Kong/insomnia · error

Failed to find local backend project id=${id}

Error message

Failed to find local backend project id=${id}

What it means

Error "Failed to find local backend project id=${id}" thrown in Kong/insomnia.

Source

Thrown at packages/insomnia-vcs/src/vcs.ts:1412

    if (!sessionData) {
      throw new Error("Can't get private key: session is blank.");
    }

    const { symmetricKey, encPrivateKey } = sessionData;

    if (!symmetricKey || !encPrivateKey) {
      throw new Error("Can't get private key: session is missing keys.");
    }

    const privateKeyStr = await crypt.decryptAES(symmetricKey, encPrivateKey);
    return JSON.parse(privateKeyStr) as JsonWebKey;
  }

  async _assertBackendProject() {
    const project = await this._getBackendProject();

    if (project === null) {
      throw new Error('Failed to find local backend project id=' + this._backendProjectId());
    }

    return project;
  }

  async _storeBackendProject(project: BackendProject) {
    let existingProject: BackendProject | null = null;
    try {
      existingProject = await this._getBackendProjectById(project.id);
    } catch (err) {
      console.warn('[sync] Failed to get existing backend project %s', project.id, err);
    }

    if (existingProject && deterministicStringify(existingProject) === deterministicStringify(project)) {
      console.debug('[sync] Skipping store due to no backend changes');
      return;
    }

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When it happens

Trigger: Thrown at packages/insomnia-vcs/src/vcs.ts:1412 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/5d75b4824869d916. Report an issue: GitHub.