deepseek-ai/deepseek-harness · error · Error

terminal process has exited

Error message

terminal process has exited

What it means

Error "terminal process has exited" thrown in deepseek-ai/deepseek-harness.

Source

Thrown at packages/e2b/subprocess-e2b/src/terminal.ts:308

    private readonly handle: CommandHandle,
    readonly output: PassThrough,
    private readonly completion: Promise<CommandResult>,
    private readonly sessionId: number,
    private readonly controlEnvs: Record<string, string>,
    private readonly stateDir: string,
    private readonly graceMs: number,
    private readonly pollMs: number,
  ) {
    this.pid = handle.pid
    this.done = this.waitForCommand()
  }

  // TODO(e2b-pgid-identity): Replace retained numeric PTY/session ids when E2B
  // exposes identity-bound input, foreground-signal, and cleanup operations.
  /** @inheritdoc */
  write(data: string): Promise<void> {
    return this.trackOperation(async (signal) => {
      if (this.topLevelExited) throw new Error('terminal process has exited')
      await this.sandbox.pty.sendInput(this.pid, Buffer.from(data, 'utf8'), { signal })
    })
  }

  /** @inheritdoc */
  inspectForeground(): Promise<SubprocessTerminalForeground | undefined> {
    return this.trackOperation(signal => this.inspectForegroundOnce(signal))
  }

  /** @inheritdoc */
  signalForeground(signal: SubprocessTerminalSignal): Promise<number> {
    return this.trackOperation(async (operationSignal) => {
      const foreground = await this.inspectForegroundOnce(operationSignal)
      if (foreground === undefined) {
        throw new Error(`subprocess-e2b: cannot resolve foreground process group for terminal ${this.pid}`)
      }
      if (signal === 'SIGKILL' && foreground.processGroupId === this.pid) {
        throw new Error('refusing to SIGKILL the terminal shell; terminate the terminal session instead')

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When it happens

Trigger: Thrown at packages/e2b/subprocess-e2b/src/terminal.ts:308 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/cee2ca8c68963987. Report an issue: GitHub.