deepseek-ai/deepseek-harness · error · Error

file search excludedDirectories entries must be non-empty di

Error message

file search excludedDirectories entries must be non-empty directory basenames

What it means

Error "file search excludedDirectories entries must be non-empty directory basenames" thrown in deepseek-ai/deepseek-harness.

Source

Thrown at packages/context/file-reference-local/src/search.ts:65

 * bounded traversal until the `@` interaction ends or a tool result invalidates it.
 */
export class WorkspaceFileSearch {
  private readonly excludedDirectories: ReadonlySet<string>
  private generation: IndexGeneration | undefined
  private disposed = false

  constructor(
    private readonly root: string,
    private readonly config: FileSearchConfig,
  ) {
    if (!Number.isSafeInteger(config.maxResults) || config.maxResults <= 0) {
      throw new Error('file search maxResults must be a positive safe integer')
    }
    if (!Number.isSafeInteger(config.maxEntries) || config.maxEntries <= 0) {
      throw new Error('file search maxEntries must be a positive safe integer')
    }
    if (config.excludedDirectories.some(name => name.length === 0 || name.includes('/') || name.includes('\\'))) {
      throw new Error('file search excludedDirectories entries must be non-empty directory basenames')
    }
    this.excludedDirectories = new Set(config.excludedDirectories)
  }

  /**
   * Return ranked path candidates for the current token.
   * @param rawQuery - path text following `@` or `@"`.
   * @param signal - cancels this caller's wait without killing an index shared by a newer query.
   * @returns at most `maxResults` deterministic candidates.
   */
  async list(rawQuery: string, signal: AbortSignal): Promise<FileReferenceCandidate[]> {
    signal.throwIfAborted()
    if (this.disposed) return []
    const query = rawQuery.replaceAll('\\', '/')
    const slash = query.lastIndexOf('/')
    if (query === '' || slash >= 0) {
      const directory = slash < 0 ? '' : query.slice(0, slash + 1)
      const fragment = slash < 0 ? '' : query.slice(slash + 1)

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Solutions

1. Use non-empty directory basenames in the file search excludedDirectories.

When it happens

Trigger: Thrown at packages/context/file-reference-local/src/search.ts:65 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/c35341cbf6a6b508. Report an issue: GitHub.