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SEARCH_RAW_OUTPUT_OVERFLOW

SEARCH_RAW_OUTPUT_OVERFLOW

Error message

${toolName} produced ${inlineBytes} bytes of raw output, over the ${rawOutputMaxBytes}-byte cap; narrow pattern, path, or include and retry

What it means

Error "${toolName} produced ${inlineBytes} bytes of raw output, over the ${rawOutputMaxBytes}-byte cap; narrow pattern, path, or include and retry" thrown in deepseek-ai/deepseek-harness.

Source

Thrown at packages/fs/tool-fs-search/src/search-core.ts:144

  if (/regex parse error|error parsing glob/i.test(stderr)) {
    return new SearchError(`${toolName} pattern rejected by ripgrep: ${stderr}`, 'SEARCH_INVALID_PATTERN')
  }
  return new SearchError(`${toolName} search failed (exit ${exitCode})${stderr.length > 0 ? `: ${stderr}` : ''}`, 'SEARCH_FAILED')
}

/**
 * Acquire the COMPLETE raw stdout of a finished run, enforcing
 * `rawOutputMaxBytes` on the in-memory transport. A truncated result means the
 * subprocess seam could not retain complete stdout within the requested
 * budget, so the tool fails clearly instead of parsing a silently-partial
 * stream.
 */
function completeStdout(toolName: string, stdout: SubprocessOutputRead, rawOutputMaxBytes: number): string {
  const narrow = 'narrow pattern, path, or include and retry'
  if (!stdout.lossy) {
    const inlineBytes = Buffer.byteLength(stdout.text, 'utf8')
    if (inlineBytes > rawOutputMaxBytes) {
      throw new SearchError(
        `${toolName} produced ${inlineBytes} bytes of raw output, over the ${rawOutputMaxBytes}-byte cap; ${narrow}`,
        'SEARCH_RAW_OUTPUT_OVERFLOW',
      )
    }
    return stdout.text
  }
  throw new SearchError(
    `${toolName} produced more raw output than the subprocess seam retained within the ${rawOutputMaxBytes}-byte cap; ${narrow}`,
    'SEARCH_RAW_OUTPUT_OVERFLOW',
  )
}

let rgPathPromise: Promise<string> | undefined

/**
 * The packaged ripgrep binary path, resolved lazily once per process.
 *
 * A single-file runtime uses the executable's `-rg` sidecar because a native

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When it happens

Trigger: Thrown at packages/fs/tool-fs-search/src/search-core.ts:144 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/43a3a79fefdd67e3. Report an issue: GitHub.