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GOAL_INVALID_MAX_ROUNDS

GOAL_INVALID_MAX_ROUNDS

Error message

maxGoalRounds must be a positive safe integer

What it means

Error "maxGoalRounds must be a positive safe integer" thrown in deepseek-ai/deepseek-harness.

Source

Thrown at packages/goal/goal/src/index.ts:144

/** Process-local cache plus activation intent crossing the synchronous append boundary. */
interface GoalCache {
  readonly state: GoalFoldState
  activation: GoalActivation
  observedSeq: number
  pendingActivation: { readonly seq: number; readonly activation: GoalActivation } | undefined
}

/** Validated create input with every deployment default materialized. */
interface ResolvedCreateGoal {
  readonly objective: string
  readonly maxGoalRounds: number
}

/** Validate a caller-visible positive safe-integer round cap. */
function resolveMaxGoalRounds(value: number): number {
  if (!Number.isSafeInteger(value) || value < 1) {
    throw new GoalError('maxGoalRounds must be a positive safe integer', 'GOAL_INVALID_MAX_ROUNDS')
  }
  return value
}

/** Validate and normalize an objective at the domain boundary. */
function resolveObjective(value: string): string {
  if (typeof value !== 'string' || value.trim().length === 0) {
    throw new GoalError('goal objective must be a non-empty string', 'GOAL_INVALID_OBJECTIVE')
  }
  return value.trim()
}

/** 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),
  }

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When it happens

Trigger: Thrown at packages/goal/goal/src/index.ts:144 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/eaa153af076e34d6. Report an issue: GitHub.