Bcrypt ELF header error

how can i solve this error, i reinstalled bcrypt library but i couldn’t solve it, there is no any useful information on render docs about this

node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1465

Jul 14 05:53:56 AM return process.dlopen(module, path.toNamespacedPath(filename));

Jul 14 05:53:56 AM ^

Jul 14 05:53:56 AM

Jul 14 05:53:56 AMError: /opt/render/project/src/node_modules/bcrypt/lib/binding/napi-v3/bcrypt_lib.node: invalid ELF header

Jul 14 05:53:56 AM at Module._extensions…node (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1465:18)

Jul 14 05:53:56 AM at Module.load (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1206:32)

Jul 14 05:53:56 AM at Module._load (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1022:12)

Jul 14 05:53:56 AM at Module.require (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1231:19)

Jul 14 05:53:56 AM at require (node:internal/modules/helpers:179:18)

Jul 14 05:53:56 AM at Object. (/opt/render/project/src/node_modules/bcrypt/bcrypt.js:6:16)

Jul 14 05:53:56 AM at Module._compile (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1369:14)

Jul 14 05:53:56 AM at Module._extensions…js (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1427:10)

Jul 14 05:53:56 AM at Module.load (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1206:32)

Jul 14 05:53:56 AM at Module._load (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1022:12) {

Jul 14 05:53:56 AM code: ‘ERR_DLOPEN_FAILED’

Jul 14 05:53:56 AM}

Invalid ELF header means that the file (bcrypt_lib.node in this case) is not an appropriate type of binary for the system it’s being run on. Additionally, “Invalid ELF header” is a fairly Linux specific error message.

The vast majority of the time this error occurs, is because your development environment is Mac or Windows, and you committed node_modules to your repository.

You should not commit node_modules to a repository, npm install when run on a remote system re-installs the modules, and picks an appropriate architecture for included binaries (Linux binaries for Linux platforms, Windows binaries for Windows platforms, etc.).

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