# Suddenly checkout step is failing but it always worked previously

**URL:** <https://discuss.circleci.com/t/suddenly-checkout-step-is-failing-but-it-always-worked-previously/21434>\
**Category:** Build Environment\
**Tags:** nodejs\
**Created:** [April 12, 2018, 2:34pm UTC](https://discuss.circleci.com/t/suddenly-checkout-step-is-failing-but-it-always-worked-previously/21434 "2018-04-12T14:34:28Z")\
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**Author:** ![davesag](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/circleci/user_avatar/discuss.circleci.com/davesag/32/17675_2.png) [@davesag](https://discuss.circleci.com/u/davesag)\
**Post date:** [April 12, 2018, 2:34pm UTC](https://discuss.circleci.com/t/suddenly-checkout-step-is-failing-but-it-always-worked-previously/21434/1 "2018-04-12T14:34:29Z")

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Using base image circleci/node:9.11.1

Everything was working fine until my last PR then the build fails at the checkout step.

Unpacking objects: 100% (4/4), done.  
From [github.com](http://github.com):food-innovation/website-afc-customers

- [new ref] refs/pull/21/head -\> origin/pull/21  
fatal: Could not parse object ‘ca13a527d877d6798c9f2e3caa246aad1f3823f0’.  
Exited with code 128

I’ve tried rebuilding without cache but this error persists,

How do I get past this?

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**Author:** ![davesag](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/circleci/user_avatar/discuss.circleci.com/davesag/32/17675_2.png) [@davesag](https://discuss.circleci.com/u/davesag)\
**Post date:** [April 12, 2018, 2:40pm UTC](https://discuss.circleci.com/t/suddenly-checkout-step-is-failing-but-it-always-worked-previously/21434/2 "2018-04-12T14:40:55Z")

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So I just merged my PR and that built and the CI ran fine. Some sort of glitch it seems.

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**Author:** ![halfer](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/circleci/user_avatar/discuss.circleci.com/halfer/32/9083_2.png) [@halfer](https://discuss.circleci.com/u/halfer)\
**Post date:** [April 12, 2018, 3:15pm UTC](https://discuss.circleci.com/t/suddenly-checkout-step-is-failing-but-it-always-worked-previously/21434/3 "2018-04-12T15:15:27Z")

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Duplicate of this post:

> [@"Could not parse object" Git Error](https://discuss.circleci.com/t/could-not-parse-object-git-error/21193):
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> New to CircleCI, it’s been working great for a week or so, but today I started having issues. When I first create a new PR, it works as expected. But if I make another commit to the branch associated with the PR and push it up, CircleCI triggers the build, and then fails to find the latest commit: Cloning into '.'... Warning: Permanently added the RSA host key for IP address '192.30.253.112' to the list of known hosts. remote: Counting objects: 1965, done. remote: Compressing objects: …

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**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/circleci/original/3X/5/1/511608acda8e85906e15909b57bd0a46c1dbe291.png) [@system](https://discuss.circleci.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [July 11, 2018, 3:15pm UTC](https://discuss.circleci.com/t/suddenly-checkout-step-is-failing-but-it-always-worked-previously/21434/4 "2018-07-11T15:15:28Z")

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Closed on July 11, 2018, 3:15pm UTC

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