deepseek-ai/deepseek-harness · error

skill-filesystem: failed to close watcher: ${errorMessage(er

Error message

skill-filesystem: failed to close watcher: ${errorMessage(error)}

What it means

Error "skill-filesystem: failed to close watcher: ${errorMessage(error)}" thrown in deepseek-ai/deepseek-harness.

Source

Thrown at packages/skill/skill-filesystem/src/index.ts:594

    })()
  }

  private queueInvalidation(): void {
    if (this.closing || this.invalidationQueued) return
    this.invalidationQueued = true
    queueMicrotask(() => {
      this.invalidationQueued = false
      /* v8 ignore next -- Effect teardown can win this queued microtask before provider disposal emits. */
      if (this.closing) return
      this.invalidate()
    })
  }

  private async closeWatcher(watcher: WatchHandle): Promise<void> {
    try {
      await watcher.close()
    } catch (error) {
      this.ctx.logger.warn(`skill-filesystem: failed to close watcher: ${errorMessage(error)}`)
    }
  }
}

async function settleWatcherOpening(opening: Promise<void> | undefined): Promise<void> {
  if (opening === undefined) return
  try {
    await opening
  } catch {
    // Watch startup already logged the underlying failure; teardown only contains it.
  }
}

function resolveWatchConfig(config: Config): ResolvedWatchConfig {
  const stabilityThresholdMs = config.watchStabilityThresholdMs ?? DEFAULT_WATCH_STABILITY_THRESHOLD_MS
  const pollIntervalMs = config.watchPollIntervalMs ?? DEFAULT_WATCH_POLL_INTERVAL_MS
  const maxProjects = config.watchMaxProjects ?? DEFAULT_WATCH_MAX_PROJECTS
  assertPositiveInteger('watchStabilityThresholdMs', stabilityThresholdMs)

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Solutions

1. Inspect the watcher close error; it is logged during teardown and usually safe to ignore unless it repeats.

When it happens

Trigger: Thrown at packages/skill/skill-filesystem/src/index.ts:594 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/a04927ab60892eab. Report an issue: GitHub.