deepseek-ai/deepseek-harness · error · Error

subprocess-e2b: service is disposing

Error message

subprocess-e2b: service is disposing

What it means

Error "subprocess-e2b: service is disposing" thrown in deepseek-ai/deepseek-harness.

Source

Thrown at packages/e2b/subprocess-e2b/src/index.ts:141

    }
    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)
  }

  /** @inheritdoc */
  spawn(spec: SubprocessSpawnSpec): SubprocessHandle {
    if (this.disposing) throw new Error('subprocess-e2b: service is disposing')
    const program = spec.argv[0]
    if (program === undefined || program.length === 0) {
      throw new Error('invalid argv: expected a non-empty program name at argv[0]')
    }
    requireRepresentableGrace(spec.graceMs)
    if (spec.signal?.aborted === true) {
      throw new Error(`aborted before spawn: ${String(spec.signal.reason)}`)
    }
    const stateDir = posix.join(this.ctx.e2b.runtimeRoot, 'processes', randomUUID())
    const handle = new E2BSubprocessHandle(this.ctx.e2b, spec, stateDir, this.pollMs)
    this.live.add(handle)
    const release = async (): Promise<void> => {
      await handle.waitForExit()
      this.live.delete(handle)
    }
    void handle.done.then(release, release).catch((_automaticReleaseFailure: unknown) => {
      // Retain the handle so service disposal can retry its cleanup transaction.
    })

View on GitHub (pinned to b150a551b8)

When it happens

Trigger: Thrown at packages/e2b/subprocess-e2b/src/index.ts:141 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/21af247a7a543a43. Report an issue: GitHub.