Kong/insomnia · error · Error

Invalid XPath query: ${sanitizedFilter}

Error message

Invalid XPath query: ${sanitizedFilter}

What it means

Error "Invalid XPath query: ${sanitizedFilter}" thrown in Kong/insomnia.

Source

Thrown at packages/insomnia/src/common/templating/local-template-tags.ts:790

                  if (selectedValue.nodeType === Node.ELEMENT_NODE) {
                    return { outer, inner: selectedValue.childNodes.toString() };
                  }
                  if (selectedValue.nodeType === Node.TEXT_NODE) {
                    return { outer, inner: selectedValue.toString().trim() };
                  }
                  return { outer, inner: null };
                });
            }

            if (results.length === 0) {
              throw new Error(`Returned no results: ${sanitizedFilter}`);
            } else if (results.length > 1) {
              throw new Error(`Returned more than one result: ${sanitizedFilter}`);
            }

            return results[0].inner;
          } catch {
            throw new Error(`Invalid XPath query: ${sanitizedFilter}`);
          }
        }
        throw new Error('Oops');
      },
    },
  },
  {
    templateTag: {
      name: 'request',
      displayName: 'Request',
      description: 'reference value from current request',
      args: [
        {
          displayName: 'Attribute',
          type: 'enum',
          options: [
            {
              displayName: 'Name',

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When it happens

Trigger: Thrown at packages/insomnia/src/common/templating/local-template-tags.ts:790 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/999f3a0da4a6621b. Report an issue: GitHub.