deepseek-ai/deepseek-harness · error · Error

agent "${agent.id}" is not live in this registry

Error message

agent "${agent.id}" is not live in this registry

What it means

Error "agent "${agent.id}" is not live in this registry" thrown in deepseek-ai/deepseek-harness.

Source

Thrown at packages/core/agent/src/index.ts:552

          this.ctx.logger.warn(`agent "${entry.id}": agent/disposed listener rejected: ${String(error)}`)
        })
      } catch (error: unknown) {
        this.ctx.logger.warn(`agent "${entry.id}": agent/disposed listener threw: ${String(error)}`)
      }
    }
  }

  /**
   * Announce an agent previously inserted with {@link enter}.
   * @param agent - the live inserted agent to announce.
   * @throws if `agent` is not the exact live registry entry for its id, or its
   *   creation announcement already began (including a reentrant call from a
   *   creation listener).
   */
  announce(agent: Agent): void {
    const entry = this.store.get(agent.id)
    if (entry === undefined || entry.agent !== agent) {
      throw new Error(`agent "${agent.id}" is not live in this registry`)
    }
    if (entry.announced || entry.announcing) {
      throw new Error(`agent "${entry.id}" was already announced`)
    }
    // Mark before dispatch so a listener cannot recursively create a second
    // lifecycle edge; detach still pairs a partially delivered first edge.
    entry.announcing = true
    entry.announced = true
    const args: unknown[] = [entry.carrier, 'agent/created', { agent: entry.agent }]
    try {
      for (const callback of this.ctx.events.dispatch('emit', args)) {
        // A synchronous creation failure vetoes publication and rolls back.
        // Returned-promise rejection happens after this synchronous boundary, so
        // observe and report it instead of leaking an unhandled rejection.
        const returned: unknown = callback(...args)
        void Promise.resolve(returned).catch((error: unknown) => {
          this.ctx.logger.warn(`agent "${entry.id}": agent/created listener rejected: ${String(error)}`)
        })

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Solutions

1. Register the agent in this registry before using it.

When it happens

Trigger: Thrown at packages/core/agent/src/index.ts:552 when the library encounters an invalid state.

Common situations: See trigger scenarios.

AI-assisted analysis of deepseek-ai/deepseek-harness@b150a551b8 (2026-08-24). Data as JSON: /api/errors/1685706fa5684b22. Report an issue: GitHub.