SFDMU finishing abruptly, no error or warning whatsoever

Question

The SFDMU starts processing but then abruptly stops, as shown in the outputs below:

=== RETRIEVING THE DATA STEP 1 ...
{RecordType} Retrieving the SOURCE data from Org (STEP 1: all records) ...
{RecordType} Retrieving the SOURCE data has been completed. Fetched 142 new records.
{User} Retrieving the SOURCE data from Org (STEP 1: all records) ...
Command in progress ...... done

Log file excerpts show:

[16:10:31.448] GETTING THE TOTAL AMOUNT OF RECORDS LIMITED BY THE OBJECT'S SOQL QUERY ...
[16:10:32.44] {RecordType} Total amount of the SOURCE records: 146
[16:10:32.634] {RecordType} Total amount of the TARGET records: 146
[16:10:38.853] {Contact} Total amount of the SOURCE records: 2845471
[16:10:39.670] {Contact} Total amount of the TARGET records: 1
[16:10:41.605] {Account} Total amount of the SOURCE records: 1465315

Answer

The plugin likely fails due to attempting to retrieve a very large number of accounts, which can cause memory issues in the default Node.js environment. To resolve this:

Last updated on 25th Feb 2026