deepseek-ai/deepseek-harness · error · TypeError

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

Error message

credentials-local: record "${key}" in ${filename} has a non-string or empty key

What it means

Error "credentials-local: record "${key}" in ${filename} has a non-string or empty key" thrown in deepseek-ai/deepseek-harness.

Source

Thrown at packages/credentials/credentials-local/src/index.ts:339

  if (section === undefined || section === null) return {}
  if (typeof section !== 'object' || Array.isArray(section)) {
    throw new TypeError(`credentials-local: "${name}" in ${filename} must be a mapping`)
  }
  return section as Record<string, unknown>
}

/** Admit one record entry, rejecting an unknown tag or field rather than dropping it. */
function parseRecord(key: string, value: unknown, filename: string): CredentialRecord {
  if (typeof value !== 'object' || value === null || Array.isArray(value)) {
    throw new TypeError(`credentials-local: record "${key}" in ${filename} must be a mapping`)
  }
  const fields = value as Record<string, unknown>
  const kind = fields['kind']
  if (kind === 'api-key') {
    assertFields(key, fields, ['kind', 'key', 'env'], filename)
    const apiKey = fields['key']
    if (apiKey !== undefined && (typeof apiKey !== 'string' || apiKey.length === 0)) {
      throw new TypeError(`credentials-local: record "${key}" in ${filename} has a non-string or empty key`)
    }
    const env = parseRecordEnv(key, fields['env'], filename)
    return {
      kind: 'api-key',
      ...apiKey === undefined ? {} : { key: apiKey },
      ...env === undefined ? {} : { env },
    }
  }
  if (kind === 'grant') {
    assertFields(key, fields, ['kind', 'payload'], filename)
    if (!('payload' in fields)) {
      throw new Error(`credentials-local: record "${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)}`)

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When it happens

Trigger: Thrown at packages/credentials/credentials-local/src/index.ts:339 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/ae555525522b821c. Report an issue: GitHub.