{"record":{"id":"a21b95a77640a8ab","repo":"deepseek-ai/deepseek-harness","slug":"cannot-read-target-displaypath-the-image-can","errorCode":null,"errorMessage":"cannot read \"${target.displayPath}\": the image cannot be stored within the deployment's byte limits; downscale the image and read the smaller copy","messagePattern":"cannot read \"(.+?)\": the image cannot be stored within the deployment's byte limits; downscale the image and read the smaller copy","errorType":"exception","errorClass":"Error","httpStatus":null,"severity":"error","filePath":"packages/fs/tool-fs/src/read-image.ts","lineNumber":239,"sourceCode":"      } catch (error: unknown) {\n        if (!(error instanceof AttachmentError)) throw error\n        // Dimension refusals stay recoverable tool errors: an oversized image\n        // must never enter durable history, where it would ride every later\n        // model request past provider-side dimension rejections.\n        if (error.code === 'IMAGE_DIMENSION_TOO_LARGE') {\n          throw new Error(\n            `cannot read \"${target.displayPath}\": at least one image side exceeds the ${attachments.imageLimits.maxImageDimension}px limit; downscale the image and read the smaller copy`,\n            { cause: error },\n          )\n        }\n        if (error.code === 'IMAGE_TOO_MANY_PIXELS') {\n          throw new Error(\n            `cannot read \"${target.displayPath}\": the image exceeds the ${attachments.imageLimits.maxImagePixels}-pixel decoded-size limit; downscale the image and read the smaller copy`,\n            { cause: error },\n          )\n        }\n        if (error.code === 'IMAGE_TOO_LARGE') {\n          throw new Error(\n            `cannot read \"${target.displayPath}\": the image cannot be stored within the deployment's byte limits; downscale the image and read the smaller copy`,\n            { cause: error },\n          )\n        }\n        if (error.code === 'ATTACHMENT_WRITE_FAILED' && /16-bit PNG/iu.test(error.message)) {\n          throw new Error(\n            `cannot read \"${target.displayPath}\": the 16-bit PNG could not be converted to the normalized 8-bit sRGB form; convert it to an 8-bit PNG/JPEG/WebP and retry`,\n            { cause: error },\n          )\n        }\n        if (error.code !== 'IMAGE_TYPE_MISMATCH') throw error\n        const extension = extname(target.displayPath).toLowerCase()\n        throw new Error(\n          `cannot read \"${target.displayPath}\": the ${extension} extension declares ${mediaType}, but the bytes use a different image format; rename the file to match its actual format if it is PNG/JPEG/WebP/GIF, or convert it to one of those formats`,\n          { cause: error },\n        )\n      }\n      ctx.emit('fs/observed', target, { kind: 'present', version: info.version }, exec)","sourceCodeStart":221,"sourceCodeEnd":257,"githubUrl":"https://github.com/deepseek-ai/deepseek-harness/blob/b150a551b8d465e31e418e1b2eaf5e79bbb7d28e/packages/fs/tool-fs/src/read-image.ts#L221-L257","documentation":"Error \"cannot read \"${target.displayPath}\": the image cannot be stored within the deployment's byte limits; downscale the image and read the smaller copy\" thrown in deepseek-ai/deepseek-harness.","triggerScenarios":"Thrown at packages/fs/tool-fs/src/read-image.ts:239 when the library encounters an invalid state.","commonSituations":"See trigger scenarios.","solutions":[],"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"}