diff --git a/news/fix_noaccess.rst b/news/fix_noaccess.rst
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..c6a77ca49
--- /dev/null
+++ b/news/fix_noaccess.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+**Added:**
+
+* Added catching an exceptions during load a history backend to avoid shell exiting e.g. on permission error.
+* Added catching an exception when cache file is not writable.
+
+**Changed:**
+
+* <news item>
+
+**Deprecated:**
+
+* <news item>
+
+**Removed:**
+
+* <news item>
+
+**Fixed:**
+
+* <news item>
+
+**Security:**
+
+* <news item>
diff --git a/xonsh/codecache.py b/xonsh/codecache.py
index 0327a596d..be163eac5 100644
--- a/xonsh/codecache.py
+++ b/xonsh/codecache.py
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ from xonsh import __version__ as XONSH_VERSION
 from xonsh.built_ins import XSH
 from xonsh.lazyasd import lazyobject
 from xonsh.platform import PYTHON_VERSION_INFO_BYTES
+from xonsh.tools import is_writable_file, print_warning
 
 
 def _splitpath(path, sofar=()):
@@ -94,6 +95,13 @@ def update_cache(ccode, cache_file_name):
     represented by ``ccode``.
     """
     if cache_file_name is not None:
+        if not is_writable_file(cache_file_name):
+            if XSH.env.get("XONSH_DEBUG", "False"):
+                print_warning(
+                    f"update_cache: Cache file is not writable: {cache_file_name}\n"
+                    f"Set $XONSH_CACHE_SCRIPTS=0, $XONSH_CACHE_EVERYTHING=0 to disable cache."
+                )
+            return
         os.makedirs(os.path.dirname(cache_file_name), exist_ok=True)
         with open(cache_file_name, "wb") as cfile:
             cfile.write(XONSH_VERSION.encode() + b"\n")
@@ -166,7 +174,8 @@ def run_script_with_cache(filename, execer, glb=None, loc=None, mode="exec"):
         with open(filename, encoding="utf-8") as f:
             code = f.read()
         ccode = compile_code(filename, code, execer, glb, loc, mode)
-        update_cache(ccode, cachefname)
+        if use_cache:
+            update_cache(ccode, cachefname)
     return run_compiled_code(ccode, glb, loc, mode)
 
 
diff --git a/xonsh/history/main.py b/xonsh/history/main.py
index b765cb0c4..4c41f0520 100644
--- a/xonsh/history/main.py
+++ b/xonsh/history/main.py
@@ -36,7 +36,16 @@ def construct_history(backend=None, **kwargs) -> "History":
             file=sys.stderr,
         )
         kls_history = JsonHistory
-    return kls_history(**kwargs)
+
+    try:
+        return kls_history(**kwargs)
+    except Exception as e:
+        xt.print_exception(
+            f"Error during load {kls_history}: {e}\n"
+            f"Set $XONSH_HISTORY_BACKEND='dummy' to disable history.\n"
+            f"History disabled."
+        )
+        return DummyHistory()
 
 
 def _xh_session_parser(hist=None, newest_first=False, **kwargs):