deepseek-ai/deepseek-harness · error · Error

goal edit cannot change phase or blocked reason

Error message

goal edit cannot change phase or blocked reason

What it means

Error "goal edit cannot change phase or blocked reason" thrown in deepseek-ai/deepseek-harness.

Source

Thrown at packages/goal/goal/src/fold.ts:218

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',
      ])
      if (!resumable.has(current.phase) || next.phase !== 'active' || state.roundsStarted >= next.maxGoalRounds) {
        throw new Error('goal resume has an invalid phase transition or exhausted round budget')
      }
      break
    }

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When it happens

Trigger: Thrown at packages/goal/goal/src/fold.ts:218 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/33b46bd0a03f5f7c. Report an issue: GitHub.