{"record":{"id":"7238552fda309ac3","repo":"deepseek-ai/deepseek-harness","slug":"atomic-write-timed-out-waiting-for-the-writer-loc","errorCode":null,"errorMessage":"atomic-write: timed out waiting for the writer lock at ${lockPath}","messagePattern":"atomic-write: timed out waiting for the writer lock at (.+?)","errorType":"exception","errorClass":null,"httpStatus":null,"severity":"error","filePath":"packages/util/atomic-write/src/index.ts","lineNumber":144,"sourceCode":" * @returns the operation's result; the lock releases on both outcomes.\n */\nexport async function withFileLock<T>(\n  filename: string,\n  operation: () => Promise<T>,\n  options?: FileLockOptions,\n): Promise<T> {\n  const lockPath = `${filename}.lock`\n  const deadline = Date.now() + (options?.waitMs ?? DEFAULT_LOCK_WAIT_MS)\n  let delay = LOCK_RETRY_INITIAL_MS\n  for (;;) {\n    try {\n      await writeFile(lockPath, `${process.pid}\\n`, { mode: 0o600, flag: 'wx' })\n      break\n    } catch (error) {\n      if (!await isLockContention(error, lockPath)) throw error\n    }\n    if (Date.now() >= deadline) {\n      throw new Error(`atomic-write: timed out waiting for the writer lock at ${lockPath}`)\n    }\n    await new Promise(resolve => setTimeout(resolve, delay))\n    delay = Math.min(delay * 2, LOCK_RETRY_MAX_MS)\n  }\n  try {\n    return await operation()\n  } finally {\n    await rm(lockPath, { force: true })\n  }\n}\n","sourceCodeStart":126,"sourceCodeEnd":155,"githubUrl":"https://github.com/deepseek-ai/deepseek-harness/blob/b150a551b8d465e31e418e1b2eaf5e79bbb7d28e/packages/util/atomic-write/src/index.ts#L126-L155","documentation":"Error \"atomic-write: timed out waiting for the writer lock at ${lockPath}\" thrown in deepseek-ai/deepseek-harness.","triggerScenarios":"Thrown at packages/util/atomic-write/src/index.ts:144 when the library encounters an invalid state.","commonSituations":"See trigger scenarios.","solutions":["Remove the stale lock file if the previous writer crashed, or increase the lock timeout."],"exampleFix":null,"handlingStrategy":null,"validationCode":null,"typeGuard":null,"tryCatchPattern":null,"preventionTips":[],"tags":[],"backgroundTag":null,"analyzedSha":"b150a551b8d465e31e418e1b2eaf5e79bbb7d28e","analyzedAt":"2026-08-24T18:12:29.105Z","schemaVersion":2},"datasetVersion":"2026-08-24T22:17:12.610Z"}