# Forbidden: An error occurred (403) when calling the HeadObject operation: Forbidden **URL:** \ **Category:** Questions\ **Created:** [July 24, 2021, 10:48pm UTC](https://discuss.dvc.org/t/forbidden-an-error-occurred-403-when-calling-the-headobject-operation-forbidden/828 "2021-07-24T22:48:56Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![naarkhoo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/dec6dc/32.png) [@naarkhoo](https://discuss.dvc.org/u/naarkhoo)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2021, 10:48pm UTC](https://discuss.dvc.org/t/forbidden-an-error-occurred-403-when-calling-the-headobject-operation-forbidden/828/1 "2021-07-24T22:48:56Z")
this might sounds similar to what others have asked by I couldn’t really find a solution that fix my problem. my _~/.aws/credentials_ looks like ```auto [default] aws_access_key_id = XYZ aws_secret_access_key = ABC [testing] source_profile = default role_arn = arn:aws:iam::54:role/ad ``` I add my remote like `dvc remote add --local -v myremote s3://bib-ds-models-testing/data/dvc-test` and use I have made my` .dvc/config.local` to look like [‘remote “myremote”’] url = s3://bib-ds-models-testing/data/dvc-test access\_key\_id = XYZ secret\_access\_key = ABC/h2hOsRcCIFqwYWV7eZaUq3gNmS profile=‘testing’ credentialpath = /Users/nyt21/.aws/credentials but still after running `dvc push -r myremote` I get `ERROR: unexpected error - Forbidden: An error occurred (403) when calling the HeadObject operation: Forbidden` ---
**Author:** ![kupruser](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e95f7d/32.png) [@kupruser](https://discuss.dvc.org/u/kupruser)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2021, 6:11pm UTC](https://discuss.dvc.org/t/forbidden-an-error-occurred-403-when-calling-the-headobject-operation-forbidden/828/2 "2021-07-25T18:11:28Z")
For the record: replied in [dvc - Forbidden: An error occurred (403) when calling the HeadObject operation: - Stack Overflow](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/68517516/forbidden-an-error-occurred-403-when-calling-the-headobject-operation) ---
**Author:** ![clementwalter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/4491bb/32.png) [@clementwalter](https://discuss.dvc.org/u/clementwalter)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2022, 11:01am UTC](https://discuss.dvc.org/t/forbidden-an-error-occurred-403-when-calling-the-headobject-operation-forbidden/828/3 "2022-04-05T11:01:33Z")
I’m having a similar issue though I’m perfectly available to use the cli: `dvc push` consistently fails while `aws s3 cp` or `aws s3 sync` do work. I don’t know what to try yet See: ```auto 2022-04-05 13:02:29,278 DEBUG: Preparing to transfer data from '/Users/clementwalter/Documents/perso/co-bots-monorepo/packages/co-bots-image-processing/.dvc/cache' to 'co-bots/.dvc' 2022-04-05 13:02:29,278 DEBUG: Preparing to collect status from 'co-bots/.dvc' 2022-04-05 13:02:29,279 DEBUG: Collecting status from 'co-bots/.dvc' 2022-04-05 13:02:29,279 DEBUG: Querying 2 hashes via object_exists 2022-04-05 13:02:30,608 ERROR: unexpected error - Forbidden: An error occurred (403) when calling the HeadObject operation: Forbidden ------------------------------------------------------------ Traceback (most recent call last): File "/Users/clementwalter/.pyenv/versions/3.8.11/envs/co-bots/lib/python3.8/site-packages/s3fs/core.py", line 261, in _call_s3 out = await method(**additional_kwargs) File "/Users/clementwalter/.pyenv/versions/3.8.11/envs/co-bots/lib/python3.8/site-packages/aiobotocore/client.py", line 187, in _make_api_call raise error_class(parsed_response, operation_name) botocore.exceptions.ClientError: An error occurred (403) when calling the HeadObject operation: Forbidden The above exception was the direct cause of the following exception: Traceback (most recent call last): File "/Users/clementwalter/.pyenv/versions/3.8.11/envs/co-bots/lib/python3.8/site-packages/dvc/main.py", line 55, in main ret = cmd.do_run() File "/Users/clementwalter/.pyenv/versions/3.8.11/envs/co-bots/lib/python3.8/site-packages/dvc/command/base.py", line 45, in do_run return self.run() File "/Users/clementwalter/.pyenv/versions/3.8.11/envs/co-bots/lib/python3.8/site-packages/dvc/command/data_sync.py", line 57, in run processed_files_count = self.repo.push( File "/Users/clementwalter/.pyenv/versions/3.8.11/envs/co-bots/lib/python3.8/site-packages/dvc/repo/ __init__.py", line 49, in wrapper return f(repo, *args, **kwargs) File "/Users/clementwalter/.pyenv/versions/3.8.11/envs/co-bots/lib/python3.8/site-packages/dvc/repo/push.py", line 56, in push pushed += self.cloud.push( File "/Users/clementwalter/.pyenv/versions/3.8.11/envs/co-bots/lib/python3.8/site-packages/dvc/data_cloud.py", line 85, in push return transfer( File "/Users/clementwalter/.pyenv/versions/3.8.11/envs/co-bots/lib/python3.8/site-packages/dvc/objects/transfer.py", line 153, in transfer status = compare_status(src, dest, obj_ids, check_deleted=False, **kwargs) File "/Users/clementwalter/.pyenv/versions/3.8.11/envs/co-bots/lib/python3.8/site-packages/dvc/objects/status.py", line 158, in compare_status dest_exists, dest_missing = status( File "/Users/clementwalter/.pyenv/versions/3.8.11/envs/co-bots/lib/python3.8/site-packages/dvc/objects/status.py", line 122, in status exists = hashes.intersection( File "/Users/clementwalter/.pyenv/versions/3.8.11/envs/co-bots/lib/python3.8/site-packages/dvc/objects/status.py", line 48, in _indexed_dir_hashes dir_exists.update(odb.list_hashes_exists(dir_hashes - dir_exists)) File "/Users/clementwalter/.pyenv/versions/3.8.11/envs/co-bots/lib/python3.8/site-packages/dvc/objects/db/base.py", line 421, in list_hashes_exists ret = list(itertools.compress(hashes, in_remote)) File "/Users/clementwalter/.pyenv/versions/3.8.11/lib/python3.8/concurrent/futures/_base.py", line 619, in result_iterator yield fs.pop().result() File "/Users/clementwalter/.pyenv/versions/3.8.11/lib/python3.8/concurrent/futures/_base.py", line 444, in result return self.__get_result() File "/Users/clementwalter/.pyenv/versions/3.8.11/lib/python3.8/concurrent/futures/_base.py", line 389, in __get_result raise self._exception File "/Users/clementwalter/.pyenv/versions/3.8.11/lib/python3.8/concurrent/futures/thread.py", line 57, in run result = self.fn(*self.args, **self.kwargs) File "/Users/clementwalter/.pyenv/versions/3.8.11/envs/co-bots/lib/python3.8/site-packages/dvc/objects/db/base.py", line 412, in exists_with_progress ret = self.fs.exists(fs_path) File "/Users/clementwalter/.pyenv/versions/3.8.11/envs/co-bots/lib/python3.8/site-packages/dvc/fs/fsspec_wrapper.py", line 91, in exists return self.fs.exists(path) File "/Users/clementwalter/.pyenv/versions/3.8.11/envs/co-bots/lib/python3.8/site-packages/fsspec/asyn.py", line 91, in wrapper return sync(self.loop, func, *args, **kwargs) File "/Users/clementwalter/.pyenv/versions/3.8.11/envs/co-bots/lib/python3.8/site-packages/fsspec/asyn.py", line 71, in sync raise return_result File "/Users/clementwalter/.pyenv/versions/3.8.11/envs/co-bots/lib/python3.8/site-packages/fsspec/asyn.py", line 25, in _runner result[0] = await coro File "/Users/clementwalter/.pyenv/versions/3.8.11/envs/co-bots/lib/python3.8/site-packages/s3fs/core.py", line 835, in _exists await self._info(path, bucket, key, version_id=version_id) File "/Users/clementwalter/.pyenv/versions/3.8.11/envs/co-bots/lib/python3.8/site-packages/s3fs/core.py", line 1029, in _info out = await self._call_s3( File "/Users/clementwalter/.pyenv/versions/3.8.11/envs/co-bots/lib/python3.8/site-packages/s3fs/core.py", line 281, in _call_s3 raise err PermissionError: Forbidden ------------------------------------------------------------ 2022-04-05 13:02:30,671 DEBUG: Adding '/Users/clementwalter/Documents/perso/co-bots-monorepo/packages/co-bots-image-processing/.dvc/config.local' to gitignore file. 2022-04-05 13:02:30,674 DEBUG: Adding '/Users/clementwalter/Documents/perso/co-bots-monorepo/packages/co-bots-image-processing/.dvc/tmp' to gitignore file. 2022-04-05 13:02:30,674 DEBUG: Adding '/Users/clementwalter/Documents/perso/co-bots-monorepo/packages/co-bots-image-processing/.dvc/cache' to gitignore file. 2022-04-05 13:02:30,676 DEBUG: Removing '/Users/clementwalter/Documents/perso/co-bots-monorepo/packages/.ALtVEwomf9fsFX2UmKbut9.tmp' 