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goal clear tombstone id must be a non-empty string

Error message

goal clear tombstone id must be a non-empty string

What it means

Error "goal clear tombstone id must be a non-empty string" thrown in deepseek-ai/deepseek-harness.

Source

Thrown at packages/goal/goal/src/fold.ts:123

    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']) } : {},
  }
}

/** Decode and validate one ref. */
function decodeRef(value: unknown): GoalRef {
  if (!isRecord(value) || Object.keys(value).sort().join(',') !== 'id,revision') {
    throw new Error('goal clear tombstone must have exactly id and revision fields')
  }
  if (typeof value['id'] !== 'string' || value['id'].length === 0) {
    throw new Error('goal clear tombstone id must be a non-empty string')
  }
  return { id: GoalId(value['id']), revision: positiveInteger(value['revision'], 'cleared.revision') }
}

/**
 * Decode a value that declares itself as a goal change. Unrelated values
 * return `undefined`; malformed goal changes fail replay loudly.
 * @param value - candidate source change.
 * @returns validated goal change or `undefined` for another value kind.
 */
export function decodeGoalChange(value: unknown): GoalChangeMeta | undefined {
  if (!isRecord(value) || value['kind'] !== 'goal/change') return undefined
  if (value['version'] !== GOAL_CHANGE_VERSION) {
    throw new Error(`unsupported goal change version ${String(value['version'])}`)
  }
  if (value['operation'] === 'clear') {
    const allowed = ['cleared', 'clearedAt', 'kind', 'operation', 'version']
    if (Object.keys(value).sort().join(',') !== allowed.sort().join(',')) {

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When it happens

Trigger: Thrown at packages/goal/goal/src/fold.ts:123 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/e2037943c6808ace. Report an issue: GitHub.