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CODEWHALE_SMOKE_ASSETS_DIR is not a directory: ${releaseAsse

Error message

CODEWHALE_SMOKE_ASSETS_DIR is not a directory: ${releaseAssetsDir}

What it means

The smoke test was pointed at preassembled release assets via CODEWHALE_SMOKE_ASSETS_DIR; fsp.stat() resolved the path but it is not a directory (a regular file or a symlink to a file, such as a packaged asset archive). Note: a nonexistent path fails earlier at stat() with ENOENT, not this error.

Source

Thrown at scripts/release/npm-wrapper-smoke.js:155

  const suppliedAssetsDir = String(
    process.env.CODEWHALE_SMOKE_ASSETS_DIR || "",
  ).trim();
  const releaseAssetsDir = suppliedAssetsDir
    ? path.resolve(suppliedAssetsDir)
    : path.join(tempRoot, "release-assets");
  const packDir = path.join(tempRoot, "pack");
  const installDir = path.join(tempRoot, "install");
  let keepTemp = process.env.DEEPSEEK_TUI_KEEP_SMOKE_DIR === "1";
  let server;

  try {
    await fsp.mkdir(packDir, { recursive: true });
    await fsp.mkdir(installDir, { recursive: true });

    if (suppliedAssetsDir) {
      const assetDirectoryStat = await fsp.stat(releaseAssetsDir);
      if (!assetDirectoryStat.isDirectory()) {
        throw new Error(`CODEWHALE_SMOKE_ASSETS_DIR is not a directory: ${releaseAssetsDir}`);
      }
      console.log(`Using preassembled release assets from ${releaseAssetsDir}`);
    } else {
      const prepareArgs = [prepareAssetsScript, releaseAssetsDir];
      const cargoTargetDir = String(process.env.CARGO_TARGET_DIR || "").trim();
      if (cargoTargetDir) {
        prepareArgs.push(
          path.join(path.resolve(repoRoot, cargoTargetDir), "release"),
        );
      }
      await runCommand(process.execPath, prepareArgs);
    }
    const served = await serveDirectory(releaseAssetsDir);
    server = served.server;

    const env = {
      DEEPSEEK_TUI_FORCE_DOWNLOAD: "1",
      DEEPSEEK_TUI_RELEASE_BASE_URL: served.baseUrl,

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Solutions

Point CODEWHALE_SMOKE_ASSETS_DIR at the extracted directory (the output of the prepare-release-assets script)
Unset the variable so the smoke test assembles the assets itself into its temp dir
Extract first: `mkdir -p /tmp/assets && tar -xzf <archive> -C /tmp/assets`, then pass /tmp/assets

Example fix

# before
CODEWHALE_SMOKE_ASSETS_DIR=dist/codewhale-x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu.tar.gz node scripts/release/npm-wrapper-smoke.js

# after
mkdir -p /tmp/assets && tar -xzf dist/codewhale-x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu.tar.gz -C /tmp/assets
CODEWHALE_SMOKE_ASSETS_DIR=/tmp/assets node scripts/release/npm-wrapper-smoke.js

Defensive patterns

Strategy: validation

Validate before calling

import { statSync } from 'node:fs';
const dir = process.env.CODEWHALE_SMOKE_ASSETS_DIR;
if (dir && !statSync(dir).isDirectory()) {
  throw new Error(`CODEWHALE_SMOKE_ASSETS_DIR is not a directory: ${dir}`);
}

Prevention

Pass the extracted assets directory, never the archive file
In CI, add an extraction step that materializes the directory before the smoke run
Unset the variable when you want the script to build assets itself

When it happens

Trigger: Setting CODEWHALE_SMOKE_ASSETS_DIR to a .tar.gz/.zip artifact instead of its extracted directory, or to any regular file.

Common situations: CI passing the artifact file path from a previous job step; copying the env var from a context where only the archive exists.

Related errors

AI-assisted analysis of Hmbown/CodeWhale@8880682c63 (2026-08-16). Data as JSON: /api/errors/5fd424e36dd332c4. Report an issue: GitHub.