deepseek-ai/deepseek-harness · error · Error

goal ${change.operation} does not preserve the current count

Error message

goal ${change.operation} does not preserve the current counters and timestamps

What it means

Error "goal ${change.operation} does not preserve the current counters and timestamps" thrown in deepseek-ai/deepseek-harness.

Source

Thrown at packages/goal/goal/src/fold.ts:212

  if (next.id !== current.id || next.revision !== current.revision + 1) {
    throw new Error(`goal ${operation} must advance the current goal by one revision`)
  }
}

/** Validate one non-create snapshot operation against the preceding projection. */
function validateSnapshotTransition(
  state: GoalFoldState,
  change: GoalSnapshotChangeMeta,
  current: GoalSnapshot,
): void {
  const next = change.goal
  requireNextRevision(current, next, change.operation)
  /* v8 ignore next -- a current goal established by this fold always has an updatedAt */
  if (state.updatedAt === undefined) throw new Error('current goal fold lacks updatedAt')
  if (change.createdAt !== state.createdAt
    || change.updatedAt < state.updatedAt
    || change.roundsStarted !== state.roundsStarted) {
    throw new Error(`goal ${change.operation} does not preserve the current counters and timestamps`)
  }
  switch (change.operation) {
    case 'edit':
      if (next.phase !== current.phase
        || JSON.stringify(next.blockedReason) !== JSON.stringify(current.blockedReason)) {
        throw new Error('goal edit cannot change phase or blocked reason')
      }
      break
    case 'pause':
      requireSameDefinition(current, next, change.operation)
      if (current.phase !== 'active' || next.phase !== 'paused') throw new Error('goal pause has an invalid phase transition')
      break
    case 'resume': {
      requireSameDefinition(current, next, change.operation)
      const resumable: ReadonlySet<GoalPhase> = new Set([
        'active',
        'paused',
        'blocked',

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When it happens

Trigger: Thrown at packages/goal/goal/src/fold.ts:212 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/63b28151bd7fc7b4. Report an issue: GitHub.