You should consider upgrading via the 'pip install --upgrade pip' command.
$ echo $PATH
/home/gitlab-runner/builds/DPfEafLZ/0/sbilal/pythonapp/python3-virtualenv/bin:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin
$ if [[ $CI_COMMIT_REF_NAME = master ]]; then # collapsed multi-line command
deploying to prod server
Failed to start python.service: Interactive authentication required.
See system logs and 'systemctl status python.service' for details.
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Cleaning up project directory and file based variables
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ERROR: Job failed: exit status 1