Kong/insomnia · error · Error

Failed to fetch "${href}": ${response.status} ${response.sta

Error message

Failed to fetch "${href}": ${response.status} ${response.statusText}

What it means

Error "Failed to fetch "${href}": ${response.status} ${response.statusText}" thrown in Kong/insomnia.

Source

Thrown at packages/insomnia/src/main/lint-process.mjs:84

  const records = await dns.lookup(hostname, { all: true });
  for (const { address } of records) {
    if (isPrivateOrLoopbackHost(address)) {
      throw new Error(`Failed to resolve host. "${hostname}" resolves to a private or loopback address.`);
    }
  }
}

// Note: This is duplicated in inso's lint-specification.ts. Remember to mirror changes there as well.
const safeHttpResolver = {
  async resolve(ref) {
    const href = ref.href();
    if (!isSafeRefUrl(href)) {
      throw new Error(`Failed to fetch "${href}". Only https URLs to public hosts are allowed.`);
    }
    await assertResolvesToPublicHost(new URL(href).hostname.toLowerCase());
    const response = await fetch(href, { redirect: 'error', signal: AbortSignal.timeout(10_000) });
    if (!response.ok) {
      throw new Error(`Failed to fetch "${href}": ${response.status} ${response.statusText}`);
    }
    return response.text();
  },
};

// Note: This is duplicated in inso's lint-specification.ts. Remember to mirror changes there as well.
const safeRefResolver = new Resolver({
  resolvers: {
    http: safeHttpResolver,
    https: safeHttpResolver,
  },
});

process.parentPort.on('message', async ({ data: { documentContent, rulesetPath } }) => {
  let hasValidCustomRuleset = false;
  if (rulesetPath) {
    try {
      (await fs.promises.stat(rulesetPath)).isFile();

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When it happens

Trigger: Thrown at packages/insomnia/src/main/lint-process.mjs:84 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/2f512a7ca6dea124. Report an issue: GitHub.