deepseek-ai/deepseek-harness · error · LlmError

INVALID_REQUEST

INVALID_REQUEST

Error message

DeepSeek Files API upload exceeds 128 MiB.

What it means

Error "DeepSeek Files API upload exceeds 128 MiB." thrown in deepseek-ai/deepseek-harness.

Source

Thrown at packages/llm/llm-deepseek/src/files-api.ts:184

      response.status,
      detail,
    )
  }

  /**
   * Upload one image with an explicit expiry.
   * @param input - deterministic request-version bytes, media type, filename, lifetime, and cancellation.
   * @returns the validated provider file object, including `expires_at`.
   */
  async upload(input: {
    data: Uint8Array
    mediaType: ImageMediaType
    filename: string
    expiresAfterSeconds: number
    signal?: AbortSignal
  }): Promise<DeepSeekFileObject & { expiresAt: number }> {
    if (input.data.byteLength > MAX_FILE_UPLOAD_BYTES) {
      throw new LlmError('DeepSeek Files API upload exceeds 128 MiB.', 'INVALID_REQUEST')
    }
    if (!Number.isSafeInteger(input.expiresAfterSeconds)
      || input.expiresAfterSeconds < MIN_FILE_EXPIRY_SECONDS
      || input.expiresAfterSeconds > MAX_FILE_EXPIRY_SECONDS) {
      throw new LlmError('DeepSeek file expiry must be between 3600 and 2592000 seconds.', 'INVALID_REQUEST')
    }
    const form = new FormData()
    form.set('purpose', 'user_data')
    form.set('expires_after[anchor]', 'created_at')
    form.set('expires_after[seconds]', String(input.expiresAfterSeconds))
    form.set('file', new Blob([Uint8Array.from(input.data).buffer], { type: input.mediaType }), input.filename)
    const response = await this.request('/files', { method: 'POST', body: form }, input.signal)
    const file = parseFileObject(await response.json(), 'upload')
    if (file.expiresAt === undefined) throw invalidResponse('upload')
    return { ...file, expiresAt: file.expiresAt }
  }

  /**

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Solutions

1. Keep each Files API upload under 128 MiB.

When it happens

Trigger: Thrown at packages/llm/llm-deepseek/src/files-api.ts:184 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/61afe62a1306c7ec. Report an issue: GitHub.