2022-04-05 13:02:30,677 DEBUG: Removing '/Users/clementwalter/Documents/perso/co-bots-monorepo/packages/.ALtVEwomf9fsFX2UmKbut9.tmp' 2022-04-05 13:02:30,678 DEBUG: Removing '/Users/clementwalter/Documents/perso/co-bots-monorepo/packages/.ALtVEwomf9fsFX2UmKbut9.tmp' 2022-04-05 13:02:30,678 DEBUG: Removing '/Users/clementwalter/Documents/perso/co-bots-monorepo/packages/co-bots-image-processing/.dvc/cache/.TZa9m7D429SR85Soc3euje.tmp' 2022-04-05 13:02:30,681 DEBUG: Version info for developers: DVC version: 2.9.3 (pip) --------------------------------- Platform: Python 3.8.11 on macOS-11.6.2-x86_64-i386-64bit Supports: webhdfs (fsspec = 2022.1.0), http (aiohttp = 3.8.1, aiohttp-retry = 2.4.6), https (aiohttp = 3.8.1, aiohttp-retry = 2.4.6), s3 (s3fs = 2022.1.0, boto3 = 1.20.24) Cache types: reflink, hardlink, symlink Cache directory: apfs on /dev/disk1s1s1 Caches: local Remotes: s3 Workspace directory: apfs on /dev/disk1s1s1 Repo: dvc (subdir), git Having any troubles? Hit us up at https://dvc.org/support, we are always happy to help! ``` and ```auto (co-bots) packages/co-bots-image-processing   main ±  aws s3 sync .dvc/cache s3://co-bots upload: .dvc/cache/00/f6b1d1f06b8754d64c452f4ef58f16 to s3://co-bots/00/f6b1d1f06b8754d64c452f4ef58f16 upload: .dvc/cache/00/a7bfb27455742c9479d25779e4214a to s3://co-bots/00/a7bfb27455742c9479d25779e4214a upload: .dvc/cache/00/377bfc7e3cf1a189380a3e9f52d7c6 to s3://co-bots/00/377bfc7e3cf1a189380a3e9f52d7c6 upload: .dvc/cache/04/e800606cdafbea256f9ff537bc289a to s3://co-bots/04/e800606cdafbea256f9ff537bc289a upload: .dvc/cache/04/84a80227ef30c3ce9f506d8cce8150 to s3://co-bots/04/84a80227ef30c3ce9f506d8cce8150 upload: .dvc/cache/02/22acd5f40b2cc2073a3e2e9a42828a to s3://co-bots/02/22acd5f40b2cc2073a3e2e9a42828a upload: .dvc/cache/00/2bbbc2d424b03e445ad9188d5f771c to s3://co-bots/00/2bbbc2d424b03e445ad9188d5f771c upload: .dvc/cache/01/112074beaadff8b4a6ff1fd27a5dd9 to s3://co-bots/01/112074beaadff8b4a6ff1fd27a5dd9 upload: .dvc/cache/04/2ad2b365565fb1c70773cd51a7f931.dir to s3://co-bots/04/2ad2b365565fb1c70773cd51a7f931.dir upload: .dvc/cache/06/bdb87ab7ecadfdae2e9d52fa7f8a28 to s3://co-bots/06/bdb87ab7ecadfdae2e9d52fa7f8a28 upload: .dvc/cache/06/5350251c0f1545eb0b48ca698e89f2 to s3://co-bots/06/5350251c0f1545eb0b48ca698e89f2 upload: .dvc/cache/06/f402f0fe899292715a8dc7d393914a to s3://co-bots/06/f402f0fe899292715a8dc7d393914a ... ``` My dvc config is as follows ```auto [core] remote = s3 ['remote "s3"'] url = s3://co-bots/ ``` ---
**Author:** ![daavoo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b4bc9f/32.png) [@daavoo](https://discuss.dvc.org/u/daavoo)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2022, 10:41am UTC](https://discuss.dvc.org/t/forbidden-an-error-occurred-403-when-calling-the-headobject-operation-forbidden/828/4 "2022-04-08T10:41:22Z")
Hi @clementwalter , could you fill a bug report in DVC repo ([Sign in to GitHub · GitHub](https://github.com/iterative/dvc/issues/new?assignees=&labels=&template=bug_report.md)) ---
**Author:** ![clementwalter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/4491bb/32.png) [@clementwalter](https://discuss.dvc.org/u/clementwalter)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2022, 12:23pm UTC](https://discuss.dvc.org/t/forbidden-an-error-occurred-403-when-calling-the-headobject-operation-forbidden/828/5 "2022-04-08T12:23:59Z")
Hey, sorry I solved myself already, I had to specify the bucket region (which is not the usual default one, I am using eu-west-3 in my case) in the dvc config file. It seams like there is a different behavior when it is not provided between dvc and the aws cli. ---
**Author:** ![cfoo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/edb3f5/32.png) [@cfoo](https://discuss.dvc.org/u/cfoo)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2023, 6:48pm UTC](https://discuss.dvc.org/t/forbidden-an-error-occurred-403-when-calling-the-headobject-operation-forbidden/828/6 "2023-04-10T18:48:46Z")
For me, the issue was version drift. Reinstall the correct version of `boto3` for `dvc` via `pip`: `python3 -m pip install 'dvc[s3]'`.