# ImageBuildUnavailable

> This deployment cannot build image steps, Dockerfiles or Sandbox snapshots; prebuilt registry images remain supported.

Source: https://www.nodus-compute.ai/docs/reference/errors/image-build-unavailable/
Build revision: 4ebfc6023eeed1bd55d9969af1612182a7b0c7ff

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**HTTP status:** 503 · **Retryable:** no

This deployment cannot build image steps, Dockerfiles or Sandbox snapshots; prebuilt registry images remain supported.

## Message

```text
image builds are unavailable on this deployment
```

## What to do

publish the image to a registry and use image or a base-only Image without steps; for an Environment use package.image instead of package.pip

## On the wire

The response is a Kubernetes `Status` with `reason: ImageBuildUnavailable` and `code: 503`, plus `fix`, `docs` (this page) and `requestId`. `details.causes` lists the fields involved, when there are any. The CLI prints the fix and the request id; the Python SDK raises `nodus.errors.ImageBuildUnavailable`.