React JS contract compile error

Loading alephium config file: /Users/benjaminlarkey/Desktop/Ergollamas-Alphpacas/alphpacas/alephium.config.ts
(node:1875) ExperimentalWarning: The Fetch API is an experimental feature. This feature could change at any time
(Use node --trace-warnings ... to show where the warning was created)
devnet is not live
node:child_process:946
throw err;
^

Error: Command failed: npx --yes ts-node --transpile-only /Users/benjaminlarkey/.npm/_npx/f1b120e1b513c04c/node_modules/@alephium/cli/cli_internal.ts compile
at checkExecSyncError (node:child_process:871:11)
at execSync (node:child_process:943:15)
at Object. (/Users/benjaminlarkey/.npm/_npx/f1b120e1b513c04c/node_modules/@alephium/cli/cli.js:34:1)
at Module._compile (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1159:14)
at Module._extensions..js (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1213:10)
at Module.load (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1037:32)
at Module._load (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:878:12)
at Function.executeUserEntryPoint [as runMain] (node:internal/modules/run_main:81:12)
at node:internal/main/run_main_module:23:47 {
status: 1,
signal: null,
output: [ null, null, null ],
pid: 1870,
stdout: null,
stderr: null
}

Node.js v18.12.1

to reaffirm that the devnet is live I tried starting one and it said it was already live and it does not work. tried with and without --yes tags

Start by reproducing the npx --yes ts-node --transpile-only .../@alephium/cli/cli_internal.ts compile command with alephium.config.ts and the devnet state described in the report. Determine why compilation exits with status 1 despite the devnet already being live, then verify that the documented contract compile workflow completes successfully.