deepseek-ai/deepseek-harness · error · Error

no initiating agent is active

Error message

no initiating agent is active

What it means

Error "no initiating agent is active" thrown in deepseek-ai/deepseek-harness.

Source

Thrown at packages/core/agent/src/index.ts:324

   *   and inside an explicit clearing boundary.
   * @throws when this service instance has been disposed.
   */
  currentInitiator(): Agent | undefined {
    this.assertInitiatorsReadable()
    return this.initiators.getStore()
  }

  /**
   * Read the initiating Agent and fail when no initiator boundary is active.
   * Use this for private helpers contractually below a driver, or for a
   * deployment-owned outbound request whose contract forbids agentless calls.
   * Generic or direct-call paths use optional lookup or explicit request fields.
   * @returns the inherited Agent.
   * @throws when no initiator is active or this service instance has been disposed.
   */
  requireInitiator(): Agent {
    const agent = this.currentInitiator()
    if (agent === undefined) throw new Error(NO_INITIATOR_MESSAGE)
    return agent
  }

  /**
   * Run an operation with one exact Agent as its process-local initiator. The
   * exact synchronous value or Promise returned by the operation is preserved.
   * Custom drivers and test harnesses wrap their complete returned foreground
   * lifetime.
   * A queue or wire receiver may establish this boundary only after validating
   * explicit identity and resolving the exact live Agent; this method does neither.
   * Detached work remains owned by the subsystem that starts it.
   * @param agent - initiating Agent to inherit; presence is neither liveness proof nor authorization.
   * @param operation - synchronous or asynchronous operation to invoke.
   * @returns the exact value returned by `operation`.
   * @throws when the initiator scope is closing/disposed, or when `operation` throws.
   */
  withInitiator<T>(agent: Agent, operation: () => T): T {
    return this.runWithInitiator(agent, operation)

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Solutions

1. Start an initiating agent before calling this API.

When it happens

Trigger: Thrown at packages/core/agent/src/index.ts:324 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/729ef18ae8fbe83a. Report an issue: GitHub.