# Deploy Fail - exit code 255? hugo?

**URL:** <https://answers.netlify.com/t/deploy-fail-exit-code-255-hugo/82531>\
**Category:** Support\
**Tags:** deployment, netlify-newbie\
**Created:** [January 5, 2023, 5:04am UTC](https://answers.netlify.com/t/deploy-fail-exit-code-255-hugo/82531 "2023-01-05T05:04:29Z")\
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**Author:** ![drevol210](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/netlify/user_avatar/answers.netlify.com/drevol210/32/44404_2.png) [@drevol210](https://answers.netlify.com/u/drevol210)\
**Post date:** [January 5, 2023, 5:04am UTC](https://answers.netlify.com/t/deploy-fail-exit-code-255-hugo/82531/1 "2023-01-05T05:04:29Z")

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I have been trying to update my website for the first time in a while. I had to change build image from Xenial to Focal. Website still wouldn’t build with the below error. I have looked at several similar forums and fiddled around with netlify.toml to no avail. Help would be much appreciated.

- site name: [https://andrevolpato.netlify.app/](https://andrevolpato.netlify.app/)
- drevol210/my-personal-website/

3:52:04 PM: Waiting for other deploys from your team to complete. Check the queue: [Netlify App](https://app.netlify.com/teams/drevol210/builds)  
3:52:10 PM: build-image version: d55944c047ef0aee2ac01971edde72cb2a50acfe (focal)  
3:52:10 PM: build-image tag: v4.16.1  
3:52:10 PM: buildbot version: a1ec8307ac4591dcd155485cdfce7d7be735ab26  
3:52:10 PM: Fetching cached dependencies  
3:52:10 PM: Failed to fetch cache, continuing with build  
3:52:10 PM: Starting to prepare the repo for build  
3:52:10 PM: No cached dependencies found. Cloning fresh repo  
3:52:10 PM: git clone --filter=blob:none [git@github.com](mailto:git@github.com):drevol210/my-personal-website  
3:52:12 PM: Preparing Git Reference refs/heads/master  
3:52:12 PM: Parsing package.json dependencies  
3:52:13 PM: Different build command detected, going to use the one specified in the Netlify configuration file: ‘hugo --gc --minify -b $URL’ versus ‘hugo’ in the Netlify UI  
3:52:13 PM: Starting build script  
3:52:13 PM: Installing dependencies  
3:52:13 PM: Python version set to 2.7  
3:52:14 PM: Downloading and installing node v12.18.0…  
3:52:14 PM: Downloading [https://nodejs.org/dist/v12.18.0/node-v12.18.0-linux-x64.tar.xz](https://nodejs.org/dist/v12.18.0/node-v12.18.0-linux-x64.tar.xz)…  
3:52:15 PM: Computing checksum with sha256sum  
3:52:15 PM: Checksums matched!  
3:52:16 PM: Now using node v12.18.0 (npm v6.14.4)  
3:52:16 PM: Started restoring cached build plugins  
3:52:16 PM: Finished restoring cached build plugins  
3:52:16 PM: Attempting ruby version 2.7.1, read from environment  
3:52:17 PM: Required ruby-2.7.1 is not installed - installing.  
3:52:17 PM: Searching for binary rubies, this might take some time.  
3:52:17 PM: Found remote file https://rvm\_io.global.ssl.fastly.net/binaries/ubuntu/20.04/x86\_64/ruby-2.7.1.tar.bz2  
3:52:17 PM: Checking requirements for ubuntu.  
3:52:17 PM: Requirements installation successful.  
3:52:17 PM: ruby-2.7.1 - #configure  
3:52:17 PM: ruby-2.7.1 - #download  
3:52:17 PM: ruby-2.7.1 - #validate archive  
3:52:20 PM: ruby-2.7.1 - #extract  
3:52:22 PM: ruby-2.7.1 - #validate binary  
3:52:22 PM: ruby-2.7.1 - #setup  
