deepseek-ai/deepseek-harness · error · Error

GetFileSecurityW ${code} (Win32 ${win32Code}): ${path}

Error message

GetFileSecurityW ${code} (Win32 ${win32Code}): ${path}

What it means

Error "GetFileSecurityW ${code} (Win32 ${win32Code}): ${path}" thrown in deepseek-ai/deepseek-harness.

Source

Thrown at packages/fs/fs-local/src/win32.ts:93

  error.code = code
  error.errno = win32Code
  error.syscall = syscall
  error.path = path
  error.win32Code = win32Code
  return error
}

/**
 * Read a file's self-relative DACL security descriptor.
 * @param path - existing file whose DACL is read.
 * @returns a descriptor buffer accepted by `SetFileSecurityW`.
 */
export async function readFileDaclWin32(path: string): Promise<Buffer> {
  const api = await win32()
  const nativePath = toNamespacedPath(path)
  const needed: [number] = [0]
  api.getFileSecurityW(nativePath, DACL_SECURITY_INFORMATION, null, 0, needed)
  if (needed[0] === 0) throw win32Error('GetFileSecurityW', api.getLastError(), path)

  const descriptor = Buffer.alloc(needed[0])
  if (api.getFileSecurityW(nativePath, DACL_SECURITY_INFORMATION, descriptor, descriptor.length, needed) === 0) {
    throw win32Error('GetFileSecurityW', api.getLastError(), path)
  }
  return descriptor.subarray(0, needed[0])
}

/**
 * Copy an existing file's DACL onto another file and protect it from staging-parent inheritance.
 * The destination must still be empty when confidentiality depends on this call.
 * @param source - existing file whose DACL is copied.
 * @param destination - existing file that receives the protected DACL.
 */
export async function copyFileDaclWin32(source: string, destination: string): Promise<void> {
  const descriptor = await readFileDaclWin32(source)
  const api = await win32()
  const information = (DACL_SECURITY_INFORMATION | PROTECTED_DACL_SECURITY_INFORMATION) >>> 0

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Solutions

1. Run with sufficient privileges and verify the path exists; check the Win32 error code for the cause.

When it happens

Trigger: Thrown at packages/fs/fs-local/src/win32.ts:93 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/3f47de76a9cf52e3. Report an issue: GitHub.