nkapp run

Deprecated — use nkapp up

Since the up/deploy split, the default nkapp up is the old run: a service-only reconcile with no infrastructure plan/apply and no remote code sync. nkapp run now prints a deprecation notice and delegates to the exact same code path. Use nkapp up.

nkapp run [service] [options]

Options

Flag	Type	Default	Description
-e, --env <env>	string	local	Target environment
-b, --branch <name>	string	—	Explicitly work with a database branch (isolate data)

The positional [service] accepts a service name or a database name — nkapp run my_db reconciles just that database instance.

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Exact behavior

run calls the same action as up, with three values pinned:

• One-shot — tunnels are closed and the process exits after orchestration (equivalent to up --detach). This preserves the historical run behavior.
• Never provisions — the infrastructure phase is pinned off. Not even NANOKIT_UP_LEGACY=1 can re-enable it here.
• Never syncs — the remote code sync is pinned off for the same reason.

It therefore has no --infra, --sync or --legacy flags: there is nothing for them to turn on.

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Migration

You used to run	Run this instead
nkapp run	nkapp up --detach
nkapp run api -e stage	nkapp up api -e stage --detach
nkapp up (expecting infra + sync)	nkapp deploy, or nkapp up --legacy