deepseek-ai/deepseek-harness · error · LlmError

INVALID_REQUEST

INVALID_REQUEST

Error message

DeepSeek chat image exceeds the 32 MiB per-image limit.

What it means

Error "DeepSeek chat image exceeds the 32 MiB per-image limit." thrown in deepseek-ai/deepseek-harness.

Source

Thrown at packages/llm/llm-deepseek/src/file-store.ts:185

    }, (error: unknown) => {
      shared.settled = true
      throw uploadFailure(error)
    })
    this.inflight.set(key, shared)
    void shared.promise.finally(() => {
      if (this.inflight.get(key) === shared) this.inflight.delete(key)
    }).catch(() => {})
    return waitForUpload(shared, signal)
  }

  private async ensureUploadedOnce(
    version: RequestImageAttachment,
    connection: DeepSeekFileConnection,
    policy: DeepSeekFilePolicy,
    signal: AbortSignal,
  ): Promise<DeepSeekFileReference> {
    if (version.bytes > MAX_CHAT_IMAGE_BYTES) {
      throw new LlmError('DeepSeek chat image exceeds the 32 MiB per-image limit.', 'INVALID_REQUEST')
    }
    const scope = deepSeekFileScope(connection.baseURL, connection.apiKey)
    const now = this.now()
    const marginMs = policy.refreshMarginSeconds * 1_000
    const cached = await this.index.get(scope, version.variantId, now, marginMs)
    if (cached !== undefined) return { record: cached, uploaded: false }

    const client = this.client(connection)
    const upload = async (): Promise<DeepSeekUploadRecord> => {
      const remote = await client.upload({
        data: version.data,
        mediaType: version.mediaType,
        filename: filename(version),
        expiresAfterSeconds: policy.expiresAfterSeconds,
        signal,
      })
      if (remote.bytes !== version.data.byteLength) {
        throw new LlmError('DeepSeek Files API upload response does not match the submitted image.', 'INVALID_RESPONSE')

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Solutions

1. Resize or compress the image below 32 MiB before attaching it.

When it happens

Trigger: Thrown at packages/llm/llm-deepseek/src/file-store.ts:185 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/1581ab0dd227a2c0. Report an issue: GitHub.