3:52:23 PM: ruby-2.7.1 - #gemset created /opt/buildhome/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.7.1@global  
3:52:23 PM: ruby-2.7.1 - #importing gemset /opt/buildhome/.rvm/gemsets/global.gems…  
3:52:23 PM: ruby-2.7.1 - #generating global wrappers…  
3:52:23 PM: ruby-2.7.1 - #gemset created /opt/buildhome/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.7.1  
3:52:23 PM: ruby-2.7.1 - #importing gemsetfile /opt/buildhome/.rvm/gemsets/default.gems evaluated to empty gem list  
3:52:23 PM: ruby-2.7.1 - #generating default wrappers…  
3:52:23 PM: Using /opt/buildhome/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.7.1  
3:52:24 PM: Using ruby version 2.7.1  
3:52:24 PM: Using PHP version 8.0  
3:52:24 PM: Installing Hugo 0.83.1  
3:52:24 PM: hugo v0.83.1-5AFE0A57+extended linux/amd64 BuildDate=2021-05-02T14:38:05Z VendorInfo=gohugoio  
3:52:24 PM: Started restoring cached go cache  
3:52:24 PM: Finished restoring cached go cache  
3:52:24 PM: Installing Go version 1.14.4 (requested 1.14.4)  
3:52:28 PM: unset GOOS;  
3:52:28 PM: unset GOARCH;  
3:52:28 PM: export GOROOT=‘/opt/buildhome/.gimme/versions/go1.14.4.linux.amd64’;  
3:52:28 PM: export PATH=“/opt/buildhome/.gimme/versions/go1.14.4.linux.amd64/bin:${PATH}”;  
3:52:28 PM: go version \>&2;  
3:52:28 PM: export GIMME\_ENV=“/opt/buildhome/.gimme/env/go1.14.4.linux.amd64.env”  
3:52:28 PM: go version go1.14.4 linux/amd64  
3:52:28 PM: Detected 0 framework(s)  
3:52:28 PM: Installing missing commands  
3:52:28 PM: Verify run directory  
3:52:28 PM: Section completed: initializing  
3:52:29 PM: ​  
3:52:29 PM: Netlify Build  
3:52:29 PM: ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────  
3:52:29 PM: ​  
3:52:29 PM: ❯ Version  
3:52:29 PM: @netlify/build 29.4.0  
3:52:29 PM: ​  
3:52:29 PM: ❯ Flags  
3:52:29 PM: baseRelDir: true  
3:52:29 PM: buildId: 63b65774085805000885a92d  
3:52:29 PM: deployId: 63b65774085805000885a92f  
3:52:29 PM: ​  
3:52:29 PM: ❯ Current directory  
3:52:29 PM: /opt/build/repo  
3:52:29 PM: ​  
3:52:29 PM: ❯ Config file  
3:52:29 PM: /opt/build/repo/netlify.toml  
3:52:29 PM: ​  
3:52:29 PM: ❯ Context  
3:52:29 PM: production  
3:52:30 PM: ​  
3:52:30 PM: ❯ Installing plugins  
3:52:30 PM: - netlify-plugin-hugo-cache-resources@0.2.1  
3:52:31 PM: ​  
3:52:31 PM: ❯ Loading plugins  
3:52:31 PM: - netlify-plugin-hugo-cache-resources@0.2.1 from netlify.toml  
3:52:32 PM: ​  
3:52:32 PM: 1. netlify-plugin-hugo-cache-resources (onPreBuild event)  
3:52:32 PM: ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────  
3:52:32 PM: ​  
3:52:32 PM: Checking if resources exist at “resources”  
3:52:32 PM: No cache found for resources folder  
3:52:32 PM: ​  
3:52:32 PM: (netlify-plugin-hugo-cache-resources onPreBuild completed in 7ms)  
3:52:32 PM: ​  
3:52:32 PM: 2. build.command from netlify.toml  
3:52:32 PM: ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────  
3:52:32 PM: ​  
3:52:32 PM: $ hugo --gc --minify -b $URL  
3:52:34 PM: hugo: collected modules in 1342 ms  
3:52:34 PM: Start building sites …  
3:52:34 PM: Total in 2183 ms  
