deepseek-ai/deepseek-harness · error · Error

llm-deepseek: maxInlineRequestImageBytes must be a positive

Error message

llm-deepseek: maxInlineRequestImageBytes must be a positive safe integer

What it means

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

Source

Thrown at packages/llm/llm-deepseek/src/index.ts:303

  if (config.maxTokens !== undefined
    && (!Number.isSafeInteger(config.maxTokens) || config.maxTokens <= 0)) {
    throw new Error('llm-deepseek: maxTokens must be a positive safe integer')
  }
  const streamIdleTimeoutMs = config.streamIdleTimeoutMs ?? DEFAULT_STREAM_IDLE_TIMEOUT_MS
  if (!Number.isFinite(streamIdleTimeoutMs)
    || streamIdleTimeoutMs <= 0
    || streamIdleTimeoutMs > MAX_TIMER_DELAY_MS) {
    throw new Error(
      `llm-deepseek: streamIdleTimeoutMs must be a positive finite number no greater than ${MAX_TIMER_DELAY_MS}`,
    )
  }
  const maxRequestFilesBytes = config.maxRequestFilesBytes ?? DEFAULT_MAX_REQUEST_FILES_BYTES
  if (!Number.isSafeInteger(maxRequestFilesBytes) || maxRequestFilesBytes <= 0) {
    throw new Error('llm-deepseek: maxRequestFilesBytes must be a positive safe integer')
  }
  const maxInlineRequestImageBytes = config.maxInlineRequestImageBytes ?? DEFAULT_MAX_INLINE_REQUEST_IMAGE_BYTES
  if (!Number.isSafeInteger(maxInlineRequestImageBytes) || maxInlineRequestImageBytes <= 0) {
    throw new Error('llm-deepseek: maxInlineRequestImageBytes must be a positive safe integer')
  }
  const maxImagesPerRequest = config.maxImagesPerRequest ?? DEFAULT_MAX_IMAGES_PER_REQUEST
  if (!Number.isSafeInteger(maxImagesPerRequest) || maxImagesPerRequest <= 0) {
    throw new Error('llm-deepseek: maxImagesPerRequest must be a positive safe integer')
  }
  const imageOffloadByteQuantum = config.imageOffloadByteQuantum ?? DEFAULT_IMAGE_OFFLOAD_BYTE_QUANTUM
  if (!Number.isSafeInteger(imageOffloadByteQuantum) || imageOffloadByteQuantum <= 0) {
    throw new Error('llm-deepseek: imageOffloadByteQuantum must be a positive safe integer')
  }
  if (imageOffloadByteQuantum > maxRequestFilesBytes) {
    throw new Error('llm-deepseek: imageOffloadByteQuantum must not exceed maxRequestFilesBytes')
  }
  const inlineImageOffloadByteQuantum = config.inlineImageOffloadByteQuantum
    ?? DEFAULT_INLINE_IMAGE_OFFLOAD_BYTE_QUANTUM
  if (!Number.isSafeInteger(inlineImageOffloadByteQuantum) || inlineImageOffloadByteQuantum <= 0) {
    throw new Error('llm-deepseek: inlineImageOffloadByteQuantum must be a positive safe integer')
  }
  if (inlineImageOffloadByteQuantum > maxInlineRequestImageBytes) {

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Solutions

1. Set maxInlineRequestImageBytes to a positive safe integer.

When it happens

Trigger: Thrown at packages/llm/llm-deepseek/src/index.ts:303 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/38a608762e00e96c. Report an issue: GitHub.