📘 About Exit Codes
AutoSys Workload Automation reports exit codes to indicate the success or failure of jobs. A code of 0 typically means success. Non-zero or negative codes point to errors, system issues, or agent problems.
🚫 Internal AutoSys Exit Codes
- -655: Max restart attempts exceeded
- -656: Job not yet started or still running
- -657: Agent lost track of job processes; use
chase -E -Afor verification
📋 Common Exit Codes Reference Table & Fixes
| Exit Code | Meaning | Solution / Comments |
|---|---|---|
| 0 | Success | No action needed |
| 1 | General error (e.g., divide by zero, unknown function) | Check syntax or operations in script |
| 2 | Shell misuse, missing keyword or command | Check shell compatibility and syntax |
| 5 | Access Denied (Windows) | Add oscomponent.logon.elevated=true to agentparm.txt |
| 9 | Job killed due to TERM_RUN_TIME |
Review runtime and rerun if needed |
| 12 | Low memory or swap space issue | Increase swap, reboot server, raise ulimit -u |
| 15 | Job terminated (e.g., reboot) | Often due to system shutdown or missing drive |
| 28 | No space left on device | Check disk space and inode usage with df -h and df -i |
| 126 | Command not executable | Check script permissions and file type |
| 127 | Command not found | Check PATH variable or command typo |
| 128 | Invalid argument to exit |
Use only numbers 0–255 |
| 128+n | Fatal error signal n (e.g. 137 = kill -9) | Check if process was forcefully killed |
| 130 | Terminated by Control-C | User manually interrupted with Ctrl+C |
| 132 | Illegal instruction (AIX SED) | Disable Stack Execution Disable (SED) for cybAgent |
| 183 | File already exists | Use session config params like oscomponent.su.newconsole=true |
| 255 | Exit status out of range | Allow negative exit with oscomponent.cmpc.negative=true |
| -655 | Too many restart attempts | Check max_restart_count settings |
| -656 | Job not started or in progress | Job stuck — may require restart |
| -657 | RUNNING but no job process found | Run chase -E -A to verify |
| 1314 | Insufficient privileges (Windows) | Set oscomponent.logon.elevated=true |
| 1326 | Logon failure: bad credentials | Verify user/password in autosys_secure |
| 4014 | Shell verification failed | Match script shell with valid shell list in agentparm.txt |
| 4030 | Inode issue on server | Use df -i to check inode usage |
| 20003 | FILEWATCHER killed via KILLJOB | Rerun the job |
| 20004 | Error redirecting std_in_file |
Ensure file exists and is accessible |
| 20005 | Error redirecting std_out_file |
Check path and write permissions |
| 20007 | Command file not found | Add:oscomponent.lookupcommand=trueoscomponent.cmdprefix.force=true
|
| FFFFFFFF | Negative exit code | Enable oscomponent.cmpc.negative=true |