deepseek-ai/deepseek-harness · error

authorization: the interaction surface failed to render a no

Error message

authorization: the interaction surface failed to render a notice

What it means

Error "authorization: the interaction surface failed to render a notice" thrown in deepseek-ai/deepseek-harness.

Source

Thrown at packages/credentials/authorization/src/index.ts:396

    // it happened *now* — on a re-auth the record already exists, so presence
    // alone would let a flow that wrote nothing report the stale credential
    // as freshly authorized.
    const observed = { declined: false, committed: false }
    const unwatch = this.ctx.on('credentials/record-updated', (key: CredentialKey) => {
      if (key === flow.key) observed.committed = true
    })
    try {
      const running = flow.run({
        method,
        signal,
        notify: (notice) => {
          try {
            interaction.notify(notice)
          } catch (error) {
            // Fire-and-forget is held at the seam: a surface that cannot
            // render a notice (a page whose connection just closed) loses the
            // notice, never the attempt.
            this.ctx.logger.warn('authorization: the interaction surface failed to render a notice')
            this.ctx.logger.warn(error)
          }
        },
        prompt: prompt => interaction.prompt(prompt).catch((error: unknown) => {
          if (error instanceof AuthorizationDeclinedError) observed.declined = true
          throw error
        }),
      })
      try {
        if (await Promise.race([running.then(() => 'ran' as const), withdrawn]) === 'withdrawn') {
          // Nothing awaits the orphan any more, so its eventual failure has to be
          // marked handled or it would take down the process.
          void running.catch(() => { this.ctx.logger.debug('authorization: withdrawn flow failed after the fact') })
          return { status: 'cancelled' }
        }
      } catch (error) {
        // A withdrawn attempt and a declined prompt are outcomes, not
        // failures: the human said no, or closed the page. Anything else is

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Solutions

1. Check that the interaction/approval UI plugin is loaded; restart the session to restore the authorization notice surface.

When it happens

Trigger: Thrown at packages/credentials/authorization/src/index.ts:396 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/6f64422764acb921. Report an issue: GitHub.