# Trading script starting with the following error

**URL:** <https://forum.alpaca.markets/t/trading-script-starting-with-the-following-error/16573>\
**Category:** Alpaca Trading\
**Created:** [March 25, 2025, 4:05pm UTC](https://forum.alpaca.markets/t/trading-script-starting-with-the-following-error/16573 "2025-03-25T16:05:23Z")\
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**Author:** ![sarahvignale](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8e8cbc/32.png) [@sarahvignale](https://forum.alpaca.markets/u/sarahvignale)\
**Post date:** [March 25, 2025, 4:05pm UTC](https://forum.alpaca.markets/t/trading-script-starting-with-the-following-error/16573/1 "2025-03-25T16:05:23Z")

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Hi,

My paper trading script starts with the following error:

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File “/root/miniconda3/lib/python3.12/site-packages/requests/adapters.py”, line 698, in send  
raise SSLError(e, request=request)  
requests.exceptions.SSLError: HTTPSConnectionPool(host=‘data.alpaca.markets’, port=443): Max retries exceeded with url: /v1beta1/options/quotes/latest?symbols= (Caused by SSLError(SSLError(1, ‘[SSL: DECRYPTION\_FAILED\_OR\_BAD\_RECORD\_MAC] decryption failed or bad record mac (\_ssl.c:2580)’))

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What exactly does this signify? Thankfully this does not kill the program, but just curious to know the reason for this error.

Thanks

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**Author:** ![sarahvignale](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8e8cbc/32.png) [@sarahvignale](https://forum.alpaca.markets/u/sarahvignale)\
**Post date:** [March 28, 2025, 2:47pm UTC](https://forum.alpaca.markets/t/trading-script-starting-with-the-following-error/16573/2 "2025-03-28T14:47:49Z")

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This has been dealt with [here](https://forum.alpaca.markets/t/setup-failing-when-run-as-multiple-processes/16580/3).