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goal pause has an invalid phase transition

Error message

goal pause has an invalid phase transition

What it means

Error "goal pause has an invalid phase transition" thrown in deepseek-ai/deepseek-harness.

Source

Thrown at packages/goal/goal/src/fold.ts:223

  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
    }
    case 'complete':
      requireSameDefinition(current, next, change.operation)
      if (current.phase === 'complete' || next.phase !== 'complete') throw new Error('goal complete has an invalid phase transition')
      break
    case 'block':

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When it happens

Trigger: Thrown at packages/goal/goal/src/fold.ts:223 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/e59cf4b9812b70c6. Report an issue: GitHub.