Deploy blocked by a permission error in the post-clone setup

Error recorded 2 times in PanelAlpha Engine deploys. The deploy log below is the recorded failure output.

Seen2 times · 2 variants

Why it happens

The repository cloned successfully, but the post-clone setup script failed while creating ../data. The account running the deploy does not have permission to create that directory at the requested path. Platform detection and the application build were not reached.

What the log looks like

Deploy log
Starting stage: runningRunning setup commands (panelalpha-after-clone.sh)[panelalpha] prepare: panelalpha-after-clone.shmkdir: cannot create directory '../data': Permission deniedDeploy failed: [panelalpha] prepare: panelalpha-after-clone.sh

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