Description

Running the prebuilt ghcr.io/hmbown/deepseek-tui:latest image with the exact docker run invocation from the README's install section fails to start. The agent aborts trying to create a directory inside the mounted /home/deepseek/.deepseek volume with Permission denied (os error 13).

Steps to reproduce

1. docker volume create deepseek-tui-home
2. Run the command copied verbatim from the README:

docker run --rm -it \
  -e DEEPSEEK_API_KEY="$DEEPSEEK_API_KEY" \
  -v deepseek-tui-home:/home/deepseek/.deepseek \
  -v "$PWD:/workspace" \
  -w /workspace \
  ghcr.io/hmbown/deepseek-tui:latest

Expected behavior

deepseek starts and the TUI is usable.

Actual behavior

Process exits immediately with:

Failed to create /home/deepseek/.deepseek/tasks/runtime/threads
Caused by:
    Permission denied (os error 13)

Impact

Blocks first-time Docker users following the README Quickstart verbatim. Reproduces deterministically on a clean environment.

Environment

• OS: macOS 26.5 (Darwin 25.5.0, arm64)
• DeepSeek CLI version: ghcr.io/hmbown/deepseek-tui:latest (Docker image)
• Install method: Docker / GHCR
• Model/provider: deepseek-v4-pro / DeepSeek
• Terminal app: macOS terminal
• Shell: zsh
• Docker runtime: OrbStack; Docker client 29.5.0 / server 29.4.0

Logs, screenshots, or recordings

Tail of terminal output:

... Failed to create /home/deepseek/.deepseek/tasks/runtime/threads

                                                       Caused by:
                                                                   Permission denie
(os error 13)