Why does npx stall while downloading DeepSeek Harness?

Run npm config get registry, npm ping, and npm view @deepseek-ai/dsh-client-modules version --fetch-retries=0 in the same terminal. The first two identify and probe your registry; the last checks the specific package. If the lookup fails, distinguish timeouts, certificate errors, and 404s. If it works, capture the first npx error and check whether Harness reached startup.

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