deepseek-ai/deepseek-harness · error

tool-fs-search: no ctx.spillStore backend loaded; complete $

Error message

tool-fs-search: no ctx.spillStore backend loaded; complete ${exec.name} result not saved

What it means

Error "tool-fs-search: no ctx.spillStore backend loaded; complete ${exec.name} result not saved" thrown in deepseek-ai/deepseek-harness.

Source

Thrown at packages/fs/tool-fs-search/src/search-core.ts:388

 * @param exec - the tool-execution context; supplies the owning session, tool name, and call id.
 * @param suggestedName - the backend-sanitized filename hint (e.g. `grep-results.txt`).
 * @param content - the complete formatted result to persist.
 * @returns the saved spill reference, or `undefined` when the result could not be saved.
 */
export async function trySaveFormattedResult(
  ctx: Context,
  exec: ToolExecution,
  suggestedName: string,
  content: string,
): Promise<SpillRef | undefined> {
  const sessionId = exec.agent?.session.header.id
  if (sessionId === undefined) {
    ctx.logger.warn(`tool-fs-search: no session owner for ${exec.name} result; complete result not saved`)
    return undefined
  }
  const spillStore = ctx.get('spillStore')
  if (!spillStore) {
    ctx.logger.warn(`tool-fs-search: no ctx.spillStore backend loaded; complete ${exec.name} result not saved`)
    return undefined
  }
  const save: SaveTextSpill = {
    owner: { sessionId },
    source: { toolName: exec.name, callId: exec.callId, label: 'result' },
    suggestedName,
    content,
  }
  try {
    return await spillStore.saveText(save)
  } catch (error: unknown) {
    // Best-effort: a storage failure must never fail the search or hide the
    // inline result — the footer reports the unsaved remainder instead.
    ctx.logger.warn(`tool-fs-search: saveText failed for ${exec.name}: ${String(error)}; complete result not saved`)
    return undefined
  }
}

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Solutions

1. Load a spill store plugin in cordis.yml so large search results can be persisted; otherwise accept truncated inline results.

When it happens

Trigger: Thrown at packages/fs/tool-fs-search/src/search-core.ts:388 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/d70c84573f21702b. Report an issue: GitHub.