deepseek-ai/deepseek-harness · error · WebError

WEB_PROVIDER_ERROR

WEB_PROVIDER_ERROR

Error message

Exa search request failed: ${String(error)}

What it means

Error "Exa search request failed: ${String(error)}" thrown in deepseek-ai/deepseek-harness.

Source

Thrown at packages/web/web-search-exa/src/provider.ts:120

        method: 'POST',
        redirect: 'error',
        headers: {
          'authorization': `Bearer ${this.options.apiKey}`,
          'content-type': 'application/json',
          'accept': 'application/json',
          'user-agent': USER_AGENT,
        },
        body: JSON.stringify({
          query: request.query,
          type: this.options.searchType,
          contents: { highlights: { highlightsPerUrl: this.options.highlightsPerResult } },
          ...numResults !== undefined ? { numResults } : {},
        }),
        ...signal !== undefined ? { signal } : {},
      })
    } catch (error: unknown) {
      if (isAbortError(error)) throw new WebError('Exa search aborted', 'WEB_ABORTED', { cause: error })
      throw new WebError(`Exa search request failed: ${String(error)}`, 'WEB_PROVIDER_ERROR', { cause: error })
    }

    if (!response.ok) {
      const status = response.status
      let message = `Exa API error (HTTP ${status})`
      try {
        const parsed = await response.json() as ExaError
        const detail = parsed.error ?? parsed.message
        if (detail !== undefined && detail.length > 0) message = detail
      } catch (error: unknown) {
        // An abort fired mid-body must surface as WEB_ABORTED, not be swallowed
        // into a generic HTTP-error message — cancellation is not a provider
        // error (the seam's cancellation contract).
        if (isAbortError(error)) throw new WebError('Exa search aborted', 'WEB_ABORTED', { cause: error })
        // Otherwise: the HTTP status is already captured in `message` above; a
        // malformed/non-JSON error body (normal for gateway 5xx/429s) can only
        // cost a richer provider message, never the real error.
      }

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Solutions

1. Inspect the request error in the message; check the Exa API key, quota, and network connectivity.

When it happens

Trigger: Thrown at packages/web/web-search-exa/src/provider.ts:120 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/ac330eb4d962f7d6. Report an issue: GitHub.