deepseek-ai/deepseek-harness · error · GoalError

GOAL_INVALID_BLOCK_REASON

GOAL_INVALID_BLOCK_REASON

Error message

goal block reason requires a lower-kebab-case code and a non-empty message

What it means

Error "goal block reason requires a lower-kebab-case code and a non-empty message" thrown in deepseek-ai/deepseek-harness.

Source

Thrown at packages/goal/goal/src/index.ts:174

/** Materialize deployment defaults and validate one create request. */
function resolveCreateGoal(request: CreateGoalRequest, defaultMaxGoalRounds: number): ResolvedCreateGoal {
  return {
    objective: resolveObjective(request.objective),
    maxGoalRounds: resolveMaxGoalRounds(request.maxGoalRounds ?? defaultMaxGoalRounds),
  }
}

/** Validate and detach one policy-owned blocker explanation. */
function resolveBlockReason(reason: unknown): GoalBlockReason {
  const record = typeof reason === 'object' && reason !== null && !Array.isArray(reason)
    ? reason as Record<string, unknown>
    : undefined
  const code = record?.['code']
  const message = record?.['message']
  if (typeof code !== 'string' || !/^[a-z][a-z0-9]*(?:-[a-z0-9]+)*$/.test(code)
    || typeof message !== 'string' || message.trim().length === 0) {
    throw new GoalError(
      'goal block reason requires a lower-kebab-case code and a non-empty message',
      'GOAL_INVALID_BLOCK_REASON',
    )
  }
  return { code, message: message.trim() }
}

/** Goal service (`ctx.goals`) backed exclusively by the owning session log. */
export class GoalService extends TypertRemoteService {
  static inject = ['agents']

  static Config: z<Config> = z.object({
    defaultMaxGoalRounds: z.number().default(256),
  })

  private readonly resolved: ResolvedConfig
  private readonly caches = new WeakMap<Session, GoalCache>()

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When it happens

Trigger: Thrown at packages/goal/goal/src/index.ts:174 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/dba5e8be965a8a86. Report an issue: GitHub.