Kong/insomnia · error · Error

No cookie specified

Error message

No cookie specified

What it means

Error "No cookie specified" thrown in Kong/insomnia.

Source

Thrown at packages/insomnia/src/common/templating/local-template-tags.ts:916

        if (!workspace) {
          throw new Error(`Workspace not found for ${meta.workspaceId}`);
        }

        if (attribute === 'url') {
          const rendered = await context.util.render(request.url);
          const url = new URL(rendered || '', 'http://localhost');
          for (const p of request.parameters) {
            const name = await context.util.render(p.name);
            const value = await context.util.render(p.value);
            if (name && value) {
              url.searchParams.append(name, value);
            }
          }
          return url;
        }
        if (attribute === 'cookie') {
          if (!name) {
            throw new Error('No cookie specified');
          }

          const cookies = request.url
            ? await context.util.models.cookieJar.getCookiesForUrl(workspace._id, request.url)
            : (await context.util.models.cookieJar.getOrCreateForParentId(workspace._id)).cookies;
          const found = cookies.find(cookie => cookie.key === name);
          invariant(
            found,
            `No cookie with name "${name}" found in cookie jar for url "${request.url}"\nChoices are [\n\t${cookies.map(c => c.key)}\n] for`,
          );
          return found.value;
        }
        if (attribute === 'parameter') {
          if (!name) {
            throw new Error('No query parameter specified');
          }

          const parameterNames: string[] = [];

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When it happens

Trigger: Thrown at packages/insomnia/src/common/templating/local-template-tags.ts:916 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/ad53d63e5484b936. Report an issue: GitHub.