deepseek-ai/deepseek-harness · error

The user chose to keep planning; their feedback: ${feedback}

Error message

The user chose to keep planning; their feedback: ${feedback}

What it means

Error "The user chose to keep planning; their feedback: ${feedback}" thrown in deepseek-ai/deepseek-harness.

Source

Thrown at packages/plan/plan-mode/src/index.ts:409

          // generic channel message names ask_user_question, which the model
          // never called. An abort (turn cancel, provider teardown) keeps its
          // own message — there is no user to wait for.
          if (cause instanceof UserQuestionError && cause.code === 'ASK_CANCELLED') {
            throw new Error('The user dismissed the plan review to speak instead; '
              + 'stay in plan mode, stop here, and wait for their message.')
          }
          throw cause
        })
        // A review may outlive this plugin fiber. Without its pre-step listener,
        // an approved selection could never be appended, so fail and keep planning.
        if (disposed) {
          throw new Error('the plan-mode service was reloaded while the plan was under review; present the plan again')
        }
        const reviewItems = answer.answers.filter(entry => entry.id === REVIEW_ID)
        const item = reviewItems.length === 1 ? reviewItems[0] : undefined
        if (item?.selected.length !== 1 || item.selected[0] !== APPROVE_LABEL || item.custom !== undefined) {
          const feedback = item?.custom ?? ''
          throw new Error(feedback === ''
            ? 'The user chose to keep planning; revise the plan and present it again.'
            : `The user chose to keep planning; their feedback: ${feedback}`)
        }
        // Keep plan guidance for the rest of this assistant tool batch. The
        // silent selection is appended at the next accepted in-turn pre-step,
        // before its request assembly.
        this.pendingIntents.set(agent.session, { active: false, narrate: false })
        return { approved: true }
      },
      presentCall: args => ({
        card: 'generic',
        title: firstHeading(args.plan) ?? 'Plan',
        kind: 'other',
        content: [{ type: 'text', text: args.plan }],
      }),
      presentResult: (_args, result) => ({
        card: 'generic',
        title: 'Plan review',

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Solutions

1. Revise the plan according to the user's feedback and present it again.

When it happens

Trigger: Thrown at packages/plan/plan-mode/src/index.ts:409 when the library encounters an invalid state.

Common situations: See trigger scenarios.

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