deepseek-ai/deepseek-harness · error · Error

subprocess-e2b: terminal argv must contain a program

Error message

subprocess-e2b: terminal argv must contain a program

What it means

Error "subprocess-e2b: terminal argv must contain a program" thrown in deepseek-ai/deepseek-harness.

Source

Thrown at packages/e2b/subprocess-e2b/src/index.ts:168

    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.
    })
    return handle
  }

  /** @inheritdoc */
  async spawnTerminal(spec: SubprocessTerminalSpawnSpec): Promise<SubprocessTerminalHandle> {
    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('subprocess-e2b: terminal argv must contain a program')
    }
    requireRepresentableGrace(spec.graceMs)
    spec.signal?.throwIfAborted()
    const stateDir = posix.join(this.ctx.e2b.runtimeRoot, 'terminals', randomUUID())
    const done = Promise.withResolvers<void>()
    const setup: TerminalSetup = { done: done.promise, controller: new AbortController() }
    const setupSignal = spec.signal === undefined
      ? setup.controller.signal
      : AbortSignal.any([spec.signal, setup.controller.signal])
    this.terminalSetups.add(setup)
    try {
      const terminal = await spawnE2BTerminal(
        this.ctx.e2b,
        { ...spec, signal: setupSignal },
        stateDir,
        this.pollMs,
      )
      this.terminals.add(terminal)

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When it happens

Trigger: Thrown at packages/e2b/subprocess-e2b/src/index.ts:168 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/1825b8c71d6441e3. Report an issue: GitHub.