deepseek-ai/deepseek-harness · error · Error

goal change goal.objective must be non-empty and normalized

Error message

goal change goal.objective must be non-empty and normalized

What it means

Error "goal change goal.objective must be non-empty and normalized" thrown in deepseek-ai/deepseek-harness.

Source

Thrown at packages/goal/goal/src/fold.ts:95

  if (typeof value['code'] !== 'string' || !/^[a-z][a-z0-9]*(?:-[a-z0-9]+)*$/.test(value['code'])) {
    throw new Error('goal change goal.blockedReason.code must be lower-kebab-case')
  }
  if (typeof value['message'] !== 'string' || value['message'].trim().length === 0
    || value['message'] !== value['message'].trim()) {
    throw new Error('goal change goal.blockedReason.message must be non-empty and normalized')
  }
  return { code: value['code'], message: value['message'] }
}

/** Decode and validate one snapshot. */
function decodeSnapshot(value: unknown): GoalSnapshot {
  if (!isRecord(value)) throw new Error('goal change goal must be a record')
  if (typeof value['id'] !== 'string' || value['id'].length === 0) {
    throw new Error('goal change goal.id must be a non-empty string')
  }
  if (typeof value['objective'] !== 'string' || value['objective'].trim().length === 0
    || value['objective'] !== value['objective'].trim()) {
    throw new Error('goal change goal.objective must be non-empty and normalized')
  }
  if (typeof value['phase'] !== 'string' || !PHASES.has(value['phase'] as GoalPhase)) {
    throw new Error('goal change goal.phase is invalid')
  }
  const phase = value['phase'] as GoalPhase
  const expectedKeys = phase === 'blocked'
    ? 'blockedReason,id,maxGoalRounds,objective,phase,revision'
    : 'id,maxGoalRounds,objective,phase,revision'
  if (Object.keys(value).sort().join(',') !== expectedKeys) {
    throw new Error(`goal change goal for phase ${phase} must have exactly ${expectedKeys} fields`)
  }
  return {
    id: GoalId(value['id']),
    revision: positiveInteger(value['revision'], 'goal.revision'),
    objective: value['objective'],
    phase,
    maxGoalRounds: positiveInteger(value['maxGoalRounds'], 'goal.maxGoalRounds'),
    ...phase === 'blocked' ? { blockedReason: decodeBlockReason(value['blockedReason']) } : {},

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When it happens

Trigger: Thrown at packages/goal/goal/src/fold.ts:95 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/51dcd821e49beb24. Report an issue: GitHub.