deepseek-ai/deepseek-harness · error

Windows ACL temp root must be outside the workspace: workspa

Error message

Windows ACL temp root must be outside the workspace: workspace=${workspaceRoot}; temp=${tempRoot}

What it means

Error "Windows ACL temp root must be outside the workspace: workspace=${workspaceRoot}; temp=${tempRoot}" thrown in deepseek-ai/deepseek-harness.

Source

Thrown at packages/sandbox/sandbox-windows-acl/src/path-boundary.ts:24

import { realpathSync } from 'node:fs'
import { isAbsolute, relative, sep } from 'node:path'

/** Whether `root` is the same canonical directory as `candidate` or contains it. */
function containsDirectory(root: string, candidate: string): boolean {
  const relation = relative(realpathSync.native(root), realpathSync.native(candidate))
  return relation === '' || (!isAbsolute(relation) && relation !== '..' && !relation.startsWith(`..${sep}`))
}

/**
 * Reject a temp parent that is inside the workspace: every child created
 * below it would inherit the standing workspace capability.
 * @param workspaceRoot - the canonical workspace root that receives the standing ACE.
 * @param tempRoot - the existing parent beneath which a private temp child would be created.
 */
export function assertTempRootOutsideWorkspace(workspaceRoot: string, tempRoot: string): void {
  if (containsDirectory(workspaceRoot, tempRoot)) {
    throw new Error(`Windows ACL temp root must be outside the workspace: workspace=${workspaceRoot}; temp=${tempRoot}`)
  }
}

/**
 * Reject overlap between an actual private temp directory and any writable
 * directory: either inheritance direction would merge the two capabilities.
 * @param writableDirs - directories carrying the standing workspace capability.
 * @param tempDir - the existing directory carrying the revocable temp capability.
 */
export function assertPrivateTempDisjoint(writableDirs: readonly string[], tempDir: string): void {
  for (const writableDir of writableDirs) {
    if (containsDirectory(writableDir, tempDir) || containsDirectory(tempDir, writableDir)) {
      throw new Error(`AclSandbox private temp directory must be disjoint from writable directories: writable=${writableDir}; temp=${tempDir}`)
    }
  }
}

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Solutions

1. Point tempRoot at a directory outside the workspace tree.
2. Set TEMP/TMP to a location outside the workspace, or pass an explicit tempRoot.

When it happens

Trigger: Thrown at packages/sandbox/sandbox-windows-acl/src/path-boundary.ts:24 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/00f60a2a101d3633. Report an issue: GitHub.