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Pradeep Kumar
Pradeep Kumar

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[Solved] GitLab Runner : ERROR: Job failed: prepare environment: Process exited with status 1. Check...

If you are getting following error in your when running gitlab ci/cd job via gitlab-runner:

ERROR: Job failed: prepare environment: Process exited with status 1. 
Check https://docs.gitlab.com/runner/shells/index.html#shell-profile-loading 
for more information
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Solution

Run following command:

find / -name .bash_logout
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and delete following files if exist

sudo rm -r /home/gitlab-runner/.bash_logout
sudo rm -r /home/<username>/.bash_logout
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Try to re-run the jobs it should be working.

Read More at: Common Gitlab Runner errors and solutions

Top comments (4)

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taoliax profile image
whatever,with your plasure

It works for me!
Could you tell me why this would work?

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Ruman

Thanks a bunch!

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Neo

You saved me. Thanks so much.

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Pradeep Kumar

@neo1989 you're most welcome :), feel free to bookmark dev.to/themodernpk/gitlab-runner-e...