3:52:34 PM: Error: Error building site: failed to render pages: render of “home” failed: execute of template failed: template: index.html:21:5: executing “main” at \<partial “widget\_page.html” .\>: error calling partial: execute of template failed: template: partials/widget\_page.html:134:9: executing “partials/widget\_page.html” at \<partial $widget\_path $widget\_args\>: error calling partial: “/opt/build/cache/hugo\_cache/modules/filecache/modules/pkg/mod/github.com/wowchemy/wowchemy-hugo-modules/wowchemy@v0.0.0-20210606130713-db4dcf6541e5/layouts/partials/widgets/experience.html:51:25”: execute of template failed: template: partials/widgets/experience.html:51:25: executing “partials/widgets/experience.html” at \<.date\_start\>: can’t evaluate field Format in type \*errors.errorString  
​  
3:52:34 PM: “build.command” failed  
3:52:34 PM: ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────  
3:52:34 PM: ​  
3:52:34 PM: Error message  
3:52:34 PM: Command failed with exit code 255: hugo --gc --minify -b $URL ([Search results for '"non-zero exit code: 255"' - Netlify Support Forums](https://ntl.fyi/exit-code-255))  
3:52:34 PM: ​  
3:52:34 PM: Error location  
3:52:34 PM: In build.command from netlify.toml:  
3:52:34 PM: hugo --gc --minify -b $URL  
3:52:34 PM: ​  
3:52:34 PM: Resolved config  
3:52:34 PM: build:  
3:52:34 PM: command: hugo --gc --minify -b $URL  
3:52:34 PM: commandOrigin: config  
3:52:34 PM: environment:  
3:52:34 PM: - HUGO\_VERSION  
3:52:34 PM: - HUGO\_ENABLEGITINFO  
3:52:34 PM: - HUGO\_ENV  
3:52:34 PM: publish: /opt/build/repo/public  
3:52:34 PM: publishOrigin: config  
3:52:34 PM: plugins:  
3:52:34 PM: - inputs:  
3:52:34 PM: debug: true  
3:52:34 PM: origin: config  
3:52:34 PM: package: netlify-plugin-hugo-cache-resources  
3:52:35 PM: Caching artifacts  
3:52:35 PM: Started saving build plugins  
3:52:35 PM: Finished saving build plugins  
3:52:35 PM: Started saving pip cache  
3:52:35 PM: Finished saving pip cache  
3:52:35 PM: Started saving emacs cask dependencies  
3:52:35 PM: Finished saving emacs cask dependencies  
3:52:35 PM: Started saving maven dependencies  
3:52:35 PM: Finished saving maven dependencies  
3:52:35 PM: Started saving boot dependencies  
3:52:35 PM: Finished saving boot dependencies  
3:52:36 PM: Failed during stage ‘building site’: Build script returned non-zero exit code: 2 ([Search results for '"non-zero exit code: 2"' - Netlify Support Forums](https://ntl.fyi/exit-code-2))  
3:52:35 PM: Started saving rust rustup cache  
3:52:35 PM: Finished saving rust rustup cache  
3:52:35 PM: Started saving go dependencies  
3:52:35 PM: Finished saving go dependencies  
3:52:36 PM: Cached ruby version 2.7.1  
3:52:36 PM: Build failed due to a user error: Build script returned non-zero exit code: 2  
3:52:36 PM: Failing build: Failed to build site  
3:52:36 PM: Finished processing build request in 26.413910409s

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**Author:** ![hrishikesh](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/netlify/user_avatar/answers.netlify.com/hrishikesh/32/74607_2.png) [@hrishikesh](https://answers.netlify.com/u/hrishikesh)\
**Post date:** [January 5, 2023, 3:43pm UTC](https://answers.netlify.com/t/deploy-fail-exit-code-255-hugo/82531/2 "2023-01-05T15:43:40Z")

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> [@drevol210](#):
>
> /layouts/partials/widgets/experience.html:51:25

There’s something wrong with the data being used in this partial. Since it’s not a piece of code written by you, you can try contacting the theme’s devs.