# What does exit code 13 mean in CircleCI?

**URL:** <https://discuss.circleci.com/t/what-does-exit-code-13-mean-in-circleci/47892>\
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**Created:** [April 25, 2023, 3:53am UTC](https://discuss.circleci.com/t/what-does-exit-code-13-mean-in-circleci/47892 "2023-04-25T03:53:35Z")\
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**Author:** ![koresaram777](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/circleci/user_avatar/discuss.circleci.com/koresaram777/32/32873_2.png) [@koresaram777](https://discuss.circleci.com/u/koresaram777)\
**Post date:** [April 25, 2023, 3:53am UTC](https://discuss.circleci.com/t/what-does-exit-code-13-mean-in-circleci/47892/1 "2023-04-25T03:53:35Z")

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I am trying to create and publish python package in Gemfury using CircleCI. But at the end the system shows message:  
“Exited with code exit status 13”  
“CircleCI received exit code 13”  
So what does it mean?

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**Author:** ![rit1010](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/circleci/user_avatar/discuss.circleci.com/rit1010/32/34738_2.png) [@rit1010](https://discuss.circleci.com/u/rit1010)\
**Post date:** [April 25, 2023, 10:27am UTC](https://discuss.circleci.com/t/what-does-exit-code-13-mean-in-circleci/47892/2 "2023-04-25T10:27:15Z")

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The code will be the number returned by the application/command run, by the CircleCI script.

As I do not know your exact workflow I can not say what returned the error code or what the code maps to. I can give an example. A basic Python application could cause an Errno of 13 to be returned if the file permissions on a file it was trying to access were not correct.

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**Author:** ![koresaram777](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/circleci/user_avatar/discuss.circleci.com/koresaram777/32/32873_2.png) [@koresaram777](https://discuss.circleci.com/u/koresaram777)\
**Post date:** [April 25, 2023, 10:40am UTC](https://discuss.circleci.com/t/what-does-exit-code-13-mean-in-circleci/47892/3 "2023-04-25T10:40:28Z")

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Thank you very much!!! Yeah the problem was permissions!

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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:** [May 2, 2023, 10:41am UTC](https://discuss.circleci.com/t/what-does-exit-code-13-mean-in-circleci/47892/4 "2023-05-02T10:41:10Z")

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