deepseek-ai/deepseek-harness · error · Error

Ralph subagent provider "${name}" inherits parent context; R

Error message

Ralph subagent provider "${name}" inherits parent context; Ralph requires a fresh provider

What it means

Error "Ralph subagent provider "${name}" inherits parent context; Ralph requires a fresh provider" thrown in deepseek-ai/deepseek-harness.

Source

Thrown at packages/workflow/tool-ralph/src/index.ts:229

    throw new TypeError('Ralph maxRounds must be a positive safe integer')
  }
  if (value > ceiling) {
    throw new TypeError(`Ralph maxRounds ${value} exceeds the deployment ceiling ${ceiling}`)
  }
  return value
}

/** Require the configured route to mean a genuinely fresh structured child. */
function requireFreshProvider(ctx: Context, name: string): SubagentProvider {
  const provider = ctx.subagents.getProvider(name)
  if (provider === undefined) {
    throw new Error(`Ralph subagent provider "${name}" is not registered`)
  }
  if (!provider.capabilities.outputSchema) {
    throw new Error(`Ralph subagent provider "${name}" does not support structured output`)
  }
  if (provider.inheritsParentContext) {
    throw new Error(`Ralph subagent provider "${name}" inherits parent context; Ralph requires a fresh provider`)
  }
  return provider
}

function isRecord(value: unknown): value is Record<string, unknown> {
  return typeof value === 'object' && value !== null && !Array.isArray(value)
}

function normalizedText(value: unknown): value is string {
  return typeof value === 'string' && value.length > 0 && value === value.trim()
}

function normalizedList(value: unknown): value is string[] {
  return Array.isArray(value) && value.every(normalizedText)
}

/** Defensively decode the fixed script's report across a provider boundary. */
function readReport(value: unknown, expectedStatus: RalphRoundStatus, maxChars: number): RalphRoundReport {

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Solutions

1. Use a subagent provider that starts each child with fresh context; providers that inherit the parent context are not usable for Ralph.

When it happens

Trigger: Thrown at packages/workflow/tool-ralph/src/index.ts:229 when the library encounters an invalid state.

Common situations: See trigger scenarios.

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