deepseek-ai/deepseek-harness · error · Error

credentials-local: record "${key}" in ${filename} has unknow

Error message

credentials-local: record "${key}" in ${filename} has unknown field "${field}"

What it means

Error "credentials-local: record "${key}" in ${filename} has unknown field "${field}"" thrown in deepseek-ai/deepseek-harness.

Source

Thrown at packages/credentials/credentials-local/src/index.ts:364

    }
  }
  if (kind === 'grant') {
    assertFields(key, fields, ['kind', 'payload'], filename)
    if (!('payload' in fields)) {
      throw new Error(`credentials-local: record "${key}" in ${filename} has no payload`)
    }
    assertJsonValue(`record "${key}" payload in ${filename}`, fields['payload'], new Set())
    return { kind: 'grant', payload: fields['payload'] }
  }
  if (kind === undefined) throw new Error(`credentials-local: record "${key}" in ${filename} has no kind`)
  throw new Error(`credentials-local: record "${key}" in ${filename} has unknown kind ${JSON.stringify(kind)}`)
}

/** Reject a field the tag does not define, so a typo is not silently dropped. */
function assertFields(key: string, fields: Record<string, unknown>, allowed: string[], filename: string): void {
  for (const field of Object.keys(fields)) {
    if (!allowed.includes(field)) {
      throw new Error(`credentials-local: record "${key}" in ${filename} has unknown field "${field}"`)
    }
  }
}

/** Admit an api-key record's provider environment: POSIX names over non-empty strings. */
function parseRecordEnv(key: string, env: unknown, filename: string): Record<string, string> | undefined {
  if (env === undefined) return undefined
  if (typeof env !== 'object' || env === null || Array.isArray(env)) {
    throw new TypeError(`credentials-local: record "${key}" in ${filename} has a non-mapping env`)
  }
  const parsed: Record<string, string> = {}
  for (const [name, value] of Object.entries(env as Record<string, unknown>)) {
    credentialRef(name)
    if (typeof value !== 'string' || value.length === 0) {
      throw new TypeError(
        `credentials-local: record "${key}" env "${name}" in ${filename} must be a non-empty string`,
      )
    }

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When it happens

Trigger: Thrown at packages/credentials/credentials-local/src/index.ts:364 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/870c2a9cc6ecd3e0. Report an issue: GitHub.