deepseek-ai/deepseek-harness · error · Error

client api: method ${JSON.stringify(`${this.namespace}/${met

Error message

client api: method ${JSON.stringify(`${this.namespace}/${method}`)} conflicts with its namespace service

What it means

Error "client api: method ${JSON.stringify(`${this.namespace}/${method}`)} conflicts with its namespace service" thrown in deepseek-ai/deepseek-harness.

Source

Thrown at packages/api/gateway/src/client/index.ts:449

  static assertMethodAvailable(namespace: string, method: string): void {
    if (REMOTE_NAMESPACE_FIELDS.has(method) || method in RemoteNamespaceService.prototype) {
      throw new Error(`client api: method ${JSON.stringify(`${namespace}/${method}`)} conflicts with its namespace service`)
    }
  }

  constructor(
    ctx: Context,
    name: string,
    private readonly invokeRemote: InvokeRemote,
  ) {
    super(ctx, remoteServiceKey(name))
    this.namespace = name
  }

  assertMethodAvailable(method: string): void {
    RemoteNamespaceService.assertMethodAvailable(this.namespace, method)
    if (method in this && !this.methods.has(method)) {
      throw new Error(`client api: method ${JSON.stringify(`${this.namespace}/${method}`)} conflicts with its namespace service`)
    }
  }

  get empty(): boolean {
    return this.methods.size === 0
  }

  has(kind: 'direct' | 'scoped', method: string): boolean {
    return this.methods.get(method)?.[kind] !== undefined
  }

  installDirect(descriptor: InvocationDescriptor, token: MountToken): void {
    this.install(descriptor.method, 'direct', { descriptor, token })
  }

  installScoped(descriptor: InvocationDescriptor, projection: ScopedProjection, token: MountToken): void {
    this.install(descriptor.method, 'scoped', { descriptor, projection, token })
  }

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Solutions

1. Rename the method so it does not conflict with its namespace service.

When it happens

Trigger: Thrown at packages/api/gateway/src/client/index.ts:449 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/aa6d75144a396932. Report an issue: GitHub.