No SSH/remote shell access for interactive development

6/10 Medium

Railway explicitly does not support SSH access or remote shell (like `rails console`) to running applications, blocking Ruby and Elixir developers who need interactive debugging and introspection capabilities due to the platform's immutability principle.

RailwayRubyElixir
Category
dx
Workaround
hack
Stage
debug
Freshness
persistent
Scope
framework
Upstream
wontfix
Recurring
Yes
Buyer Type
individual
Maintainer
active

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Collection History

Query: “What are the most common pain points with Railway for developers in 2025?”4/7/2026

We will not support SSH in your application because it breaks the immutability principle when deploying your applications.

Created: 4/7/2026Updated: 4/7/2026