Kong/insomnia · error

insomniaFetch timed out: ${method} ${path}

Error message

insomniaFetch timed out: ${method} ${path}

What it means

Error "insomniaFetch timed out: ${method} ${path}" thrown in Kong/insomnia.

Source

Thrown at packages/insomnia/src/common/insomnia-fetch.ts:86

          const json = await response.json();
          if (typeof json?.error === 'string') {
            errName = json.error;
          }
          if (typeof json?.message === 'string') {
            errMsg = json.message;
          }
        } catch {}
      }
      throw new ResponseFailError(errName, errMsg, response);
    }
    return isJson ? response.json() : (response.text() as Promise<T>);
  } catch (err) {
    if (!(err instanceof Error)) {
      throw err;
    }
    // AbortSignal.timeout() gives TimeoutError, not AbortError
    if (err.name === 'AbortError' || err.name === 'TimeoutError') {
      throw new Error(`insomniaFetch timed out: ${method} ${path}`, { cause: err });
    }
    // the real error (ECONNREFUSED, cert problems) hides in err.cause, sometimes nested in an AggregateError
    const cause = (err as { cause?: string | { code?: string; message?: string; errors?: { code?: string }[] } })
      .cause;
    const detail = typeof cause === 'string' ? cause : cause?.code || cause?.errors?.[0]?.code || cause?.message;
    if (detail) {
      // fresh Error (don't mutate err.message) so a re-observed/retried error doesn't append the detail twice
      throw new Error(`${err.message} (${detail})`, { cause: err });
    }
    throw err;
  }
}

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When it happens

Trigger: Thrown at packages/insomnia/src/common/insomnia-fetch.ts:86 when the library encounters an invalid state.

Common situations: See trigger scenarios.

Understand the failure class

• Timeouts: ETIMEDOUT, deadlines, and hung requests — what actually expires when a request times out.

AI-assisted analysis of Kong/insomnia@d9bb2b0142 (2026-08-26). Data as JSON: /api/errors/6238cd8d78a0e2a6. Report an issue: GitHub.