deepseek-ai/deepseek-harness · error · Error

dsh: invalid profile name ${JSON.stringify(name)}

Error message

dsh: invalid profile name ${JSON.stringify(name)}

What it means

Error "dsh: invalid profile name ${JSON.stringify(name)}" thrown in deepseek-ai/deepseek-harness.

Source

Thrown at packages/boot/app-boot/src/profile.ts:108

  /** Bundle layers in `dsh.profile.bundles` order. */
  layers: ProfileLayer[]
  /** Absolute path of the profile's own patch file. */
  patchPath: string
  /** The profile's own patches; empty when the file is absent. */
  patches: PatchOptions[]
}

/**
 * Resolve a profile's directory under the Harness home.
 * @param name - the profile name (`dsh --profile <name>`).
 * @param home - the Harness home; defaults to {@link resolveDshHome}.
 * @returns the absolute profile directory (which may not exist yet).
 */
export function resolveProfileDir(name: string, home: string = resolveDshHome()): string {
  if (name === '' || name.includes('/') || name.includes('\\') || name === '.' || name === '..'
    // The launcher-maintained flat module fallback lives at this sibling path.
    || name === 'node_modules') {
    throw new Error(`dsh: invalid profile name ${JSON.stringify(name)}`)
  }
  return join(home, PROFILES_DIR, name)
}

/** The shipped profile templates auto-initialized on first use, by name. */
export const PROFILE_TEMPLATES: Record<string, readonly string[]> = {
  web: ['@deepseek-ai/dsh-base', '@deepseek-ai/dsh-web-app'],
  headless: ['@deepseek-ai/dsh-base', '@deepseek-ai/dsh-headless'],
}

/** Installation-owned bundle tuples normalized to the shipped template. */
const INSTALLATION_OWNED_PROFILE_TUPLES: Record<string, readonly string[]> = {
  headless: ['@deepseek-ai/dsh-base', '@deepseek-ai/dsh-web-app', '@deepseek-ai/dsh-headless'],
}

/** The bundle list a `dsh plugin` init uses for a name with no shipped template. */
export const DEFAULT_PROFILE_BUNDLES: readonly string[] = ['@deepseek-ai/dsh-base']

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Solutions

1. Use a valid profile name without invalid characters.

When it happens

Trigger: Thrown at packages/boot/app-boot/src/profile.ts:108 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/c93f4e97bca606e6. Report an issue: GitHub.