deepseek-ai/deepseek-harness · error

client-modules: require("${spec}") missed the module table —

Error message

client-modules: require("${spec}") missed the module table — not a platform seed word, not a materialized module, and no registered package factory (a build-time externals drift, or a dynamic dependency that did not arrive)

What it means

Error "client-modules: require("${spec}") missed the module table — not a platform seed word, not a materialized module, and no registered package factory (a build-time externals drift, or a dynamic dependency that did not arrive)" thrown in deepseek-ai/deepseek-harness.

Source

Thrown at packages/client/modules/src/client/system.ts:182

      this.materializing.delete(id)
    }
  }

  /**
   * The synchronous require answered to factories: seed → memoized record →
   * registered factory. Fetching is async and therefore unreachable
   * from here; an external dynamic package must have arrived before its
   * consumer materializes.
   */
  private makeRequire(edges: Set<string>): (spec: string) => unknown {
    return (spec: string): unknown => {
      edges.add(spec)
      if (this.seed.has(spec)) return this.seed.get(spec)
      const id = stripClientSuffix(spec)
      const record = this.loadCache.get(id)
      if (record !== undefined) return record.exports
      if (this.factories.has(id)) return this.materialize(id).exports
      throw new Error(
        `client-modules: require("${spec}") missed the module table — not a platform seed word, not a materialized module, `
        + 'and no registered package factory (a build-time externals drift, or a dynamic dependency that did not arrive)',
      )
    }
  }

  async import(specifier: string): Promise<unknown> {
    if (this.seed.has(specifier)) return this.seed.get(specifier)
    const id = stripClientSuffix(specifier)
    const existing = this.loadCache.get(id)
    if (existing !== undefined) return existing.exports
    const row = this.graphRows.get(id)
    if (row !== undefined) {
      await this.arriveGraphRow(row)
    } else if (!this.factories.has(id)) {
      throw new Error(
        `client-modules: cannot resolve "${specifier}" — not a seed word, not a materialized module, `
        + 'and not a row in the boot graph (the runtime mirror of the bundle purity gate)',

View on GitHub (pinned to b150a551b8)

Solutions

1. Register a package factory for the spec or add it to the boot graph; fix the build-time externals drift.

When it happens

Trigger: Thrown at packages/client/modules/src/client/system.ts:182 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/dab47180dcc5026d. Report an issue: GitHub.