# Build Failing General Question
**URL:** https://travis-ci.community/t/build-failing-general-question/11857
**Category:** Travis CI Discussions & Feedback
**Tags:** python, travis-build
**Created:** [July 14, 2021, 12:14am UTC](https://travis-ci.community/t/build-failing-general-question/11857 "2021-07-14T00:14:56Z")
**Posts on this page:** 3
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### Author:  [@Ash-Renee](https://travis-ci.community/u/Ash-Renee)
#### Post date: [July 14, 2021, 12:14am UTC](https://travis-ci.community/t/build-failing-general-question/11857/1 "2021-07-14T00:14:57Z")
Hi I just have a general question about using Travis. So I’m using this as part of a course on building a REST API with Django (also docker). When I push to GitHub and Travis does its thing, I see that once the server starts, it always says `build failing` even if it eventually passes. So my question is, why does this seem to be the default status as it builds even if it’s successful?
TIA
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### Author:  [@native-api](https://travis-ci.community/u/native-api)
#### Post date: [July 14, 2021, 5:29am UTC](https://travis-ci.community/t/build-failing-general-question/11857/2 "2021-07-14T05:29:25Z")
> [@Ash-Renee](#):
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> it always says `build failing` even if it eventually passes
Who says? If it’s the build status badge, this must be
> [@Badge doesn't reflect build status and randomly changes when retrieved repeatedly](https://travis-ci.community/t/badge-doesnt-reflect-build-status-and-randomly-changes-when-retrieved-repeatedly/9035):
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> Travis returns failing/passing badge alternatively for the same build with same etag resulted in passing build badge ➜ ~ curl -I https://api.travis-ci.org/messagebird/go-rest-api.svg\?branch\=master HTTP/2 200 date: Wed, 17 Jun 2020 09:53:50 GMT content-type: image/svg+xml content-length: 724 vary: Accept-Encoding strict-transport-security: max-age=15724800; includeSubDomains x-endpoint: Travis::Api::App::Endpoint::RepoStatus x-pattern: /:owner\_name/:name x-oauth-scopes: public x-accepted-oa…
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### Author:  [@Ash-Renee](https://travis-ci.community/u/Ash-Renee)
#### Post date: [July 14, 2021, 2:54pm UTC](https://travis-ci.community/t/build-failing-general-question/11857/3 "2021-07-14T14:54:37Z")
Gotcha, thanks for the information and the link 🙂