Kong/insomnia · error

More than one backend project matched query

Error message

More than one backend project matched query

What it means

Error "More than one backend project matched query" thrown in Kong/insomnia.

Source

Thrown at packages/insomnia-vcs/src/vcs.ts:1558

      for (const p of matchedBackendProjects) {
        const branches = await this._getBranches(p.id);

        if (!branches.find(b => b.snapshots.length > 0)) {
          await this._removeProject(p);
          matchedBackendProjects = matchedBackendProjects.filter(({ id }) => id !== p.id);
          console.log(`[sync] Remove inactive project for root ${rootDocumentId}`);
        }
      }
    }

    // If there are still too many, error out
    if (matchedBackendProjects.length > 1) {
      console.log('[sync] Multiple backend projects matched for root', {
        backendProjects,
        matchedBackendProjects,
        rootDocumentId,
      });
      throw new Error('More than one backend project matched query');
    }

    return matchedBackendProjects[0] || null;
  }

  async _getOrCreateBackendProjectByRootDocument(rootDocumentId: string, name: string) {
    let project: BackendProject | null = await this._getBackendProjectByRootDocument(rootDocumentId);

    // If we still don't have a project, create one
    if (!project) {
      const id = generateId('prj');
      project = {
        id,
        name,
        rootDocumentId,
      };
      await this._storeBackendProject(project);
      console.log(`[sync] Created backend project ${project.id}`);

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When it happens

Trigger: Thrown at packages/insomnia-vcs/src/vcs.ts:1558 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/a520312cee0c50c8. Report an issue: GitHub.