deepseek-ai/deepseek-harness · error · Error

Ralph workflow returned an invalid continuing report

Error message

Ralph workflow returned an invalid continuing report

What it means

Error "Ralph workflow returned an invalid continuing report" thrown in deepseek-ai/deepseek-harness.

Source

Thrown at packages/workflow/tool-ralph/src/index.ts:266

  if (!isRecord(value)
    || Object.keys(value).sort().join(',') !== 'blocker,evidence,nextSteps,status,summary'
    || value['status'] !== expectedStatus
    || !normalizedText(value['summary'])
    || !normalizedList(value['evidence'])
    || !normalizedList(value['nextSteps'])
    || typeof value['blocker'] !== 'string'
    || value['blocker'] !== value['blocker'].trim()) {
    throw new Error('Ralph workflow returned a malformed round report')
  }
  const report: RalphRoundReport = {
    status: expectedStatus,
    summary: value['summary'],
    evidence: value['evidence'],
    nextSteps: value['nextSteps'],
    blocker: value['blocker'],
  }
  if (expectedStatus === 'continue' && (report.nextSteps.length === 0 || report.blocker !== '')) {
    throw new Error('Ralph workflow returned an invalid continuing report')
  }
  if (expectedStatus === 'complete'
    && (report.evidence.length === 0 || report.nextSteps.length !== 0 || report.blocker !== '')) {
    throw new Error('Ralph workflow returned an invalid completion report')
  }
  if (expectedStatus === 'blocked' && !normalizedText(report.blocker)) {
    throw new Error('Ralph workflow returned an invalid blocked report')
  }
  const chars = JSON.stringify(report).length
  if (chars > maxChars) {
    throw new Error(`Ralph workflow returned an oversized handoff (${chars} > ${maxChars})`)
  }
  return report
}

/** Defensively decode the fixed script's terminal value. */
function readRunResult(value: unknown, maxRounds: number, maxHandoffChars: number): RalphTerminalResult {
  if (!isRecord(value)

View on GitHub (pinned to b150a551b8)

Solutions

1. Ensure continuing reports carry non-empty nextSteps and an empty blocker; fix the workflow's report validation or prompt.

When it happens

Trigger: Thrown at packages/workflow/tool-ralph/src/index.ts:266 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/58fe28cd27401d48. Report an issue: GitHub.