deepseek-ai/deepseek-harness · error · Error

llm-deepseek: maxTokens must be a positive safe integer

Error message

llm-deepseek: maxTokens must be a positive safe integer

What it means

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

Source

Thrown at packages/llm/llm-deepseek/src/index.ts:287

 * @param environment - this run's environment layers, or `undefined` outside
 * the product CLI. Every layer may supply an endpoint: the product trusts the
 * project it is launched in, so a checkout can point its own agent at the
 * gateway that checkout is meant to use.
 * @returns validated connection facts plus the credential reference.
 */
export function resolveAdapterOptions(config: Config, environment?: LaunchEnvironmentSnapshot): ResolvedDeepSeekOptions {
  if (config.thinking === 'disabled'
    && config.reasoningEffort !== undefined
    && config.reasoningEffort !== 'off') {
    throw new Error('llm-deepseek: only reasoningEffort "off" can be configured when thinking is disabled')
  }
  if (config.defaultContextWindow !== undefined
    && (!Number.isInteger(config.defaultContextWindow) || config.defaultContextWindow <= 0)) {
    throw new Error('llm-deepseek: defaultContextWindow must be a positive integer')
  }
  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

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Solutions

1. Set maxTokens to a positive safe integer.

When it happens

Trigger: Thrown at packages/llm/llm-deepseek/src/index.ts:287 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/65b5111385a69757. Report an issue: GitHub.