deepseek-ai/deepseek-harness · error

path open failed: ${response.result.error.message}

Error message

path open failed: ${response.result.error.message}

What it means

Error "path open failed: ${response.result.error.message}" thrown in deepseek-ai/deepseek-harness.

Source

Thrown at packages/client/runtime/src/client/workspaces/service.ts:248

   * Create one child directory through the Host's `browse` capability.
   * @param path - absolute existing parent directory.
   * @param name - single non-blank path segment.
   * @returns the created directory's absolute path.
   */
  async createDirectory(path: string, name: string): Promise<string> {
    const response = await this.api.host.createDirectory({ path, name })
    if (!response.result.ok) throw new DirectoryBrowseError(response.result.error)
    return response.result.value.path
  }

  /**
   * Open a filesystem path with the Host operating system's default application.
   * @param path - absolute or host-resolvable path.
   */
  async openPath(path: string): Promise<void> {
    const response = await this.api.host.openPath({ path })
    if (!response.result.ok) {
      throw new Error(`path open failed: ${response.result.error.message}`)
    }
  }

  /**
   * Rename a Workspace.
   * @param workspaceId - target workspace.
   * @param title - new display title (trimmed non-empty by the Host).
   * @returns the renamed Workspace view.
   */
  async rename(workspaceId: WorkspaceId, title: string): Promise<WorkspaceView> {
    const result = await this.manager.rename(workspaceId, title)
    if (!result.ok) throw new Error(`workspace rename failed: ${result.error.code}: ${result.error.message}`)
    return result.value.workspace
  }

  /**
   * Delete one Workspace registration. Sessions, session logs, and the
   * directory remain Host-owned outside this operation.

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Solutions

1. Read the error message and fix the path open request.

When it happens

Trigger: Thrown at packages/client/runtime/src/client/workspaces/service.ts:248 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/e63e8d17437a797d. Report an issue: GitHub.