deepseek-ai/deepseek-harness · error · DirectoryBrowseError

directory browse failed: ${rpcError.code}: ${rpcError.messag

Error message

directory browse failed: ${rpcError.code}: ${rpcError.message}

What it means

Error "directory browse failed: ${rpcError.code}: ${rpcError.message}" thrown in deepseek-ai/deepseek-harness.

Source

Thrown at packages/client/runtime/src/client/workspaces/service.ts:225

   * @returns the selected path, or null when the user cancelled.
   */
  async pickDirectory(): Promise<string | null> {
    const response = await this.api.host.pickDirectory({})
    if (!response.result.ok) {
      throw new Error(`directory picker failed: ${response.result.error.message}`)
    }
    return response.result.value.path
  }

  /**
   * List one directory level through the Host's `browse` capability.
   * @param path - absolute directory to list; absent lists the Host home directory.
   * @param signal - aborts the wire request (and the Host's scan) when the caller supersedes it.
   * @returns the level's listing with breadcrumb ancestry.
   */
  async listDirectory(path?: string, signal?: AbortSignal): Promise<DirectoryListing> {
    const response = await this.api.host.listDirectory(path === undefined ? {} : { path }, signal)
    if (!response.result.ok) throw new DirectoryBrowseError(response.result.error)
    return response.result.value
  }

  /**
   * Create one child directory through the Host's `browse` capability.
   * @param path - absolute existing parent directory.
   * @param name - single non-blank path segment.
   * @returns the created directory's absolute path.
   */
  async createDirectory(path: string, name: string): Promise<string> {
    const response = await this.api.host.createDirectory({ path, name })
    if (!response.result.ok) throw new DirectoryBrowseError(response.result.error)
    return response.result.value.path
  }

  /**
   * Open a filesystem path with the Host operating system's default application.
   * @param path - absolute or host-resolvable path.

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Solutions

1. Read the RPC error code and message and correct the directory browse request.

When it happens

Trigger: Thrown at packages/client/runtime/src/client/workspaces/service.ts:225 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/7f777b0b90300581. Report an issue: GitHub.