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subprocess-e2b: executable name must be non-empty

Error message

subprocess-e2b: executable name must be non-empty

What it means

Error "subprocess-e2b: executable name must be non-empty" thrown in deepseek-ai/deepseek-harness.

Source

Thrown at packages/e2b/subprocess-e2b/src/index.ts:108

      for (const terminal of terminals) {
        pending.push(terminal.terminate().then(() => { this.terminals.delete(terminal) }))
      }
      const outcomes = await Promise.allSettled(pending)
      const failures = outcomes.flatMap<unknown>(outcome => outcome.status === 'rejected'
        ? [outcome.reason as unknown]
        : [])
      if (failures.length === 1) throw asError(failures[0])
      if (failures.length > 1) throw new AggregateError(failures, 'subprocess-e2b: teardown failed')
    }, 'e2b subprocess teardown')
  }

  /** @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(

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When it happens

Trigger: Thrown at packages/e2b/subprocess-e2b/src/index.ts:108 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/927fb477b0ab57d1. Report an issue: GitHub.