Kong/insomnia · error

Branch does not exist with name ${branchName}

Error message

Branch does not exist with name ${branchName}

What it means

Error "Branch does not exist with name ${branchName}" thrown in Kong/insomnia.

Source

Thrown at packages/insomnia-vcs/src/vcs.ts:1472

    if (!id) {
      throw new Error('Not logged in');
    }

    return {
      accountId,
      sessionId: id,
      privateKey,
      publicKey,
      symmetricKey,
    };
  }

  async _assertBranch(branchName: string) {
    const branch = await this._getBranch(branchName);

    if (branch === null) {
      throw new Error(`Branch does not exist with name ${branchName}`);
    }

    return branch;
  }

  _backendProjectId() {
    if (this._backendProject === null) {
      throw new Error('No active backend project');
    }

    return this._backendProject.id;
  }

  async _getBranch(name: string): Promise<Branch | null> {
    return this._store.getItem(`/projects/${this._backendProjectId()}/branches/${encodeBranchName(name)}.json`);
  }

  async _getBranches(backendProjectId?: string) {

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When it happens

Trigger: Thrown at packages/insomnia-vcs/src/vcs.ts:1472 when the library encounters an invalid state.

Common situations: See trigger scenarios.

AI-assisted analysis of Kong/insomnia@d9bb2b0142 (2026-08-26). Data as JSON: /api/errors/e77b4fe61eab6741. Report an issue: GitHub.