Kong/insomnia · error · Error

Failed to render request: ${request._id}

Error message

Failed to render request: ${request._id}

What it means

Error "Failed to render request: ${request._id}" thrown in Kong/insomnia.

Source

Thrown at packages/insomnia/src/network/network.ts:799

  transientVariables?: Environment;
  ignoreUndefinedEnvVariable?: boolean;
}) => {
  try {
    return await getRenderedRequestAndContext({
      request: request,
      environment,
      baseEnvironment,
      userUploadEnvironment,
      transientVariables,
      purpose,
      extraInfo,
      ignoreUndefinedEnvVariable,
    });
  } catch (err) {
    if (err instanceof RenderError) {
      throw err;
    }
    throw new Error(`Failed to render request: ${request._id}`);
  }
};

export const tryToTransformRequestWithPlugins = async (renderResult: {
  request: RenderedRequest;
  context: Record<string, any>;
}) => {
  const { request, context } = renderResult;
  return await getRuntime().network.applyRequestHooks(request, context);
};

export interface sendCurlAndWriteTimelineError {
  _id: string;
  parentId: string;
  timelinePath: string;
  statusMessage: string;
  // additional
  url: string;

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When it happens

Trigger: Thrown at packages/insomnia/src/network/network.ts:799 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/8c9c54f1680e952f. Report an issue: GitHub.