deepseek-ai/deepseek-harness · error · SearchError

SEARCH_FAILED

SEARCH_FAILED

Error message

${toolName} could not start its search command (ripgrep launch failed)

What it means

Error "${toolName} could not start its search command (ripgrep launch failed)" thrown in deepseek-ai/deepseek-harness.

Source

Thrown at packages/fs/tool-fs-search/src/search-core.ts:252

      stdio: {
        stdin: 'ignore',
        stdout: { maxBytes: rawOutputMaxBytes },
        stderr: { maxBytes: stderrMaxBytes },
      },
      graceMs,
      signal: exec.signal,
    } satisfies SubprocessSpawnSpec)
  } catch (error: unknown) {
    // Node's spawn() throws synchronously for a NUL in argv, and the local
    // impl can throw synchronously when the signal aborts between the check
    // above and this call (or when the platform-package resolution rejects).
    // The static narrowing that proves this re-check "always false" cannot
    // see AbortSignal state changes.
    // oxlint-disable-next-line typescript/no-unnecessary-condition
    if (exec.signal.aborted) {
      throw new SearchError(`${toolName} was aborted before completion (tool timeout or caller cancellation)`, 'SEARCH_ABORTED')
    }
    throw new SearchError(`${toolName} could not start its search command (ripgrep launch failed)`, 'SEARCH_FAILED', { cause: error })
  }
  let outcome: SubprocessOutcome
  try {
    outcome = await handle.done
  } catch (error: unknown) {
    throw new SearchError(`${toolName} could not start its search command (ripgrep launch failed)`, 'SEARCH_FAILED', { cause: error })
  }
  const stdout = handle.collected.stdout?.readFrom(0)
  const stderr = handle.collected.stderr?.readFrom(0)
  if (stdout === undefined || stderr === undefined) {
    throw new SearchError(`${toolName} search command produced no collected output streams`, 'SEARCH_FAILED')
  }
  // The signal can abort while the spawn is awaited; the static narrowing that
  // proves this re-check "always false" cannot see AbortSignal state changes.
  // oxlint-disable-next-line typescript/no-unnecessary-condition
  if (exec.signal.aborted) {
    throw new SearchError(`${toolName} was aborted before completion (tool timeout or caller cancellation)`, 'SEARCH_ABORTED')
  }

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When it happens

Trigger: Thrown at packages/fs/tool-fs-search/src/search-core.ts:252 when the library encounters an invalid state.

Common situations: See trigger scenarios.

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