deepseek-ai/deepseek-harness · error

${binName}: profile manifest ${path} must hold a JSON object

Error message

${binName}: profile manifest ${path} must hold a JSON object

What it means

Error "${binName}: profile manifest ${path} must hold a JSON object" thrown in deepseek-ai/deepseek-harness.

Source

Thrown at packages/boot/app-boot/src/profile.ts:274

/**
 * Read a profile's manifest.
 * @param binName - the diagnostic prefix on the thrown error.
 * @param dir - the profile directory.
 * @returns the parsed manifest.
 */
export function readProfileManifest(binName: string, dir: string): ProfileManifest {
  const path = join(dir, 'package.json')
  let raw: string
  try {
    raw = readFileSync(path, 'utf8')
  } catch (error) {
    throw new Error(`${binName}: failed to read profile manifest ${path}: ${String(error)}`)
  }
  // The field checks below validate the file data before trusting the parse type.
  const parsed = JSON.parse(raw) as ProfileManifest | null
  if (parsed === null || typeof parsed !== 'object' || Array.isArray(parsed)) {
    throw new Error(`${binName}: profile manifest ${path} must hold a JSON object`)
  }
  return parsed
}

/**
 * Write a profile's manifest back (2-space JSON, trailing newline).
 * @param dir - the profile directory.
 * @param manifest - the manifest value to persist.
 */
export function writeProfileManifest(dir: string, manifest: ProfileManifest): void {
  writeFileSync(join(dir, 'package.json'), JSON.stringify(manifest, undefined, 2) + '\n')
}

/** Return whether two bundle lists have the same values in the same order. */
function sameBundles(left: readonly string[], right: readonly string[]): boolean {
  return left.length === right.length && left.every((value, index) => value === right[index])
}

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Solutions

1. Make the profile manifest a JSON object.

When it happens

Trigger: Thrown at packages/boot/app-boot/src/profile.ts:274 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/d12c904c0e75d865. Report an issue: GitHub.