deepseek-ai/deepseek-harness · error · GoalError

GOAL_STALE_REVISION

GOAL_STALE_REVISION

Error message

stale goal ref "${ref.id}" revision ${ref.revision}; current is "${current.id}" revision ${current.revision}

What it means

Error "stale goal ref "${ref.id}" revision ${ref.revision}; current is "${current.id}" revision ${current.revision}" thrown in deepseek-ai/deepseek-harness.

Source

Thrown at packages/goal/goal/src/index.ts:405

    }
    this.commit(agent, cache, change, 'disarmed')
    return { ...tombstone }
  }

  /** Resolve and validate the cache used by a mutation. */
  private prepareMutation(agent: Agent): GoalCache {
    this.assertLive(agent)
    const cache = this.cache(agent.session)
    this.sync(agent.session, cache)
    return cache
  }

  /** Reject stale or missing current-state refs. */
  private expectCurrent(cache: GoalCache, ref: GoalRef): GoalSnapshot {
    const current = cache.state.goal
    if (current === undefined) throw new GoalError('no current goal', 'GOAL_NOT_FOUND')
    if (ref.id !== current.id || ref.revision !== current.revision) {
      throw new GoalError(
        `stale goal ref "${ref.id}" revision ${ref.revision}; current is "${current.id}" revision ${current.revision}`,
        'GOAL_STALE_REVISION',
      )
    }
    return current
  }

  /** Enforce exact live-agent identity rather than trusting a matching id. */
  private assertLive(agent: Agent): void {
    if (this.ctx.agents.get(agent.id) !== agent) {
      throw new GoalError(`agent "${agent.id}" is not live in this registry`, 'GOAL_AGENT_NOT_LIVE')
    }
  }

  /** Return the per-session cache, folding a seed once with activation disarmed. */
  private cache(session: Session): GoalCache {
    let cache = this.caches.get(session)
    if (cache !== undefined) return cache

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When it happens

Trigger: Thrown at packages/goal/goal/src/index.ts:405 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/6f322e8790c746d5. Report an issue: GitHub.