schedule: fixed-rate decision failed for agent "${this.agent

Error message

schedule: fixed-rate decision failed for agent "${this.agent.id}": ${renderThrown(error)}

What it means

Error "schedule: fixed-rate decision failed for agent "${this.agent.id}": ${renderThrown(error)}" thrown in deepseek-ai/deepseek-harness.

Source

Thrown at packages/schedule/schedule/src/runtime.ts:225

    try {
      return foldScheduleEvents(
        this.agent.session.events,
        this.agent.session.header.seedLength ?? 0,
      )
    } catch (error: unknown) {
      this.faulted = true
      const detail = error instanceof ScheduleLogError ? error.message : renderThrown(error)
      this.ctx.logger.warn(`schedule: corrupt schedule log for agent "${this.agent.id}": ${detail}`)
      return undefined
    }
  }

  /** Contain an invalid wall-clock decision without permanently faulting this runtime. */
  private decide(folded: FoldedSchedules, now: number): DueDecision | undefined {
    try {
      return dueDecision(folded, now)
    } catch (error: unknown) {
      this.ctx.logger.warn(`schedule: fixed-rate decision failed for agent "${this.agent.id}": ${renderThrown(error)}`)
      return undefined
    }
  }

  /** Preflight, fold, arm, or dispatch the next one-shot or fixed-rate batch. */
  private async driveOnce(): Promise<void> {
    this.clearTimer()
    if (!this.isRunnable()) return
    try {
      await flushSchedulePersistence(this.ctx, this.agent.session)
    } catch (error: unknown) {
      if (this.isLive()) {
        this.ctx.logger.warn(`schedule: preflight failed for agent "${this.agent.id}": ${renderThrown(error)}`)
      }
      return
    }
    if (!this.isRunnable()) return

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Solutions

Inspect the embedded error from the fixed-rate decision and fix the schedule configuration or state it names.

When it happens

Trigger: Thrown at packages/schedule/schedule/src/runtime.ts:225 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/0b8ba4ecbfaca1a1. Report an issue: GitHub.