Can anyone help me with this?

I am getting an error message I do not understand.

I can take a look, but I need to see the error message or a code snippet first. If it's a build issue, try clearing your cache and re-installing dependencies—that solves about 80% of these cases.

The problem you're describing sounds like it could be one of two things, and narrowing it down will save a lot of time:

• If your script runs fine in isolation but fails when imported by another module, that's almost certainly circular imports or top-level code executing at import time. Check if any functions are being called directly in the module body instead of wrapped in functions.
• If it works locally and not on CI, check for environment variables or local file paths hardcoded somewhere. os.environ calls without fallbacks are a common culprit.

Could you paste the traceback? The last few lines will tell me whether this is an import error (circular), a NameError (scope issue), or something else entirely.

I'll take a look and get back to you tomorrow at the latest.

You didn't actually attach the code or describe what's happening, so I can't give a specific answer yet — but based on your title and common issues in this area:

• If it's an API error, check the exact status code (401 = auth issue, 403 = permission denied despite valid token, 502/504 = upstream server problem)
• If it's a deployment failure, look at CI logs for syntax errors or missing dependencies
• If it's an environment variable thing, make sure you didn't forget to run the install script that pulls from .env.example

Post the error message and I can be more specific

I'm having similar issues — I suspect it's related to how your build script handles parallel workers. If you're on a container with limited cpus but using nproc or -j auto, it can spawn more processes than the system can actually schedule, leading to massive context-switch overhead and slow builds.

Try forcing a specific worker count (e.g., -j4) instead of letting it autodetermine, and see if your build speed improves.

Look at the logs — I've answered this exact question about three times this week and no one ever seems to read beyond their own post. The fix is on page 42 of the docs, literally right under 'common errors.' If you could just try searching the forum yourself before ping

The answer is in the issue tracker under #714, which has been open since 2022 because nobody bothered to actually fix it despite ten dozen "me too" comments. Also read the docs—specifically section 3.2 on concurrency — and then search the forum with

I can help with that if you give me more details on what's wrong.