deepseek-ai/deepseek-harness · error

sandbox-local: runnerCommand requires at least one runnerFai

Error message

sandbox-local: runnerCommand requires at least one runnerFailureSignatures entry

What it means

Error "sandbox-local: runnerCommand requires at least one runnerFailureSignatures entry" thrown in deepseek-ai/deepseek-harness.

Source

Thrown at packages/sandbox/sandbox-local/src/index.ts:287

   * cache and outlives the provider — never revoked) and the REVOCABLE
   * private-temp grant per live session/workspace pair (revoked on provider
   * dispose).
   */
  private readonly workspaceGrants = new Map<string, AclWriteGrant>()
  private readonly tempCapabilities = new Map<string, AclTempCapability>()

  constructor(ctx: Context, config: Config) {
    super(ctx)
    // The schema (static Config) defaults every field — the casts record
    // those runtime facts. An empty runnerCommand means "not configured":
    // use the platform chain.
    const runner = config.runnerCommand as string[]
    const runnerFailureSignatures = config.runnerFailureSignatures as string[]
    if (runner.length === 0 && runnerFailureSignatures.length > 0) {
      throw new Error('sandbox-local: runnerFailureSignatures requires runnerCommand')
    }
    if (runner.length > 0 && runnerFailureSignatures.length === 0) {
      throw new Error('sandbox-local: runnerCommand requires at least one runnerFailureSignatures entry')
    }
    if (runnerFailureSignatures.some(signature => signature.trim().length === 0 || /[\r\n]/u.test(signature))) {
      throw new Error('sandbox-local: runnerFailureSignatures entries must be non-empty single-line strings')
    }
    this.runnerCommand = runner.length > 0 ? runner : undefined
    this.configuredRunnerFailureSignatures = runnerFailureSignatures
    this.probeTimeoutMs = config.probeTimeoutMs as number
    assertPositiveFinite('probeTimeoutMs', this.probeTimeoutMs)
    // The temp grants are revoked with the provider: a clean server
    // shutdown leaves no temp ACEs behind (workspace ACEs stand by design —
    // the reuse cache; an unclean shutdown leaves them for the next
    // provision's exact-ACE skip).
    ctx.effect(() => () => {
      this.revokeAclGrants()
    })
  }

  /**

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Solutions

1. Add at least one runnerFailureSignatures entry, or remove runnerCommand.

When it happens

Trigger: Thrown at packages/sandbox/sandbox-local/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/4da9704ad8febc16. Report an issue: GitHub.