deepseek-ai/deepseek-harness · error

The user dismissed the plan review to speak instead; stay in

Error message

The user dismissed the plan review to speak instead; stay in plan mode, stop here, and wait for their message.

What it means

Error "The user dismissed the plan review to speak instead; stay in plan mode, stop here, and wait for their message." thrown in deepseek-ai/deepseek-harness.

Source

Thrown at packages/plan/plan-mode/src/index.ts:395

            options: [
              { label: APPROVE_LABEL, description: 'Leave plan mode; the plan is carried out from the next step.' },
              { label: KEEP_PLANNING_LABEL, description: 'Stay in plan mode; feedback goes back to the model.' },
            ],
            // Presentation only: a capable UI renders the plan as a review
            // decision instead of a generic question, and answers with one of
            // the labels above either way.
            intent: { kind: 'plan-review', approve: APPROVE_LABEL },
          }],
          agent,
          signal: exec.signal,
        }).catch((cause: unknown) => {
          // A dismissed review is not a failed one: the user took the turn back
          // to say something the two options do not cover. Say so, because the
          // 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

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Solutions

1. Stay in plan mode, stop, and wait for the user's message.

When it happens

Trigger: Thrown at packages/plan/plan-mode/src/index.ts:395 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/ebf4469c8d68a306. Report an issue: GitHub.