Unable to use "alias" field in now.json the first time we deploy

On a new project, if we include "alias": "www.my-site.com", running npx now gives this error:

> Error! Unexpected error. Please try again later. ()

If we remove the "alias" field, it works fine and it builds the project.

If we include "alias" back again after the first build, it works fine.

[AndyBitz]

@luisherranz @SantosGuillamot Thank you for providing the debug information.

The reason why this error occures is that the deployment is the first deployment of this project. We will automatically promote the first deployment of a project to target=production.

So we tried to verify the alias, that failed because it is not a domain you own.

We further improved the error message.

[SantosGuillamot]

I have tried it again and it’s still happening. This is the output after using the --debug flag, let me know if you need anything else:

[Woronas-iMac:new-test-now mario$ npx now --debug [debug] [2019-09-09T07:32:46.736Z] Found config in file /Users/mario/Desktop/Code/new-test-now/now.json [debug] [2019-09-09T07:32:46.745Z] Using Now CLI 16.2.0 [debug] [2019-09-09T07:32:46.746Z] user supplied no target, defaulting to deploy [debug] [2019-09-09T07:32:46.757Z] GET https://api.zeit.co/www/user [debug] [2019-09-09T07:32:46.757Z] Total requests made on socket #1: 1 [debug] [2019-09-09T07:32:46.757Z] Concurrent requests on socket #1: 1 [debug] [2019-09-09T07:32:47.484Z] GET https://api.zeit.co/www/user : 726.655ms Deploying ~/Desktop/Code/new-test-now under santosguillamot Using project new-name-now [debug] [2019-09-09T07:32:47.506Z] Getting files [debug] [2019-09-09T07:32:47.509Z] Locating files /Users/mario/Desktop/Code/new-test-now [debug] [2019-09-09T07:32:47.511Z] Ignoring /Users/mario/Desktop/Code/new-test-now/node_modules [debug] [2019-09-09T07:32:47.513Z] Locating files /Users/mario/Desktop/Code/new-test-now: 3.856ms [debug] [2019-09-09T07:32:47.513Z] Getting files: 7.432ms [debug] [2019-09-09T07:32:47.514Z] Computing hashes [debug] [2019-09-09T07:32:47.527Z] Computing hashes: 12.270ms [debug] [2019-09-09T07:32:47.529Z] Get files ready for deployment [debug] [2019-09-09T07:32:47.529Z] Get files ready for deployment: 0.490ms [debug] [2019-09-09T07:32:47.530Z] POST https://api.zeit.co/v9/now/deployments 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[debug] [2019-09-09T07:32:47.530Z] Total requests made on socket #1: 1 [debug] [2019-09-09T07:32:47.530Z] Concurrent requests on socket #1: 1 [debug] [2019-09-09T07:32:48.332Z] POST https://api.zeit.co/v9/now/deployments 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802.150ms [debug] [2019-09-09T07:32:48.829Z] Error: your-site.com your-site.com at q.retry (/Users/mario/.npm/_npx/1630/lib/node_modules/now/dist/index.js:2:1761466) at process._tickCallback (internal/process/next_tick.js:68:7) Error! Unexpected error. Please try again later. () [debug] [2019-09-09T07:32:48.834Z] Closing agent [debug] [2019-09-09T07:32:48.835Z] Closing agent