deepseek-ai/deepseek-harness · error · DirectoryPickerError

directory-exists

directory-exists

Error message

${target} already exists

What it means

Error "${target} already exists" thrown in deepseek-ai/deepseek-harness.

Source

Thrown at packages/host/directory-picker-browse/src/index.ts:319

    // cwd or the current drive.
    if (!fullyQualified(path)) {
      throw new DirectoryPickerError('directory-create-failed', path, `cannot create under "${path}": not a fully qualified parent path`)
    }
    const parent = resolve(path)
    // The backend owns segment validation (the wire schema also refuses these,
    // but direct service consumers must hit the same fence).
    if (name.trim() === '' || name === '.' || name === '..' || /[/\\]/.test(name)) {
      throw new DirectoryPickerError('directory-create-failed', join(parent, name), `"${name}" is not a single path segment`)
    }
    const target = join(parent, name)
    try {
      // Non-recursive: the parent is the directory the browser is showing, so
      // a missing parent is a real failure, not a level to invent.
      await mkdir(target)
      return target
    } catch (error: unknown) {
      if (typeof error === 'object' && error !== null && 'code' in error && error.code === 'EEXIST') {
        throw new DirectoryPickerError('directory-exists', target, `${target} already exists`)
      }
      throw new DirectoryPickerError('directory-create-failed', target, `cannot create ${target}: ${messageOf(error)}`)
    }
  }
}

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When it happens

Trigger: Thrown at packages/host/directory-picker-browse/src/index.ts:319 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/2add3744adc562d8. Report an issue: GitHub.