deepseek-ai/deepseek-harness · error · Error

credentials-local is disposed: cannot delete "${key}"

Error message

credentials-local is disposed: cannot delete "${key}"

What it means

Error "credentials-local is disposed: cannot delete "${key}"" thrown in deepseek-ai/deepseek-harness.

Source

Thrown at packages/credentials/credentials-local/src/index.ts:710

        // Admitted before it is rendered: what the read path would refuse is
        // refused here first, so a caller can never persist a document the
        // next boot rejects, and a value refused here has not been stored.
        if (next.kind === 'grant') assertJsonValue(`record "${key}" payload`, next.payload, new Set())
        else assertStorableApiKey(key, next)
        const nextText = renderRecord(this.text, key, next)
        // 0600: a document holding secrets is never world-readable.
        await writeFileAtomic(this.spec.filename, nextText, { mode: 0o600, dirMode: 0o700 })
        this.text = nextText
        this.records.set(key, next)
        // After the commit, on the same terms as a reference write.
        this.notifyRecordUpdated(key)
        return next
      }, { waitMs: DOCUMENT_LOCK_WAIT_MS })
    })
  }

  override async deleteRecord(key: CredentialKey): Promise<void> {
    if (this.isClosed()) throw new Error(`credentials-local is disposed: cannot delete "${key}"`)
    await this.enqueue(async () => {
      if (this.isClosed()) {
        throw new Error(`credentials-local was disposed before the queued "${key}" delete ran`)
      }
      await mkdir(dirname(this.spec.filename), { recursive: true, mode: 0o700 })
      await withFileLock(this.spec.filename, async () => {
        await this.reconcileFromDisk()
        if (!this.records.has(key)) return
        const nextText = renderRecord(this.text, key, undefined)
        await writeFileAtomic(this.spec.filename, nextText, { mode: 0o600, dirMode: 0o700 })
        this.text = nextText
        this.records.delete(key)
        this.notifyRecordUpdated(key)
      }, { waitMs: DOCUMENT_LOCK_WAIT_MS })
    })
  }

  /* jscpd:ignore-start -- the operation-chain and reload lifecycle is the same

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When it happens

Trigger: Thrown at packages/credentials/credentials-local/src/index.ts:710 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/4efdf322b5a9a8b7. Report an issue: GitHub.