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subprocess-e2b: unsafe process group ${group} in terminal se

Error message

subprocess-e2b: unsafe process group ${group} in terminal session ${sessionId}

What it means

Error "subprocess-e2b: unsafe process group ${group} in terminal session ${sessionId}" thrown in deepseek-ai/deepseek-harness.

Source

Thrown at packages/e2b/subprocess-e2b/src/terminal.ts:169

  let result: CommandResult
  try {
    result = await sandbox.commands.run(
      `set -o pipefail; ps -eo sid=,pgid=,stat= | awk '$1 == ${sessionId} && $3 !~ /^[ZXx]/ { print $2 }'`,
      commandOpts(envs),
    )
  } catch (error: unknown) {
    if (error instanceof SandboxNotFoundError) return []
    throw error
  }
  const groups = new Set<number>()
  for (const raw of result.stdout.trim().split(/\s+/)) {
    if (raw.length === 0) continue
    const group = parsePositiveId(
      raw,
      `subprocess-e2b: invalid process group ${JSON.stringify(raw)} in terminal session ${sessionId}`,
    )
    if (group <= 1) {
      throw new Error(`subprocess-e2b: unsafe process group ${group} in terminal session ${sessionId}`)
    }
    groups.add(group)
  }
  return [...groups]
}

async function awaitSessionEmpty(
  sandbox: Sandbox,
  sessionId: number,
  envs: Record<string, string>,
  graceMs: number,
  pollMs: number,
  kill = false,
): Promise<number[]> {
  const deadline = Date.now() + graceMs
  for (;;) {
    const groups = await sessionProcessGroups(sandbox, sessionId, envs)
    if (groups.length === 0) return groups

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When it happens

Trigger: Thrown at packages/e2b/subprocess-e2b/src/terminal.ts:169 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/f262a740b1fa9390. Report an issue: GitHub.