No branch name specified for get-or-create operation

Error message

No branch name specified for get-or-create operation

What it means

Error "No branch name specified for get-or-create operation" thrown in Kong/insomnia.

Source

Thrown at packages/insomnia-vcs/src/vcs.ts:1511

    const pId = backendProjectId || this._backendProjectId();

    for (const p of await this._store.keys(`/projects/${pId}/branches/`)) {
      const b = await this._store.getItem(p);

      if (b === null) {
        // Should never happen
        throw new Error(`Failed to get branch path=${p}`);
      }

      branches.push(b);
    }

    return branches;
  }

  async _getOrCreateBranch(name: string): Promise<Branch> {
    if (!name) {
      throw new Error('No branch name specified for get-or-create operation');
    }

    const branch = await this._getBranch(name);

    if (branch === null) {
      await this._storeBranch({
        name,
        created: new Date(),
        modified: new Date(),
        snapshots: [],
      });
      return this._getOrCreateBranch(name);
    }

    return branch;
  }

  async _getBackendProjectByRootDocument(rootDocumentId: string) {

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When it happens

Trigger: Thrown at packages/insomnia-vcs/src/vcs.ts:1511 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/a1e956b9c87b45a7. Report an issue: GitHub.