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subprocess-e2b: command ${JSON.stringify(command)} is a rela

Error message

subprocess-e2b: command ${JSON.stringify(command)} is a relative path; use an absolute path or a bare PATH name

What it means

Error "subprocess-e2b: command ${JSON.stringify(command)} is a relative path; use an absolute path or a bare PATH name" thrown in deepseek-ai/deepseek-harness.

Source

Thrown at packages/e2b/subprocess-e2b/src/index.ts:120

  /** @inheritdoc */
  async resolveExecutable(
    command: string,
    env?: Readonly<Record<string, string>>,
    signal?: AbortSignal,
  ): Promise<string> {
    if (command.length === 0) throw new Error('subprocess-e2b: executable name must be non-empty')
    signal?.throwIfAborted()
    const sandbox = await this.ctx.e2b.getSandbox()
    if (posix.isAbsolute(command)) {
      await sandbox.commands.run(
        `test -f ${quoteE2BShellArg(command)} -a -x ${quoteE2BShellArg(command)}`,
        { envs: e2bControlEnvs(), ...signalOpts(signal) },
      )
      signal?.throwIfAborted()
      return command
    }
    if (command.includes('/')) {
      throw new Error(
        `subprocess-e2b: command ${JSON.stringify(command)} is a relative path; use an absolute path or a bare PATH name`,
      )
    }
    const path = env?.PATH
    const prefix = path === undefined ? '' : `PATH=${quoteE2BShellArg(path)} `
    const result = await sandbox.commands.run(
      `${prefix}command -v -- ${quoteE2BShellArg(command)}`,
      { cwd: this.ctx.e2b.cwd, envs: e2bControlEnvs(), ...signalOpts(signal) },
    )
    signal?.throwIfAborted()
    const executable = result.stdout.trim()
    if (executable.includes('\n') || (!posix.isAbsolute(executable) && !executable.includes('/'))) {
      throw new Error(`subprocess-e2b: executable ${JSON.stringify(command)} did not resolve to one absolute path`)
    }
    // A relative result comes from a relative PATH entry; the lookup ran with the shared cwd.
    return posix.resolve(this.ctx.e2b.cwd, executable)
  }

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When it happens

Trigger: Thrown at packages/e2b/subprocess-e2b/src/index.ts:120 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/cdc7205fdfee27f2. Report an issue: GitHub.