, 2023, 6:56am UTC](https://community.fly.io/t/error-smoke-checks-for-failed-the-app-appears-to-be-crashing/13608 "2023-06-18T06:56:31Z")\
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**Author:** ![furukawaeiichi](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/fly1/user_avatar/community.fly.io/furukawaeiichi/32/12027_2.png) [@furukawaeiichi](https://community.fly.io/u/furukawaeiichi)\
**Post date:** [June 19, 2023, 7:32am UTC](https://community.fly.io/t/error-smoke-checks-for-failed-the-app-appears-to-be-crashing/13608/5 "2023-06-19T07:32:09Z")

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This article helped me get back to the beginning.

> [@flyctl deploy: You hit a Fly API error with request ID...](https://community.fly.io/t/flyctl-deploy-you-hit-a-fly-api-error-with-request-id/7464/19):
>
> try: flyctl version update flyctl agent restart and fly deploy

```auto
❯❯❯flyctl version upgrade

```

```auto
❯❯❯flyctl agent restart

```

````auto
❯❯❯fly deploy
...
  Tasks: TOP => db:prepare
  (See full trace by running task with --trace)
   INFO Main child exited normally with code: 1
   INFO Starting clean up.
   WARN hallpass exited, pid: 514, status: signal: 15 (SIGTERM)
  2023/06/19 07:27:16 listening on [fdaa:2:1661:a7b:ff:9bf6:5e8d:2]:22 (DNS: [fdaa::3]:53)
Error: smoke checks for 91857272a44328 failed: the app appears to be crashing```
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