deepseek-ai/deepseek-harness · error · DirectoryPickerError

directory-unreadable

directory-unreadable

Error message

cannot list ${target}: ${message}

What it means

Error "cannot list ${target}: ${message}" thrown in deepseek-ai/deepseek-harness.

Source

Thrown at packages/host/apiproxy/src/api-proxy.ts:2889

        const capability = ctx.directoryPicker.capability()
        if (capability.kind !== 'browse') {
          return err(request, {
            code: 'directory-picker-unavailable',
            message: `host.listDirectory needs the browse capability; the composed picker serves "${capability.kind}"`,
            details: { capability: capability.kind },
          })
        }
        try {
          // The carrier's signal follows the caller: a disconnect or timeout
          // stops the backend's directory scan instead of outliving it.
          return ok(request, await capability.list(request.payload.path, signal))
        } catch (error: unknown) {
          // An abort is the caller's own timeout/disconnect, not a server
          // failure — same code pickDirectory and command.execute report.
          if (signal.aborted) {
            return err(request, { code: 'cancelled', message: 'directory listing was aborted', details: {} })
          }
          return err(request, directoryError(error))
        }
      },

      async createDirectory(request) {
        const capability = ctx.directoryPicker.capability()
        if (capability.kind !== 'browse') {
          return err(request, {
            code: 'directory-picker-unavailable',
            message: `host.createDirectory needs the browse capability; the composed picker serves "${capability.kind}"`,
            details: { capability: capability.kind },
          })
        }
        try {
          return ok(request, { path: await capability.createDirectory(request.payload.path, request.payload.name) })
        } catch (error: unknown) {
          return err(request, directoryError(error))
        }
      },

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Solutions

1. Fix the target path or its permissions per the embedded message, then list again.

When it happens

Trigger: Thrown at packages/host/apiproxy/src/api-proxy.ts:2889 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/b72c284821ba8bd3. Report an issue: GitHub.