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title: My job run fails when executing the startup command
description: Troubleshoot job run failures due to startup commands for your Scaleway Serverless Jobs.
tags: serverless jobs troubleshooting issue error state message fail execution log failure does not run command
dates:
  validation: 2025-08-20
  posted: 2025-08-20
---

## Problem

My job run fails due to its startup command.

## Cause

Complex commands, such as piped or `xargs` commands may lead to failures due to technical limitations of Serverless Jobs.

## Possible solutions

You can bypass this issue by using [Secret Manager](/secret-manager/) to pass complex commands in a shell script file via a [secret reference](/serverless-jobs/concepts/#secrets-reference). Refer to the [dedicated documentation](/serverless-jobs/how-to/execute-complex-commands/) for more information